Isn’t it just a cold virus that they’re blowing out of proportion?
“Isn’t it just a cold virus that they’re blowing out of proportion”?
How many people die from a cold?
The latest Lancet paper published today is a study in China of 99 patients with 2019-nCoV. ELEVEN percent died, most of multiple organ failures, and most succumbed very quickly after onset of symptoms.
It’s not “just a cold virus.”
That's the problem. It appears to be highly contagious, like a cold, and it is likely to mutate rapidly, like the cold viruses, but unlike a cold the coronavirus causes very serious, and sometimes fatal consequences.
Published descriptions of the virus indicate that significant numbers of people who are exposed to it require extensive medical care, and even with that care significant numbers of them die. That is why the Chinese government has taken many steps to fight back against further transmission of the virus, and other nations are doing so as well.
One way to gauge the risk of anything is to observe what people with first hand knowledge are doing. Take a look at what is happening in Wuhan. And then ask yourself - would they all be doing that for nothing?