SARS: 2002 H1N1: 2009 MERS: 2012 COVID-19: 2020 Questions: 1) Was this always happening, and now going global due to more interconnectedness? 2) What's the likelihood we'll see a much much more lethal (and high growth) apocalyptic pandemic in our lifetimes?
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I think mild symptoms is the ticket, because they can be confused with other illness and thus the individual doesn’t understand the severity of what they may be passing on to others. Eg. In my situation I have very mild symptoms, but... https://twitter.com/alexmensch/status/1238601642485800960?s=21 …https://twitter.com/alexmensch/status/1238601642485800960 …
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Imagine this, except a perfectly engineered bioweapon. Ugh.
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Relevant factors - Fatality rate - Incubation period & days of asymptomatic/mild symptom transmission - Contagiousness (incl airborne vs droplet transmission) - Recovery period and immunity after recovery Some virus at the wrong end of these can cause lot of damage
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