Posted on 03/13/2020 12:38:11 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The global spread of the coronavirus is “much, much worse” than seen with Ebola — which, unlike COVID-19, “requires very close contact for transmission,” according to the professor who helped discover the earlier illness.
Professor Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told Sky News that the coronavirus pandemic has the potential to turn into a “really bad situation.”
“This is much, much worse than Ebola,” he said. “Ebola requires very close contact for transmission.
People are very scared of it, but frankly it is usually very contained. There are some exceptions. But because (COVID-19) is a respiratory transmitted virus, that makes it so worrisome.
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That settles it. I better go buy more toilet paper.
From what I read, covid-19 is extremely contagious. Something like 10 times easier to transmit than the flu.
On the other hand, you’re very likely to recover from covid-19, whereas ebola causes you to bleed from your eyes and die.
Odd choice for comparison.
Ebola never made it to Italy, South Korea, France, etc.
wHENEVER YOU SEE THE WORD “EXPERT” IN THE ARTICLE HEADLINE, PLEASE REMEMBER...AN “Ex” is a hasbeen and a “Spert” is a drip under pressure :-)
Man I miss the old days when people (read)The Press didn’t feed the national hysteria. You’d think this shiot was as bad as Polio, Aids, THE Black PLAGUE!
More than a bit weird.
Maybe he is a fan of Hunter Thompson?
Ebola never made it to Italy, South Korea, France, etc.
Precisely! Ebola never made it out of town, so to speak.
Good luck finding some.
Ebola disables people and kills them so quickly that they don’t have time to infect a lot of people. Not a good comparison. Disingenuous.
And 26 of those deaths were in one nursing home in Seattle which I think is suspicious!
The “experts” also say the earth is warming/cooling/wetter/dryer than normal. Gotta love these experts!!!
Daily cases in the USA just updated:
Total cases: 1,958
Mild Condition: 1,948 (99%)
Serious or Critical: 10 (1%)
Deaths: 41 (not updated yet, apparently)
The global spread of the coronavirus is “much, much worse” than seen with Ebola
Ebola outbreaks were horrible...nearly 100% fatality rate in a particularly gruesome manner for a dozen or a hundred people, until the last big one which got over ten thousand at around 50%. They were geographically isolated as well.
Black market sellers of TP, hand sanitizer and water will be gearing up now. Someone will profit during this time of crisis!
They’re experts at propaganda. Look around at all the gullible people in this country. It works.
“That settles it. I better go buy more toilet paper.”
Gotta Wipe your ass nice and clean before you kiss it goodbye, otherwise you might catch something from it...
You are absolutely correct. It’s something to be taken seriously but not this madness. And comparing a disease where blood pours out of your orifices and eyes to this virus is a little extreme.
I know he is comparing how easily or not they are both spread but it’s a ridiculous comparison in any sense. One is so much more lethal than the other
And the fearmongering continues apace...
It's harder for your hair to catch on fire if you're thinking rationally, hence,
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