You're likely to get the corona virus

[SDANation]

Great article by The Atlantic about Covid 19. It’s a quick 10 minute read and provides great insight to the disease and it’s spread:

From epidemiologist in the article: “ Lipsitch is far from alone in his belief that this virus will continue to spread widely. The emerging consensus among epidemiologists is that the most likely outcome of this outbreak is a new seasonal disease—a fifth “endemic” coronavirus. With the other four, people are not known to develop long-lasting immunity. If this one follows suit, and if the disease continues to be as severe as it is now, “cold and flu season” could become “cold and flu and COVID-19 season.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/607000/

[jayfish]

1. Hell Yeah! U S A... U...

Wait, what?

[lame54]

2. So it will stop itself come April?

[unblock]

3. still not clear on why it wouldn't be grouped in with "cold and flu".

"cold and flu" covers a number of coronaviruses and rhinoviruses. we know there are different strains, but usually don't bother differentiating them unless we're in the business of developing that season's vaccine.

taking a step back from all the hype, it seems that this is basically just another strain of cold or flu.

yes, i get that this strain has a higher mortality rate, but i don't think for classification purposes that's enough to not consider it a cold or flu.

[SDANation]

5. Exactly.

[Coventina]

4. Why are you spamming DU with this stuff?

You've already started a thread with this article posted multiple tiimes.

[SDANation]

6. No I haven't.

Not with this article. In the thread I did. Not on its own. But I’m glad that I occupy a space in your mind. I’m flattered. 😊

[Coventina]

7. Nope. Unrec and trashing thread.

[LanternWaste]

8. "Please stop the Covid-19 hysteria..."

Seems a rather petulant choice to intentionally conflate discussion of a thing with hysteria, yes?

So either your prior premise was incorrect, or you're being hysterical.

[SDANation]

10. I was mainly referring to the media

And that’s what this article explains. While it’s concerning and worthy of being monitored. A majority of those infected will have mild symptoms. Not me saying that, epidemiologists.

[jayfish]

11. Not Really.

One post is about the historic mortality rate of influenza v. Covid-19 and one is about communicability. Kind'a completely different. ...no?

Are we actually reading what people post here or do we just jump on the headlines?

[LiberalArkie]

9. The only think really different is that a person can spread it way before they get sick. So may when

it is included in the flu show more people with get the flu show. Can't help but think positively. I personally think the flu shot and pneumonia shots should be mandatory for those eligible like the small pox, polio and others were when I was a kid in the 50's.

But we had a public health system then.