I don't think people should be seriously concerned unless the WHO upgrades the situation. They seem to be pretty on top of things.
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I think it's too early to tell how effective are the containment measures they are taking, but I believe the speed in which this virus was identified, sequenced and a test for it was created is pretty much unprecedented.
If its one thing I feel China could do is create something that would help the symtoms or stop it from spreading as they are fast to act say compared to the US that may wait years to get a product out for people to take.
Now, I can see how both ways has it's plus and minuses but I strongly believe they will find a real solution medically and I wouldn't surprise to see it being used in a few weeks, not saying it will happen just that I wouldn't be surprised.
Now, I can see how both ways has it's plus and minuses but I strongly believe they will find a real solution medically and I wouldn't surprise to see it being used in a few weeks, not saying it will happen just that I wouldn't be surprised.
Glanced at replies to that tweet. Some claiming there is bioweapons lab in city where virus originated. That would be helluva twist on the events.
It would take at least 4 to 5 months to create a vaccine (and that's the best case scenario). For now, the best bet would be to contain the spread of the disease.
I don't think it would, in some countries yes but if China is desperate it needs to be then there could be much faster results imo and from my 7 years of living here.
Nah the US actually has a law that lets companies speed up vaccines and treatments for experimental diseases if they show a lot of promise. This happened with the Ebola vaccine and HIV. I think it actually started with HIV and how we got the antiretrovirals we use today.
There is only so much you can do since you need eggs, grow the virus itself in said eggs, actual manufacturing, then distribution, etc.
I look at it like I do the road system between US and japan. 3 months to fix a pot hold in the US and a few days to fix a sink hole in Japan. I know this is an odd comparison but it's just culture as well.
Roads and treatments for diseases are done by two totally separate departments. Actually they are done by two totally separate governments in the US. Roads are usually done by the states whereas vaccine research and approval are done by the federal FDA and CDC.
I don't want to say I know or induce any maybe this or maybe that, I just think they may have something sooner rather than later.
I am saying I know it's an odd comparison but china won't abide by the same process as the US is the point. If they find something and they find it working, they will use it IMO
Let's not further spread such rumors, there is really no evidence for that.
There is still no vaccine for SARS or MERS.
Having a vaccine in time to help contain this specific outbreak is going to be really unprecedented in terms of the time it took.
It's not impossible, science is improving all the time and China is putting a whole lot of resources obviously, but I don't believe it's terribly likely.
I think it depends on the severity of the issue, if its being contained there is no need for the work flow or extreme measures right. If it is truly as epic and as bad as some are acting them desperate times desperate measures?
Well, idk if i should start worrying or not yet. I'm in NC and the news just said a person is being medically investigated for suspicion of having the virus after coming from China landing in Raleigh-Durham Airport. This whole state has practically been sick for the last month or two with the flu(my fiancée and I just got over it ourselves, my whole job and family have gotten sick recently too). I'm worried everyone's immune systems are gonna be shot if this stuff travels to the state. Ugh idk feel like I'm rambling sorry.
https://abc11.com/health/nc-investigating-possible-coronavirus-in-person-who-arrived-at-rdu/5876318/
https://abc11.com/health/nc-investigating-possible-coronavirus-in-person-who-arrived-at-rdu/5876318/
>unprecedented measure in the history of the world
>how they deal with things
One thing I learned from Plague Inc is to try to target countries with more resources early to make a vaccine slower to produce. This thing is on the ball so far.
Having worked in a lab that handled sequencing data for target-enriched genomic libraries for a couple of years, this is a pretty impressive feat.
Even more impressive when you layer on top of that phage isolation and receptor recognition...
3rd case in France, close relative of one of the first 2 cases has been infected: https://www.bfmtv.com/sante/agnes-b...cais-infectes-par-le-coronavirus-1846867.html
The anti-vaxxers are going to have problems with a vaccine ........... perhaps if a vaccine is developed in good time and the coronavirus escalates dramatically then vaccinations against it would be mandatory.
In order to keep up to date on this I would recommend keeping an eye on the Wikipedia page:
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Heh, funny timing from November
That's because there are too many viruses which can cause it, plus the common cold is self limiting and generally non-serious. Flu can be more serious (for the young, the sick and the elderly) and flu shots only protect against three or four strains (which strains to vaccinate against is determined by scientists who need to predict those strains which are most likely to affect people in the upcoming season).
Mainland China is now at 1,106 confirmed cases, 41 confirmed deaths https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/01/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/
That's a fantastic summary of all the events taking place around the world. Thanks for the link.
Article on The new england journal of medicine, for those who are interested.
"Patient 2 initially reported fever and cough on December 20, 2019; respiratory distress developed 7 days after the onset of illness and worsened over the next 2 days (see chest radiographs, Figure 1), at which time mechanical ventilation was started. He had been a frequent visitor to the seafood wholesale market. Patients 1 and 3 recovered and were discharged from the hospital on January 16, 2020. Patient died on January 9, 2020."
A little concerning how long that takes, I wonder if that means there could be a much higher mortality rate after a few weeks.
Australia can't catch a break
Confirmed infected is 1000+, actual numbers will be higher as many patients haven't been tested, and many with potential symptoms are told to go home instead. Wuhan's hospitals are apparently overwhelmed according to social media.
There's gonna be a lot of misinformation. Actual numbers, high or low, won't be known for a while.
Probably referring to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosafety_level#Biosafety_level_4
There is only one publicly known lab in China at BSL-4, in Wuhan. Not a bioweapons lab, though im sure there are secret Chinese military labs for that. Just more fear mongering BS.
Can someone confirm this is a legit site?
It says:
1287 infected
1965 suspected
38 recovered
41 dead
It says:
1287 infected
1965 suspected
38 recovered
41 dead
That's fucking bad. Only 38 recovered? That makes it sound way more lethal.
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