Wuhan virus (coronavirus) arrives in the USA

[Anonymous]

Fox has just reported that the US is sending a chartered plane Sunday to Wuhan to evacuate US citizens and diplomats.

The US consulate has contacted citizens offering them one of the 230 seats on the plane.

https://www.foxnews.com/health/coronavirus-us-citizens-diplomats-evacuated-wuhan

[Anonymous]

You guys were doing the exact same thing when Ebola was having it’s run in 2014. Doom and gloom. Meanwhile, the flu killed more than 80,000-please read that number again-last year. It infected hundreds of thousands more. If we started calling this something like “Virus 927x” instead of the flu, would these numbers sound scarier? Because it is much more serious than Wuhan. Please get a grip, and vaccinate your kids so you don’t have to face something unimaginable like this:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/17/health/flu-ohio-teen-kaylee-roberts-death-eprise/index.html" target="_new" rel="nofollow"> https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/17/health/flu-ohio-teen-kaylee-roberts-death-eprise/index.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You guys were doing the exact same thing when Ebola was having it’s run in 2014. Doom and gloom. Meanwhile, the flu killed more than 80,000-please read that number again-last year. It infected hundreds of thousands more. If we started calling this something like “Virus 927x” instead of the flu, would these numbers sound scarier? Because it is much more serious than Wuhan. Please get a grip, and vaccinate your kids so you don’t have to face something unimaginable like this:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/17/health/flu-ohio-teen-kaylee-roberts-death-eprise/index.html" target="_new" rel="nofollow"> https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/17/health/flu-ohio-teen-kaylee-roberts-death-eprise/index.html

Then why is China quarantining their entire country?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You guys were doing the exact same thing when Ebola was having it’s run in 2014. Doom and gloom. Meanwhile, the flu killed more than 80,000-please read that number again-last year. It infected hundreds of thousands more. If we started calling this something like “Virus 927x” instead of the flu, would these numbers sound scarier? Because it is much more serious than Wuhan. Please get a grip, and vaccinate your kids so you don’t have to face something unimaginable like this:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/17/health/flu-ohio-teen-kaylee-roberts-death-eprise/index.html" target="_new" rel="nofollow"> https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/17/health/flu-ohio-teen-kaylee-roberts-death-eprise/index.html

I have posted at least once about influenza being our real danger.

However, I admit to avidly following the coronavirus news. Contagion is a big concern in my non-health related field so I am finding the course of the outbreak and the responses fascinating from a professional point of view.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You guys were doing the exact same thing when Ebola was having it’s run in 2014. Doom and gloom. Meanwhile, the flu killed more than 80,000-please read that number again-last year. It infected hundreds of thousands more. If we started calling this something like “Virus 927x” instead of the flu, would these numbers sound scarier? Because it is much more serious than Wuhan. Please get a grip, and vaccinate your kids so you don’t have to face something unimaginable like this:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/17/health/flu-ohio-teen-kaylee-roberts-death-eprise/index.html" target="_new" rel="nofollow"> https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/17/health/flu-ohio-teen-kaylee-roberts-death-eprise/index.html

The flu kills far more people in number (so far) and is not something to take lightly. But Coronavirus is killing 3%, 4%, more... of people who contract it. That is materially different, and scary. It's not just about the number of deaths, it's about mortality rates and spread.

[Anonymous]

Latest situation update on China - https://twitter.com/SunKaiyuan/status/1221120035252527106

1408 confirmed cases, 2032 suspected cases, 39 recoveries and 42 deaths nationally

There are several important developments in the past day:
1. Many locations outside Wuhan started reporting cases with no link to Wuhan
2. A cluster of 3 family infections reported in Shanxi(??)
3. Detailed information on confirmed cases in Tianjin suggests personnels work on China's high-speed trains are at high risk of infection
4. a few cases of children starts to pop up

All seems to suggest substantial H2H transmissibility

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You guys were doing the exact same thing when Ebola was having it’s run in 2014. Doom and gloom. Meanwhile, the flu killed more than 80,000-please read that number again-last year. It infected hundreds of thousands more. If we started calling this something like “Virus 927x” instead of the flu, would these numbers sound scarier? Because it is much more serious than Wuhan. Please get a grip, and vaccinate your kids so you don’t have to face something unimaginable like this:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/17/health/flu-ohio-teen-kaylee-roberts-death-eprise/index.html" target="_new" rel="nofollow"> https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/17/health/flu-ohio-teen-kaylee-roberts-death-eprise/index.html

I have posted at least once about influenza being our real danger.

However, I admit to avidly following the coronavirus news. Contagion is a big concern in my non-health related field so I am finding the course of the outbreak and the responses fascinating from a professional point of view.

Good to know.

[Anonymous]

China is a highly competent country that’s supposed to replace the US as the world’s greatest power. I’m sure they’ve got this under control.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Good article that gives info and puts this virus in perspective. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/01/24/coronavirus-versus-flu-influenza-deadlier-than-wuhan-china-disease/4564133002/


So I agree that while at a purely objective level people in the US should be far more concerned about influenza than coronavirus, the uncertainty around the latter is bound to create more anxiety.

To get a flu shot? They just confirmed that the vaccine that they used in 2019 do not match any flu viruses that came up this winter. Why would you get a flu shot? You better of just to put a bandaid.

This is NOT TRUE. Read this article - it's not a great match, but it still offers some protection. GET THE FLU SHOT.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/14/health/flu-vaccine-match/index.html

No thank you. I've never had a flu, and I never had a flu shot. Now when we know that the flu vaccine effectivenes on a good year is 60% and on a bad year is 10 % (which is this year), I will stay away. Getting this year useless shot weakened your immune system when you need it to be strong to fight a new coronavirus.

That is incorrect and not what vaccines do.

Agreed. For virus it can help lessen the strength of the illness or sick period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:China is a highly competent country that’s supposed to replace the US as the world’s greatest power. I’m sure they’ve got this under control.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Latest situation update on China - https://twitter.com/SunKaiyuan/status/1221120035252527106

1408 confirmed cases, 2032 suspected cases, 39 recoveries and 42 deaths nationally

There are several important developments in the past day:
1. Many locations outside Wuhan started reporting cases with no link to Wuhan
2. A cluster of 3 family infections reported in Shanxi(??)
3. Detailed information on confirmed cases in Tianjin suggests personnels work on China's high-speed trains are at high risk of infection
4. a few cases of children starts to pop up

All seems to suggest substantial H2H transmissibility

https://apnews.com/b2810cebad305f66112a0c68be0f8c9a

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:China is a highly competent country that’s supposed to replace the US as the world’s greatest power. I’m sure they’ve got this under control.

Have you seen the emerging videos from their hospitals? It is a nightmare. Anyone who is advocating for a free medicare for all should watch it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:China is a highly competent country that’s supposed to replace the US as the world’s greatest power. I’m sure they’ve got this under control.

Have you seen the emerging videos from their hospitals? It is a nightmare. Anyone who is advocating for a free medicare for all should watch it.

I'm not sure how well we would handle being the epicenter of a pandemic/epidemic, but you are implying that it's preferable for people who cannot afford a hospital copay to stay home and remain untreated. Is that what you mean?

[Anonymous]

Ugh. So do we not go to the lunar celebrations? Is that panicking or wise? I can’t decide.... am leaning toward not going. But what would you do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh. So do we not go to the lunar celebrations? Is that panicking or wise? I can’t decide.... am leaning toward not going. But what would you do?

Where are the celebrations?