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posted ago by CucumberInLine ago by CucumberInLine +27 / -0

focus. don't be distracted by the latest bird flu / zika virus / swine flu / whatever.

that is all.

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Kwixak 2 points ago +4 / -2

Sorry but this virus is a monster, you should be prepared :

  • R0 between 3.3 and 5.5 ( it's 2-4 times more contagious than the flu R0=1.3)

-83% Infection Rate for Those Exposed

-it's new so nobody is immune to it

-no vaccine and no chance to have one before April

-the virus is prone to mutations

-you become infectious only 3 to 5 days after the infection

-But the onset of the first symptom are 7 to 14 after the infection

-It takes 3-6 days to die (you need many hospital beds) and you secrete a lot of fluids (very infectious)

-The mortality rate is at the very least 2.3% (the flu has a mortality rate of 0.1%)

-But some studies from early cohorts say it's around 15% (to be compared with other coronavirus Mortality rate of SRAS=10%, MERS over 30%)

-Survivors of other coronavirus have long term sequelae (lung and bones problems)

-over the

-18 cities with more than 56 million people are under quarantine, this is the Biggest quarantine ever but at least 5 million of people have fled the quarantine zone

-hospitals are overcrowded they send people home with no test or treatment

-doctors don't have time to test patients many hospitals have run out of tests

-In quarantine zone, all public transportation system are shutdown a lot of people don't have the means to go to the hospital

-All the numbers are from Chinese communist party, the last time they had an outbreak of SRAS they underestimated the number by a factor of seven

-Exponential growth confirmed every days

Get supplies and buy masks