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34. It's a zoonotic disease, so the likelihood is very high.

Fri Feb 14, 2020, 03:13 PM

Feb 2020

Part of the reason we don't have vaccines for SARS and MERS and now Wuhan is because the virus mutates too quickly for a vaccine to be of any use.

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COVID-19 is a very contagious virus. [View all] denem Feb 2020 OP

That can't be! I was told on DU that it is nothing to worry about! Squinch Feb 2020 #1

Yes. We have a group here who PCIntern Feb 2020 #2

What do you think the impact will be here in the US? smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #6

Me too. And I don't really trust that we are getting the whole story out of China. Squinch Feb 2020 #14

Hey, me too. Silver1 Feb 2020 #15

I am in a medical field. Just being in the hospital is a little scary, given the virulence Squinch Feb 2020 #16

I'm not in the medical field Silver1 Feb 2020 #17

Yes, that's true. And we are not at the mercy of the tests that were so widely used that turned Squinch Feb 2020 #19

Do we have better tests? Silver1 Feb 2020 #20

I'm going in for elective surgery next week (total knee) & after the struggle with Anthem Blue Cross Hekate Feb 2020 #21

I'm sure you'll be fine. MineralMan Feb 2020 #23

Thanks for the encouragement. As it happens, the old Goleta Valley Hosp underwent a rehab itself.... Hekate Feb 2020 #29

Yes - but there are only 15 cases in the US (so far) Ms. Toad Feb 2020 #26

Two have been referred from where I work to be tested. It's in NYC. Squinch Feb 2020 #41

You're almost certainly correct. Ms. Toad Feb 2020 #43

They turned out not to be infected, so I'm not sure what the deal was. Squinch Feb 2020 #46

Not by me. Not even after getting royally spanked. Ms. Toad Feb 2020 #24

i agree catsudon Feb 2020 #40

I read they won't let CDC in to help marlakay Feb 2020 #3

May just be nationalism. denem Feb 2020 #4

+1 lunasun Feb 2020 #27

They are there as part of the WHO team. Ms. Toad Feb 2020 #28

Numerous cities and towns have been put on lockdown...first town outside of China is now on lockdown Leghorn21 Feb 2020 #5

So it seems. Without a vaccine, protective measures MineralMan Feb 2020 #7

See my post 21 upthread. As I said, SMDH Hekate Feb 2020 #22

I used this in another thread, reposting here to perhaps help dewsgirl Feb 2020 #8

R0 is a ex post facto measure of contagion. denem Feb 2020 #9

I know the bare minimum, the comparison helped me. dewsgirl Feb 2020 #10

R0 is good rule of thumb. denem Feb 2020 #11

Thank you. dewsgirl Feb 2020 #12

and you :hi: denem Feb 2020 #13

No, they aren't and they are everywhere...i understand not wanting dewsgirl Feb 2020 #18

Probably closer to 2-4% Ms. Toad Feb 2020 #32

It's scary with the asymptomatic/mild cases being contagious dewsgirl Feb 2020 #35

There's two factors - Ms. Toad Feb 2020 #31

The disease is spread by aerosol droplets. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2020 #25

And it apparently lives on surfaces longer than the average virus. Ms. Toad Feb 2020 #33

I wouldn't be surprised if it stays aerosolized longer elias7 Feb 2020 #37

Why? Ms. Toad Feb 2020 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Feb 2020 #30

It's a zoonotic disease, so the likelihood is very high. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2020 #34

Over time, natural selection will play its role. roamer65 Feb 2020 #38

I read that coronaviruses do not mutate like flu viruses - and have a relatively low mutation rates jpak Feb 2020 #45

I have much more confidence in China than 3rd world USA. nt yaesu Feb 2020 #36

China being an authoritarian state can make decisions faster. roamer65 Feb 2020 #39

I'm really concerned about what will happen in North Korea NickB79 Feb 2020 #42