To me it appears to be the usual fear mongering and misinformation going on, causing public panic. Without an underlying medical condition, most people infected have only mild, cold-like symptoms. https://twitter.com/letzbake1/status/1225730975352729600?s=21 …https://twitter.com/LetzBake1/status/1225730975352729600 …
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Replying to @cryptodad77 @octal
I’m afraid this is only an illusion. Healthy 34 yr whistleblower doctor died 27 days after first symptoms. This bug, like the winning in Plague Inc, is heavily back-loaded, with variable incubation, infectious while it looks like only a cold, 2nd wk severe, possible death 3rd wk
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Replying to @DanielleFong @octal
I‘m not denying that the severe form of the disease (caused by a virus, not a bug) is fatal. My point is that there is no reason to panic, as the chance to acquire it is quite low and if you do, it’s more like a cold in most cases.
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As an epidemiologist I‘m quite often in Asia to help governments strengthen their health systems to better cope with diseases. I’m currently more worried that I’m not able to reach project areas, based on the report by
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By the way, find below a current situation report from WHO. Nothing alarming in there, not even new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200209-sitrep-20-ncov.pdf?sfvrsn=6f80d1b9_4 …
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Whoa you are super behind the curve here. Japan just announced 130 cases on the diamond princess. The WHO is just intermittently behind on collating on that situation report.
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