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dewsgirl

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12. To an extent, but we weren't hearing terms about super spreaders

Reply to cstanleytech (Reply #4)

Sun Feb 9, 2020, 10:14 AM

Feb 2020

and all the crazy stuff like that. 70 people on the ship now have it. They wouldn't be going to such extreme matters in China. They just locked another 11 million people down, they now have well over 50 million people locked down.

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How Does the New Coronavirus Compare with the Flu? [View all] Newest Reality Feb 2020 OP

This is nothing like the flu. dewsgirl Feb 2020 #1

It is in as far as the common sense methods people can use to reduce the chance cstanleytech Feb 2020 #4

To an extent, but we weren't hearing terms about super spreaders dewsgirl Feb 2020 #12

Coronavirus: Chinese data shows 82% of cases are mild, says WHO Warpy Feb 2020 #2

I suspect the other reason its outpaced it is that they did not know they had a problem cstanleytech Feb 2020 #5

There is lag time at the beginning of every outbreak Warpy Feb 2020 #9

I read an article where a doctor said the same thing and BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #3

Not exactly. The cheap masks you can buy in the store can help reduce your chances but its because cstanleytech Feb 2020 #6

I can see how that can be true. BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #7

Recent studies show that surgical masks are effective in preventing the transmission of viruses Kaleva Feb 2020 #8

They were talking about hardware store masks Warpy Feb 2020 #10

Yup. Specifically the simple cloth/paper ones we see the average people using in large crowds. cstanleytech Feb 2020 #11

Those would be surgical masks Kaleva Feb 2020 #14

Surgical masks are cheap. Kaleva Feb 2020 #13

People also need to make sure they wear it correctly as if it has any way for air to enter say via a cstanleytech Feb 2020 #15

Yes. We agree on that. Kaleva Feb 2020 #16