Posted on 01/21/2020 6:43:25 PM PST by 11th_VA
China says the number of cases of a new virus has risen to 440 and the death toll has risen to 9. Deputy Director of the National Health Commission Li Bin told reporters on Wednesday that the figures were current as of midnight Tuesday and all the deaths had been in Hubei province, where the first illnesses from the new coronavirus were reported in December.
(Excerpt) Read more at google.com ...
First case in the US reported in the state of Washington.
And an unconfirmed report of one in Iowa ...
Exponential growth + air travel = global pandemic.
Bunker down.
3 million have COPD in the US, millions more susceptible to bronchitis and pulmonary issues - those people, like myself, are most at risk
China so dirty and polluted... they need to stop eating dogs & cats over there...
Apparently it takes a few days to kill the host. This is the early phase of a pandemic unless it is nipped in the bud. This shall be interesting.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/clinical-criteria.html
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/summary.html
Why are we allowing those who have been in the infected parts of China to travel to the USA? Since when do our families not matter as much as someone’s business deal?
.......... Well ..... Just Damn .... That is SCARY!!!!!
....... BTW ...... For the uninitiated ............ Almost 50,000 died of last years Influenza Virus in the United States ..... But I do have to be honest ...... 9 deaths in China does sound rather scary .....
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All of the delivery services like Amazon Prime, Chewy, etc, may be a real blessing by keeping at risk (and infectious people) OUT of stores.
The delivery person might be a vector but packages can be left at the door.
The corona virus specifically causes pneumonia, and can be a killer if you are in one of the risk groups mentioned above.
2% mortality rate. If a quarter of the US population were exposed that is 1.6 million dead.
Compared to the total death toll of the Spanish flu in 1920 of 675,000 in the US with a then population of 106,000,000 which is a 0.6% mortality rate.
At least. I'm assuming you got the 2% by dividing the number of deaths by the number infected (9/440). Maybe it's higher--in that these are known cases, but not known completed cases where the disease has run its course and the patients have either definitely survived or died. We'll have a better idea in a week or two of the mortality rate, and pre-disease conditions which enhance morbidity.
Interesting Map - and Chinese New Year next week. Half the country will be going on international travel. This could be the ‘perfect storm’ for sending ‘vectors’ all over the world.
I heard the mortality rate in those who longest involved was closer to 10%
I’ll keep searching for a reference
At least wash them beforehand.
Good info in that link - this virus has only been out there since early December.
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