Posted on Jan 18, 2020

New Chinese virus 'will have infected hundreds'

PO1 Tony Holland

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Bigger problem than China has admitted

New Chinese virus 'will have infected hundreds'

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1SG Steven Imerman

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I guess maybe there is a downside to having 1.5 billion people all living on top of one another. Might make disease transmission easier, for one thing.

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LTC Lee Bouchard

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I agree. Population density would be a major factor.

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LTC Lee Bouchard

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More likely infect thousands if not millions if better hygiene is not practiced and a new vaccine is developed. Otherwise, containment is very important at the moment.

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1stSgt Nelson Kerr

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coronoviru's main form of transmission is by air so hygiene is not a primary issue and the Chinese have been practicing good hygiene culturally for far longer than the west. You are right about the desperate need for a vaccine everyone whoud be working on it since diseases ignore borders.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/about/transmission.html

Coronavirus | About | Transmission | CDC

CDC Coronavirus: About Transmission - Explains how coronaviruses likely spread

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LTC Lee Bouchard

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Hygiene does include covering your mouth and nose and protecting yourself from airborne agents of all kinds.

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