At the time of writing, the official report for the corona virus spread states that there are a total of 7,711 cases in Wuhan, and there have been 170 deaths.
Wuhan is a city of over 11 million people, (1.27 times bigger than New York City) They claim their hospitals to be completely full due to the outbreak. New York City has 62 Hospitals with a total of 26,451 beds and around a 65% usage average. If we assume similar numbers in Wuhan, and to be generous, they should have around 30,000 bed capacity, and at 70% usage that would leave about 9,000 beds empty. Keep in mind, that not everyone will be hospitalized with the virus, only those who are in critical condition such as the sick and elderly. This suggests that the actual number of cases are much higher.
Those numbers are a little to close for comfort. On top of this, they are rapidly constructing new hospitals that should add about 10,000 more beds. This strongly suggests that either the current numbers are much higher or they expect to need this type of capacity.
It is easy to lie with words, difficult to lie with documents, and impractical to lie with actions.
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This combined with that x factor, the incredibly long incubation period of the virus (some estimates suggest it is about 10 days) during which time it is the most infectious and their are no symptoms, suggests that the Chinese may be covering up some of the data.
This would be bad if it is true, because it probably means that a significant portion of the world is already infected, but we won't know for over a week.
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Through a long process of evolution this life developed into the human race.
Humans conquered fire, built complex societies and advanced technology .
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The reason this one is concerning is because of how quickly it is spreading. It just so happened to start spreading at the busiest holiday travel season in China. The Chinese government is actually being very forthcoming with their figures and their approach because it gave China a real bad global image when they kept the outbreak of SARS quiet. The CDC and the WHO believe that a catastrophic outbreak of something like ebola will eventually happen on a global scale, and it's not a question of if it will, but a question of when it will. But this is not that time. I'll bet the WHO is making a big deal about this one to prepare the world for a much more scary outbreak that could come in the near future, but that is just conjecture.
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Everything seems to add up nicely. Assuming the hospitals were close to being full to begin with and that the number of cases is approaching 10,000, with no telling how many more cases there will be, it makes sense to add approximately 10-15,000 more beds preventively.
It is not at all something to worry about. Every minute approximately 100 people worldwide die to natural causes. This virus is not statistically significant at all, and I personally would not even think about postponing my trip to Wuhan had I one planned. You are probably more likely to die in a car accident tomorrow just driving to work, than you are to get contaminated by the virus if you go to Wuhan and hug and kiss contaminated people repeatedly.
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Why is this important? It's because even if the virus is not as deadly as say, Ebola it can actually be much more dangerous by infecting a greater number of people. Even if only 5% of cases result in death, then we are still talking about potentially tens of thousands of deaths if it is not contained quickly. I think it might be a little too early to determine just how deadly it is, because many of the people infected now may not have had time for the virus to run it's course.
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Through a long process of evolution this life developed into the human race.
Humans conquered fire, built complex societies and advanced technology .
All of that so we can argue about nothing.
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You can't get into Wuhan right now, the entire area is completely quarantined being guarded by the PLA. They have shut off all the roads by piling dirt and rocks on to them. We might not see the full effects of the virus until about midway through February, and it doesn't matter because it is already in the US Australia and Europe.
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Humans conquered fire, built complex societies and advanced technology .
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Well, China is a heavily centralised totalitarian state. If they want it, they can concentrate their efforts and address any problem in a quick and exaggerated way. They do not have to be concerned with the rights of their citizens', with inconveniences to businesses, etc.; they can just issue a directive at the top and send it down the chain of command.
They pull off stunts like this all the time. I can say many negative things about their state, but they surely have mastered a hierarchical organisation of the society.
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Stars formed, planets coalesced, and on at least one of them life took root.
Through a long process of evolution this life developed into the human race.
Humans conquered fire, built complex societies and advanced technology .
All of that so we can argue about nothing.
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Many of the people infected now are already recovering. The reason this caronavirus isn't as deadly as the measles is because the measles can spread through the air. Right now they are looking at a 2% death rate for this caronavirus. That's still lower than SARS (which is a strain of the caronavirus) which had a 15 to 18 percent death rate. Ebola had a 90% death rate. A 2% death rate puts this in the category of a bad flu season, not "I am legend" kind of $hit.
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Stars formed, planets coalesced, and on at least one of them life took root.
Through a long process of evolution this life developed into the human race.
Humans conquered fire, built complex societies and advanced technology .
All of that so we can argue about nothing.
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Well, they still only have control over what happens to Chinese citizens on the Chinese territory. They cannot do much about those who have left overseas, and they cannot detain foreigners planning to return overseas without a major international backlash. Considering these limitations, they have done outstandingly well.
I will just add that people should stop ringing the doomsday bell every time something like this happens. There have been dozens pandemics over the last 20 years, and every time people get scared and thousands media articles get posted, only to see nothing of substance happen in the end.
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Stars formed, planets coalesced, and on at least one of them life took root.
Through a long process of evolution this life developed into the human race.
Humans conquered fire, built complex societies and advanced technology .
All of that so we can argue about nothing.
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A proportional response is reasonable, but an overreaction is not. Imagine if every time you cut your finger while doing cooking, you thought you were going to bleed to death... Would this be a healthy reaction, and would it improve the quality of your life? Now imagine that you overreact like that to many different things. Your life will just be filled with stress and anxiety, for no good reason, impairing you in many different ways. Similarly, overreacting to every outbreak and other similar things fills societies with stress and anxiety and impairs them in many ways.
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***** Similarly, overreacting to every outbreak and other similar things fills societies with stress and anxiety and impairs them in many ways.
You’re right , just a minute ago on our national news the health minister said that most people easily fight the virus off without treatment of any kind in a few days , the media reports it seems have totally exaggerated things
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I just read the seriousness of the “virus “ was spread by one guy on Twitter and it went “viral” it’s the latest conspiracy theory type hoax and all totally exaggerated
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Nobody in the medical community "expects" the 2% mortality rate of the coronavirus to go up. There is a possibility it could, but it still looks like a much smaller mortality rate than SARS.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/30/ezekiel-emanuel-on-coronavirus-americans-need-to-stop-panicking.html
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@piloteer many things are possible; very few are actually very probable.
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