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2. Yes, ppl coming in from retirement, building a 1000 bed hospital in a couple of weeks,

Reply to LonePirate (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 25, 2020, 02:12 PM

Jan 2020

not good signs.

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Doctor at hospital in Wuhan dies after treating patients with coronavirus [View all] alittlelark Jan 2020 OP

This is very troubling news indeed. This outbreak is about to get much, much worse. LonePirate Jan 2020 #1

Yes, ppl coming in from retirement, building a 1000 bed hospital in a couple of weeks, GreenPartyVoter Jan 2020 #2

Older but not old. Experienced and knowledgeable. Likely didn't treat the first wave of victims. LonePirate Jan 2020 #3

Indeed. GreenPartyVoter Jan 2020 #4

Why is it troubling more so than other viral outbreaks? After all typically the most deaths cstanleytech Jan 2020 #17

All reports so far suggest the transmission rate and the death rate are higher than other outbreaks. LonePirate Jan 2020 #20

" death rate are higher than other outbreaks." The 2017-2018 flu outbreak might have been worse cstanleytech Jan 2020 #21

10% of the US get the flu every year (3.3M) so if 80K die, that's a 2.4% death rate. LonePirate Jan 2020 #22

Its to early to tell though if that rate will hold or if it will drop once they develop cstanleytech Jan 2020 #23

True but the virus will spread faster than any possible treatment will. LonePirate Jan 2020 #24

That is probably part of the reason why China is being so aggressive in trying to stop the spread cstanleytech Jan 2020 #27

61 is not what I think of as "elderly" Dream Girl Jan 2020 #30

Like anything it depends on if he had any current health problems as well. cstanleytech Jan 2020 #34

From what I have heard & read the virus is mainly killing elderly men who aren't in the best of yaesu Jan 2020 #5

That is not good news for Maine - the oldest state in the nation jpak Jan 2020 #6

I understand but my gut feeling is that this will not become a full brown epidemic yaesu Jan 2020 #8

LOL! n/t EndlessWire Jan 2020 #11

strange times we live in nt yaesu Jan 2020 #16

You're certainly free to do that but if it follows the same pattern like the bird flu it will cstanleytech Jan 2020 #18

The Spanish flu spread so quickly too. BigmanPigman Jan 2020 #13

Yeah but don't forget back then there was still a rather significant time delay cstanleytech Jan 2020 #19

WW 1 troops getting sick made a major contribution to the spread. emmaverybo Jan 2020 #28

Yep, I read that there were two "waves" of the epidemic BigmanPigman Jan 2020 #31

In other words if common sense approaches are taken it can reduce the spread cstanleytech Jan 2020 #35

Yes, but at the time they didn't know BigmanPigman Jan 2020 #37

SARS and MERS Sgent Jan 2020 #15

This is getting scary. Wash your hands whenever you leave your home and touch anything. Fla Dem Jan 2020 #7

Coronavirus can be spread through coughing and sneezing on somebody else who is within a range of yaesu Jan 2020 #9

I'd wear my blue face mask but I wrote BigmanPigman Jan 2020 #14

Lol, ok that made me laugh.🤣 Fla Dem Jan 2020 #26

I live in a university town with lots of international Laurian Jan 2020 #10

Stephen King book material nt benld74 Jan 2020 #12

Not even close really as Kings virus had a far higher % of deaths than this. cstanleytech Jan 2020 #36

Our fearless leader needs to take the situation in hand.. Maxheader Jan 2020 #25

Thank you, brave doctor. Yeehah Jan 2020 #29

Well that's not good news (nt) Recursion Jan 2020 #32

I told my brother & the hubs that this could very possibly turn into the REAL version of The_REAL_Ecumenist Jan 2020 #33

Remind me if the movie Contagion. MicaelS Jan 2020 #38

Art imitates life, for reals Baclava Jan 2020 #40

Yep. That was also a coronavirus in the movie NickB79 Jan 2020 #41

Taiwan bans export of surgical, N95 masks amid China coronavirus outbreak Baclava Jan 2020 #39

I think they are concerned about mutation. Laffy Kat Jan 2020 #42

There is concern that it is communicable in asymtomatic carriers. Ilsa Jan 2020 #43