Is it true that so far, all of the victims are Asian? I read that at a couple of different websites. That would be weird, but it is true that different races are more susceptible to some ailments.
I also posted this question on another thread about the virus, because I really want to see if we can find out if it is true. Even those who are said to be students at a foreign university are said to be Chinese.
Is it true that so far, all of the victims are Asian?
I don’t know. There are very few cases outside of Asia. And most of those flue from Wuhan so it’s likely they are asian too.
I would imagine that most of the victims are indeed Asian. I don’t know if they all are. I suspect the German cases are not.
I’m not sure about the Illinois case. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are some non-asians living in wuhan that are sick, but how are we going to know that.
Reportedly, some Asians do have a receptor present on cells in greater numbers than others that the n2019CoV virus seeks out. But that is just a relative thing. And, of course, the reason most or all victims so far are Asian is because the disease is occurring thus far in Asia.
first person to person was German, along with his two associates. Don’t know the genetics of the German or his two associates. The first death in Malaysia, was a 22yo India Indian. Asian but not east Asian, if that makes sense. A group of Paki students trying to leave Wuhan airport were tested negative, but then pulled and sent into quarantine in ‘a 5-star hotel’. The guy who made the video said they hadn’t told him if the second test was positive or if he was just a ‘contact’ to another student maybe testing positive. He didn’t know why they quarantined his small group. Again, Asian but not east Asian.
So far, no reports of symptoms within the group of Americans in quarantine at March Field.
If the patients in the US came back, say Jan 23 or 24, then we’ll know in about 3 days if any ‘other than asian’ caught a person-to-person transfer, given a 14 day incubation/viral shedding period. It all depends on their arrival date. As well how crowded the waiting room was, whether they went to a regular doctor, urgent care or ER. Or if they visited a gas station or grocery store coming and going. To be noted the San Benito wife had symptoms within 4 days of picking her husband up at SFO.