"To summarize, COVID-19 spreads less efficiently than flu, transmission does not appear to be driven by people who are not sick, it causes more severe illness than flu, there are not yet any vaccines or therapeutics, and it can be contained"https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---3-march-2020 …
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Replying to @MackayIM
Do we buy the 'spreads less efficient'? Flu is very inefficient....
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Replying to @florian_krammer @MackayIM
Even if the coronavirus is “inefficient” it has many more targets than the flu because it is a new virus whose hosts have no immunity to.
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