Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Covid-19

[hanera]

@hanera

China has put the novel Coronavirus in the SARS category because it is a new strain that have not been identified before and hence has no curing drug and patients are treated symptoms only. WHO has not declared it as a global emergency because cases are mostly limited to China, and only isolated cases elsewhere. Btw, common flu is a Coronavirus and while the new strain is…

…mysterious, so far its impact pales in comparison to the common flu virus, which has already killed between 8,200 and 20,000 Americans this winter, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.

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The median age of deaths is 75 and most have pre-condition like high blood pressure.

Since above posts, WHO has declared 2019 nCov as global health emergency and no need for travel restrictions. Few nations err on the safe side and put in place travel restrictions.

My unscientific hypothesis after reading many articles, deaths so far are mostly old folks > 60 eating wild animals in hope of curing their medical conditions i.e. first generation infection. So far hardly any deaths from 2nd, 3rd and 4th mutations. That could be due to the infected/observation period is not sufficiently long. According to the live update, about 348 recovered - my guess those are mostly first generation i.e. verdict on 2nd, 3rd and 4th mutations are not out yet.