the first confirmed case of the new virus in the homeland of the U.S, the virus has been going though China over 300 confirmed cases.
person in Washington state has been diagnosed with a novel infection racing through China, the first time someone in the United States has been confirmed to have the virus, according to news reports Tuesday.
The person, who was not identified, had recently traveled to Wuhan, China, which is where the outbreak is believed to have begun, the New York Times reported.
CNN cited “a federal source outside of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention” as the source of the information. The CDC has a press conference scheduled for later this afternoon on the topic of the new virus, provisionally known as 2019-nCoV.
I actually suspect it might not be so deadly. 6 deaths out of 300 reported cases is a small mortality rate (2%) but it is suspected there are many more than 300 cases.
But if it’s very virulent, and the dr stays at 2%, it would be a large impact. Spanish flu only had a 2.5% mortality rate, but millions got it.
Yes. I was going to say, y’all can joke if you want to, but I don’t want that kind of karma on me. That 1 in 50 people I know might be someone I like.
I wouldn’t worry too much about it. If it ever becomes a problem, there will be enough money thrown at it, and they will figure out a solution just like we now have an Ebola vaccine.
That 2% could have been elderly, could have already been sick, could have been malnourished…because we know there is a lot of that going on in CHINA. There are dozen’s of other factors. Don’t panic yet.
169 patients are being treated in the local hospital, Wuhan. Thirty-five of those patients are in severe condition, and nine are in critical condition.
