CORONA-VIRUS - DON'T PANIC! - Andrew Strom
Posted by: prophetic <prophetic@...>
by Andrew Strom
There seems to be quite a lot of misinformation - and even a whiff
of panic - floating around about the Wuhan virus. I have spent
much of the last week locating the best sources of info that I
could find - to ascertain how dangerous this virus truly is.
Here is my brief summary from the best sources I can find on
this:
(1) This virus is VERY infectious (at least twice as infectious
as a normal flu) - so it spreads easily. BUT-
(2) The actual fatality level is low. (Much lower than most people
think). Outside of China, if you get hospitalized for this, your
chances of survival are VERY HIGH. Older people are more
vulnerable - but even then, if you are outside China your chances
are VERY GOOD. (Proof of this below).
(3) In China this thing is out-of-control - and the fear and panic
are greatly stifling their ability to locate the worst cases and
give them the very best care. They are inundated - and I expect
China to remain a virtual "basket case" for months. The fear
and panic alone are going to cripple the country for some time.
Will this affect the global economy? YES. -Especially firms
that rely on China for anything.
In summary - will this thing spread? Yes - it will spread. But
outside China, is it likely to cause high fatalities? No - not
according to the best info we have. Right now this seems to
be a highly-contagious, low-fatality virus. Even if you got it,
you would most likely get through it OK.
BEST INFO is BELOW
I am now going to give you links to 3 of the best sources of
information that I have come across. The first is a Reddit
thread that follows the cases outside China. And then there
are two excellent videos with great in-depth information from
experts-
Reddit thread-
https://www.reddit.com/r/China_Flu/comments/euvexx/
Expert interview (very recent)-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjHbogeWiXU
Another good video-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMXcMtqH8ak
God bless you all.
Andrew Strom.