How much of China's production is actually shut down right now?
I have type 1 diabetes, so that i guess puts me in the immune compromised category as well. I also packed into two full plane rides flying around china. So I was probably at infinitely more risk than anybody and that makes sense given the low infection numbers compared to the ridiculously high population of China.my wife is a cancer survivor and has a weakened immune system because of that, I don't want to take unnecessary risks that she gets infected.
At least people are washing their hands now.We are all always at tremendous risk of dying of anything. Driving your car is incredibly risky. Anything in your house could cause it to explode. Owning a gun. You could choke on food. So many things can cause cancer, heart attacks. The flu.
You’re hearing about the coronavirus because it’s intriguing.
Why are you letting them do this to you?
I have type 1 diabetes, so that i guess puts me in the immune compromised category as well. I also packed into two full plane rides flying around china. So I was probably at infinitely more risk than anybody and that makes sense given the low infection numbers compared to the ridiculously high population of China.
We are all always at tremendous risk of dying of anything. Driving your car is incredibly risky. Anything in your house could cause it to explode. Owning a gun. You could choke on food. So many things can cause cancer, heart attacks. The flu is kind of risky.
None of these things are particularly worth worrying about.
You’re hearing about the coronavirus because it’s intriguing.
Why are you letting them do this to you?
Yeah, even if you were in or still in Wuhan the chances are low. There is over 11 million people there.yes, infection rates are incredibly low relative to the population. Just in monitoring mode for now. Trips are second half of March.
At least people are washing their hands now.
The case fatality rate — the percentage of known infected people who die — is between 2% and 4% in Hubei province, and 0.7% in other parts of China, he said.
A case fatality rate of between 2% to 4% rivals and even exceeds that of the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, which is estimated to have killed upwards of 50 million people. Even a case fatality rate of 0.7% — which means 7 out of every 1,000 infected people would die — is sobering. It is seven times the fatality rate for seasonal flu, which is estimated to kill between 290,000 and 650,000 people a year globally.
Please stop spreading misinformation, like claiming the death rate is less than the seasonal flu. It's not.
New data from China buttress fears about high coronavirus fatality rate, WHO expert says
A WHO expert who visited China said he did not see evidence that a large number of mild #coronavirus cases are evading detection, meaning its lethality has likely not been exaggerated.www.statnews.com
However, the fear (And reason for all the precautionary measures) is not because of anything the virus is currently doing. It's because we don't know what the virus can do. We know the seasonal flu will die down in the Spring. We have no idea what will happen with the coronavirus in the next few months.
We also don't know if it could mutate to become deadlier or harder to stop.
So, no, it's currently not going to wipe out a chunk of humanity. But, yes, the extreme measures being put in place right now to stop the spread of the virus as quickly as possible are well-intentioned. Anything less would be reckless.