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| ToadallyAwesome 02/26/20 11:08:38 PM #16: | DanHaren2019 posted... Dunno, no one knows. The best comparison is influenza virus. We all know how it spreads and how common it is. The r0 for flu is about 1.28. For coronavirus it's 2.2 approximately. So roughly speaking in layman's words, this is twice as infective as influenza. So the fact that it's here, I don't see why it can't spread, similar to how flu spreads. Every year 30 mil people get the flu in the US. About half of those receive medical attention in some way, and about 1-2%get hospitalized, and about 0.1% die. Think of the flu but more infective, slightly worse illnesses, and for the high risk population much more serious So its basically Super Flu? Due to not showing symptoms for almost 2 weeks. Being twice as infective and a worse illness? Sounds like if it gets out in the wild it would be hard to stop. --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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