1. Based on the medical guys chatter....85-percent of folks affected will get what is a regular 'hard-flu' (seven day type), with 102 temperature for 2-to-3 days, coughs, and lack of appetite. The 15-percent group will get serious flu conditions and are under a threat (mostly smokers, have a secondary problem already, or are over the age of 65). Both groups however....are carriers and will pass the flu potential along....some even before they show symptoms.
2. The bad nature at Wuhan? Remember, they are a mega city at 11-million. They had a total of 67,000 people (WHO stats) who got the virus, and of that number.....2761 deaths. It's a fair number of dead. But going back into December, they had no idea what it was....except people were having serious pneumonia-like symptoms.
3. From the 3736 folks in South Korea affected....18 have died at this point (1 March). From the 239 folks in Japan affected....only 5 have died at this point. It would appear that lesser numbers of dead for westernized nations. Part of this might go to less air-polluted countries compared to China, or differing ways of handling what is basically pneumonia-like problems.
4. The Ebola situation around five years ago scared the crap out of people.....yet it eventually fell under control. MERs was the same way.
5. An Israeli company says it's within a couple of weeks of wrapping up their vaccine. IF true? They'd start production by May, and vaccine delivery would b accomplished by November.
6. The worst possible place in the US to be with this? SF, LA, Seattle, and Portland. With homeless people already crapping on the streets in this cities, this will pass through the system rather quickly and infection rates will shock even the experts.
7. If you want to avoid it? Pack yourself away in a house for the next six months, and avoid human contact.
8. There is zero need to put all infected folks into some massive compound run by the National Guard or some idiot federal administrator, you'd just make this ten times worse. Send the infected guy home and put them on a quarantine (with their family).
9. Attempting to spend billions? On what? Unless you intended to make luxury compounds for the elite of the nation who fall sick.....there is no need to get wasteful.
10. Use good sanitation habits....wash your hands on a frequent basis, avoid sick people, and use alcohol wipes a good bit.
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