There are a lot of panic-inducing threads out there about #COVID2019 and the #coronavirus that are going viral, so I thought I'd put together some much more reassuring facts for you to all think about



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This is in large part due to public health measures, which is why you should LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITY Keep an eye on the news Be prepared to take action
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FACT 5: Children are not severely impacted by the disease Very few children have died, and mostly kids experience only very mild symptomspic.twitter.com/mHVCag9phI
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The biggest issue with children is that they do get infected, so there are worries that they will transmit the disease to others and spread it further
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This makes sense to anyone who knows a child, given that they are basically walking petri dishes that will happily sneeze into your open mouth
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FACT 6: Household spread appears to be relatively limited, with somewhere between 5-20% of households having a subsequent infection Having a sick relative doesn't appear currently to be a doom sentence
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More specifically, the WHO estimates that between 3-10% of all household contacts (i.e. people living with a sick person) get sick, which is not as scary a message as you might've heardpic.twitter.com/Q9rNohuipR
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FACT 7: Thanks
@trentyarwood for this excellent reminder that YOU CAN PREVENT THE SPREAD OS DISEASE Wash your hands, peoplehttps://twitter.com/trentyarwood/status/1236829423585779714?s=20 …Show this thread -
Note: I have tried to stick very much to established facts and well-supported arguments, but the nature of this disease is that everything is fluid! Some of this may/will change over the coming days/weeks
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This is because China barricades people into their houses. And China’s numbers are highly suspect. Justify your claim that the growth curve flattens out using only data from Italy and South Korea. I don’t believe you can
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SK epidemic growth as percentages by day. They've done a truly remarkable job in many wayspic.twitter.com/HPDqTnn0vQ
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