Flu

[Oliver88]

How long until it comes through Vancouver and Toronto airports?
Business as usual traveling to Canada with a simple question if you have visited regions in China infected. Nobody from China will ever lie to our CBSA.

[WiltonRanch]

Granted I don’t follow the news much but this is what I was curious about. A 3-4% mortality rate isn’t bad at all. Bird flu in comparison is something around 75%+ I think.

Morbidity could be high but I don’t think 3-4% is much higher than the normal flu outbreak.

So what’s really going on if they’re making such a big deal over it. The reaction isn’t equaling the information.

You’re about right on. Spanish Flu of 1918 killed 50 million out of 1.8 billion humans about 3%.

[jazz]

Maybe the answer to the outbreak is simpler than we think. Like dont eat soup with a bat in it.

[grassfarmer]

Corona always tasted like bats had S$#% in it.

[malleefarmer]

In Australia NOW

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-25/first-confirmed-coronavirus-case-australian-as-china-toll-rises/11900428 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-25/first-confirmed-coronavirus-case-australian-as-china-toll-rises/11900428

[macdon02]

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1220919589623803905?s=20

This Harvard Epidemiologist seems very concerned. Estimating 5% of the cases have been identified. It's worth a read, he's got more on it if you click on his name it'll pull up everything he's posted.

[macdon02]

[malleefarmer]

Either 4 or 5 cases now in Australia

[sumdumguy]

Death from Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome is 30%.

[rumrocks]

When it comes to infection rates, exponential ruins the party ever time.

This could be tough on airlines, especially Boeing.