Is the killer coronavirus now disease X? World Health Organization expert warns the infection is 'rapidly' fitting category for the mysterious pathogen scientists fear will kill 80million

DM ^ | 2/24/2020 | BLANCHARD

[RummyChick]

The coronavirus sweeping the planet could be the 'Disease X' which experts have warned about, according to a World Health Organization representative.

The name is given to a future, mysterious pathogen which could break out among humans and wreak havoc across the world.

SARS-CoV-2 has infected around 80,000 people in the two months since it emerged at an animal market in Wuhan, China in December.

It has killed more than 2,600 and can cause severe lung damage and trigger multiple organ failure, mainly among old or weak patients.

Dr Marion Koopmans, a virologist for the WHO, said: 'Whether it will be contained or not, this outbreak is rapidly becoming the first true pandemic challenge that fits the disease X category, listed to the WHO's priority list of diseases for which we need to prepare in our current globalized society.'

Her comments come less than six months after a report led by a former WHO official which warned a flu-like illness could kill up to 80million people if it broke out.

In other developments to the escalating outbreak today:

The World Health Organization admitted the killer coronavirus outbreak sweeping the world won't be officially declared a pandemic Afghanistan, Bahrain, Kuwait and Iraq became the latest countries to record cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus

[rktman]

Hmmmm. 80 million out of 7 billion or so. If you get it and die, you get it and die. We stocked up on Tylenol cold and flu extra strength so we’re good. YIKES!

[Nuke From Orbit]

“Dr Marion Koopmans, a virologist for the WHO, said: ‘Whether it will be contained or not, this outbreak is rapidly becoming the first true pandemic challenge that fits the disease X category, listed to the WHO’s priority list of diseases for which we need to prepare in our current globalized society.’ “

Wait a minute I just read an article stating that the worst is over and it was from a WHO doctor. So is it a case of the right hand has no idea what the left hand is doing or is it a case of these doctors are narcissistic megalomaniacs looking for headlines and scaring the crap out of people.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

lol

[RummyChick]

China is welding doors of massive apt buildings to keep people inside.

Glean from that what you will..

[rktman]

The WHO-—Won’t Get Fooled Again!

[AAABEST]

It has like a 1% kill rate in developed countries.

There are a lot of cases in China, but compared to the general population, a drop in the bucket.

The cruise ship situation gave us a "petri dish" of confined area - it was bad, but not a total CF.

People WILL overreact though. That's the danger, not the disease itself.

[gandalftb]

Bottom line......80,000 infected, less than 3,000 dead. Most of the dead are in areas with poor detection, poor isolation, and poor medical care in crowded populations that are very mobile and like to collect together.
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Wait until the bug breaks out in the middle east with all its pilgrimages.
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How would you fever screen someone completely covered with cloth?

[Lurkinanloomin]

in the two months since it emerged at an animal market in Wuhan, China in December.
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Why do they keep using this false assertion?

[LeonardFMason]

“It has killed more than 2,600 and can cause severe lung damage and trigger multiple organ failure, mainly among OLD or weak patients.”

LOOK OUT MOST of FR!

IF you could be in a country for this type of scenario it would be the USA.

BTW - 12,000 and possibly as many as 31,000 have died of the FLU between 10/1/2019 and 2/1/2020. 31 million Americans have been infected. WHO is dying? You guessed it. The OLD and WEAK and HEALTH compromised.

WASH your hands frequently.
Use hand sanitizer.
DO NOT bring your hands to your face!
Be smart about where you go.
Have your Blood Pressure, Blood sugar, and Cholesterol Checked. YOU are more likely to die from Hypertension, Diabetes, and Heart Disease than from Disease X.

[RummyChick]

Pretty sure Hot Toddy Man got it before the supposed Patient 0 who had no contact with the market.

This was probably floating around for awhile and just listed as death by pneumona.

Unless they know exactly when it happened....from an accident at the lab.

One story going around is that there was a vehicle accident transporting it. This is just one of many unverified rumors.

[livius]

I agree. The panic is going to be worse than the disease and the economy of developed nations is going to take a hit.

[livius]

Another rumor is that the lower-level workers (cleaning people, etc.) at the lab used to steal the lab animals and sell them to the markets.

[mywholebodyisaweapon]

Based on the numbers they reported, they expect about 2.5 billion people to be infected and about 3.25 percent of those to die.

[Freeport]

I would like to remind folks that this yeas ‘Burger A’, ‘Plain Jane’ flu has already killed 80,000 here in the US ALONE.

Please stop loosing your minds.

Thank you,

The management.

[null and void]

Rush say's it's the common cold...

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

[Nuke From Orbit]

what? Wow, I have not heard that one.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

As an aside, 1,000,000 people a day for 2.78 years would have to die for 1 billion people to die. There are an estimated 7.53 billion people on Earth.

[DeplorablePaul]

The stock market is crashing. I believe the market. The outbreak in Italy is of concern as a patient zero hasn’t been identified.

I’ve been replenishing my stock of canned foods and water, on top of my inventory of survival supplies, in prep for a quarantine. Ordered N95 masks today.

I live in a retirement community. The old people here will drop like flies if we get infected.

[little jeremiah]

The corona virus has affected men much more than women from what I have read. 74% of Chinese men smoke.