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Warpy

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5. China is reporting about 2000 new cases a day

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #4)

Sat Feb 1, 2020, 06:11 PM

Feb 2020

but in a country that large and crowded, that's still a pretty small outbreak.

The thing to remember is that this is not SARS or MERS. Most people aren't getting full blown pneumonia or going into organ failure. They're just getting a cough, a fever, and recovering from it.

It's just new and for most of us just another annoyance to be added to rhinovirus and influenza. Let's hope it stays that way.

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For Americans, flu remains a bigger threat than coronavirus [View all] soryang Feb 2020 OP

It's the overblown coverage. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #1

+1 Mosby Feb 2020 #2

Old folks and people with chronic health conditions are dying from it Warpy Feb 2020 #3

Conditions in China are the most important thing. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #4

China is reporting about 2000 new cases a day Warpy Feb 2020 #5

Right. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2020 #6