and no city wide lock downs, establishment of quarantine zones ( Australia ) border closures or evacuations etc. Not to mention building two hospitals in 14 days or so...
Lessons learned from the
various other outbreaks in previous years.
And it is new.
Please explain why this is happening for such an incidental virus such as this coronavirus and not for a much more deadly virus the flu?
Because it is new. Because past complacency saw deaths. Because, once again, it is new. They want to keep it contained. Previous virus' spread quickly because they did not have quarantine measures in place.
I'll
put it into perspective for you..
While the new coronavirus ravages much of China and world leaders rush to close their borders to protect citizens from the outbreak, the flu has quietly killed 10,000 in the U.S. so far this influenza season.
At least 19 million people have come down with the flu in the U.S. with 180,000 ending up in the hospital, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The flu season, which started in September and can run until May, is currently at its peak and poses a greater health threat to the U.S. than the new coronavirus, physicians say.
I never said the 'common flu' was actually more deadly. I said it kills more people. Coronavirus may be more deadly than the flu (currently less deadly than SARS), but it is new. Media focus has been immense.
If people took even remotely similar stances against the common flu, as we might call it, the death rate would be much lower. But people are stupid and complacent. They focus on what's new and shiny while ignoring what is common, when they are more likely to die to the common than what is new.
Understand now?
What we do not need is people going into panics, and posting conspiracy laden rubbish like you tried to pass off as fact in this thread.
I am confident there is a rational explanation for such an extreme reaction by the global community.
Ya. It's new.
Also on a general note, as you have demonstrated such good skills at net research, have you come across any listing of ethnicity of those that have contracted, survived and died of this virus?
Not Nationality but ethnicity.
For example: do you know of any Anglo/Irish or Germanic or Nords being infected and dying?
Another example: The Uyghurs of Northern China are not ethic Chinese.
Yes.
Google is hard.
Frankly,
I don't even know why this matters.
The virus originated in a wet market in Wuhan, China, which has a population of what? 11 million people. It stands to reason that the majority who have it will be Chinese.
Secondly, a cruise ship in Japan currently (with a chunk of Australians on it having a holiday) has seen the virus spread through the ship with latest reports suggesting 1 in 3 infected. Do you think everyone on that ship is Chinese?
I am pretty sure that they are not. In fact, I am certain they are not. For example, I doubt
Rebecca Frasure (US citizen, currently in an isolation ward in a Japanese hospital after she was taken off that cruise ship when she tested positive for the virus) is Chinese.
Thirdly,
there are reported cases of people in other countries contracting the virus after contact with those who have it. The virus does not rely on ethnicity or race.
And finally, Wuhan and China is struggling coping with this outbreak. It stands to reason that there will be more deaths there given the current conditions and a system that is not geared to cope with so many sick people at once.
All my research hasn't yielded anything that shares this information and I wonder why?
I have a few suggestions as to why. None that I can list as they would classify as a personal insult.
If a list was published then all these conspiracy theories about designer viruses would disappear.
List of what?
"Ethnicity" of people who have caught it?
Why does this matter? It's a virus. Anyone can catch it if they are exposed to it.
Are you asking if you are at less risk because you are a white?
John Hopkins University Baltimore Maryland, provides one of the best data resources IMO and yet there isn't reference to ethnicity. When there probably should be.
Only if you are xenophobic.
It's a virus.
Anyone is at risk if they become exposed to it. Including you. Your Anglo-Saxon heritage means diddly squat.
If you want to reduce your chance of contracting it (which is low already), wash your hands. Keep healthy. As Billvon advised, eat healthy and get exercise. If you get sick, don't go out and about. Continue to eat healthy and drink lots of fluids. Contact your doctor if your symptoms worsen. You know, like normal people do when they get the flu.
SITUATION IN NUMBERS total and new cases in last 24 hours
- Globally 40 554 confirmed (3085 new)
- China 40 235 confirmed (3073 new) 6484 severe (296 new) 909 deaths (97 new)
- Outside of China 319 confirmed (12 new) 24 countries 1 death
WHO RISK ASSESSMENT
China Very High
Regional Level High
Global Level High
Yep.
Now go and wash your hands.
