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RoboGerbil 1 point ago +1 / -0

unofficial numbers are looking pretty bad.

heres what we know. China has 400 million people in an area the size of california, texas and new york state combined, all under quarantine. 90% of the chinese economy is in this quarantine zone and are unable to go to work, or even get basic necessities. this quarantine is officially in place until mid march. this is after china has culled its pork foodstocks, and six months of trade wars with the united states. their food stores are dangerously low. also the chinese government lies. this virus spreads at exponential rate and you only need to look at the cruise ship in japan to see this.

as for the disease iteself, you will begin seeing symptoms 2-12 days after contraction. the first 3 days are pretty mild. the fourth will feel like the worst flu of your life. day 5 you will have trouble breathing as your lungs work at 10% capacity. (you need up to 5 atmospheres of pressurized pure oxygen) your fever will spike to 104f. day 6 is usually the deadliest day, but if you survive you will slowly recover through to day 16-20(after showing symptoms). all the while you are highly contageous.

unofficially 13 million infected across mainland china, 250k dead, less than 2k recovered. ambulances and delivery trucks are running nonstop to deliver bodies to crematoriums. each hospital and death center rotate out 200 beds every day for those who die.