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Coronavirus Update (Live): 137,936,126 Cases and 2,969,761 Deaths from COVID-19 Virus Pandemic - Worldometer

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www.bbc.com

New virus in China 'will have infected hundreds'

The virus emerged in December, two people have died and it has been detected in three countries.
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It shouldn't be a big deal but with a large number of people unable to afford healthcare, and the anti vax crowd growing there's a small chance that this could be interesting.
 
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I have been following it but haven’t posted yet - as right now it seems that transmission and mortality rates are fairly low. The origin in the fish market is interesting. Unless it mutates, this seems like it won’t reach epidemic status.
 
Optimus Prime said:
This is how World War Z starts

Mystery virus in China

Prepare for the zombie apocalypse
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It's not really a 'mystery virus' though some media have been calling it that. It's a previously unknown ("novel") coronavirus. But they have sequenced it and we understand it . . . there's already a diagnostic test available.

It is picking up pace though. We're now up to over 200 cases in China and a handful abroad including in Thailand, Japan, and ROK (South Korea) - probably elsewhere, as the city in which it originated (Wuhan) is a transportation hub.

Three people have now died from the Wuhan virus. It's still too early to get reliable mortality rates but it seems lower than SARS. Coronaviruses, however, are believed to mutate easily so a novel coronavirus with a propensity to be lethal always trouble epidemiologists greatly because transmission and mortality can seem manageable for a while but a mutation to a more dangerous virus is always possible.
 
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superchuck500 said:
It's not really a 'mystery virus' though some media have been calling it that. It's a previously unknown ("novel") coronavirus. But they have sequenced it and we understand it . . . there's already a diagnostic test available.

It is picking up pace though. We're now up to over 200 cases in China and a handful abroad including in Thailand and ROK (South Korea) - probably elsewhere, as the city in which it originated (Wuhan) is a transportation hub.

Three people have now died from the Wuhan flu. It's still too early to get reliable mortality rates but it seems lower than SARS. Coronaviruses, however, are believed to mutate easily so a novel coronavirus with a propensity to be lethal always trouble epidemiologists greatly because transmission and mortality can seem manageable for a while but a mutation to a more dangerous virus is always possible.
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That’s what they all say right before the dead rise and start eating people
 
Here's another problem with these - lack of transparency by the Chinese authorities. When the 'mystery illness' was first identified, Chinese authorities were shutting down all talk of it on Twitter and other social media in China.

So you never really know the full story.

You see some of that mistrust reflected in the expert community:

A report by MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis at Imperial College in London estimated that the number of cases in Wuhan city was likely to be closer to 1,700, than the official numbers. Chinese health authorities have not commented on the report.
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www.theguardian.com

Should the world be worried about the coronavirus in China?

Experts fear latest strain of virus may spread across planet from person to person
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superchuck500 said:
It's not really a 'mystery virus' though some media have been calling it that. It's a previously unknown ("novel") coronavirus. But they have sequenced it and we understand it . . . there's already a diagnostic test available.

It is picking up pace though. We're now up to over 200 cases in China and a handful abroad including in Thailand, Japan, and ROK (South Korea) - probably elsewhere, as the city in which it originated (Wuhan) is a transportation hub.

Three people have now died from the Wuhan flu. It's still too early to get reliable mortality rates but it seems lower than SARS. Coronaviruses, however, are believed to mutate easily so a novel coronavirus with a propensity to be lethal always trouble epidemiologists greatly because transmission and mortality can seem manageable for a while but a mutation to a more dangerous virus is always possible.
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blah blah lawyer speak blah blah
 
Already a couple of confirmed cases in Bangkok I believe. Going next week :oops:
 
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Already a couple of confirmed cases in Bangkok I believe. Going next week :oops:
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One of the Thailand cases is a 32 year-old UK national who was backpacking across Asia or something like that. His dad said when they (parents) got to his hospital room in Phuket he was on death's door.
 
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