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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWuhan Coronavirus Looks Increasingly Like a Pandemic, Experts Say
The Wuhan coronavirus spreading from China is now likely to become a pandemic that circles the globe, according to many of the worlds leading infectious disease experts.
The prospect is daunting. A pandemic an ongoing epidemic on two or more continents may well have global consequences, despite the extraordinary travel restrictions and quarantines now imposed by China and other countries, including the United States.
Scientists do not yet know how lethal the new coronavirus is, however, so there is uncertainty about how much damage a pandemic might cause. But there is growing consensus that the pathogen is readily transmitted between humans.
The Wuhan coronavirus is spreading more like influenza, which is highly transmissible, than like its slow-moving viral cousins, SARS and MERS, scientists have found.
The prospect is daunting. A pandemic an ongoing epidemic on two or more continents may well have global consequences, despite the extraordinary travel restrictions and quarantines now imposed by China and other countries, including the United States.
Scientists do not yet know how lethal the new coronavirus is, however, so there is uncertainty about how much damage a pandemic might cause. But there is growing consensus that the pathogen is readily transmitted between humans.
The Wuhan coronavirus is spreading more like influenza, which is highly transmissible, than like its slow-moving viral cousins, SARS and MERS, scientists have found.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/02/health/coronavirus-pandemic-china.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
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Wuhan Coronavirus Looks Increasingly Like a Pandemic, Experts Say (Original Post)
PA Democrat
Feb 2020
OP
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)1. Appears to be the thrid
Generation of the Swine flu.
Ms. Toad
(34,086 posts)2. Some of us suggested that a week ago.
It was not well received.
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)3. Don't panic. Always carry a towel, and, at every opportunity
drink tea. (my Brit advice, for what it's worth).
... And, if you own stocks, sell.
maryellen99
(3,789 posts)4. And with trump in charge...