01-28-2020, 02:09 AM
The latest has a catchy name, the Corona virus. I read it was named so as to not offend any groups. The swine flu really ticked off pork producers and MERS ticked off the Saudi's, but thankfully nobody lives on the surface of the sun, but watch out for those sun worshipers.
Anyways.. I do feel bad for the millions affected and wonder if it'll be able to be contained before killing off millions.
It has a rather slow incubation period which makes it tougher to contain. The longer the incubation period the more likely it is to spread quickly. That sounds counter-intuitive, but the longer you go before showing symptoms after actually getting infected the more likely you are to infect others before seeking any kind of medical attention. Hopefully it's not like the Spanish flu that affected BY FAR mostly 20-40 year old young adults in the prime of life. That had a lot to do with people who were exposed as babies to very similar viruses in the late 1800s. 20 years later those people were hit particularly hard. https://www.statnews.com has a lot of interesting reading on similarities between the two. The Chinese are particularly vulnerable because of another similar virus 10-20 years ago, SARS..
Anyways.. I do feel bad for the millions affected and wonder if it'll be able to be contained before killing off millions.
It has a rather slow incubation period which makes it tougher to contain. The longer the incubation period the more likely it is to spread quickly. That sounds counter-intuitive, but the longer you go before showing symptoms after actually getting infected the more likely you are to infect others before seeking any kind of medical attention. Hopefully it's not like the Spanish flu that affected BY FAR mostly 20-40 year old young adults in the prime of life. That had a lot to do with people who were exposed as babies to very similar viruses in the late 1800s. 20 years later those people were hit particularly hard. https://www.statnews.com has a lot of interesting reading on similarities between the two. The Chinese are particularly vulnerable because of another similar virus 10-20 years ago, SARS..
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