Chinese Coronavirus Cases Rise to More Than 11,700: Virus Update

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Source: Bloomberg

China said the number of coronavirus cases topped 11,700 and the U.S. declared a public health emergency in response to the outbreak.

The Trump administration ordered citizens returning from the Hubei province at the center of the outbreak be quarantined for as long as 14 days.

Flights to the U.S. from China will be restricted to seven airports. U.S. carriers have already significantly cut travel to and from the country. Foreign nationals who have been in China recently will be denied entry to the U.S.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the U.S. has seven cases, most recently in California. Spain reported its first confirmed case.

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-31/u-s-to-quarantine-americans-returning-from-hubei-virus-update?srnd=premium

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Key Developments:
China recorded 2,102 new cases for Jan. 31, with 268 new severe cases. There have been 259 deaths so far.
U.S. escalates response with entry limits, cuts in flights
At least two-thirds of China’s economy to stay shut next week

[NickB79]

1. 259 dead. It was 213 this morning.

Shit.

[yaesu]

2. SARS, which started in China the same way, animal to human only had a total of 8,096 cases

world wide so this number just in China is alarming though SARS had a higher death percentage.

[yaesu]

3. The 2009 swine flu pandemic sickened 43 million to 89 million people world wide

& killed 203,000 people worldwide so we are far, far away from those numbers but lets hope the control efforts succeed with corona.

[58Sunliner]

4. Are they testing all the dead now? Probably not. Thankfully it is still a low death rate.

[ffr]

5. I thought the wall was suppose to keep foriegners out.

Do we need to build one higher and more beautiful? Why isn't our pResident's wall more effective? Damn it!

[Talitha]

6. SARS and now this. How many of these damned things start in China, and WHY?

I also remember the Hong Kong flu.

[nitpicker]

7. Some blame Chinese "wet markets"

From Wikipedia:

"Wet markets were traditionally places that sold dead and live animals out in the open. This includes poultry, fish, reptiles, and pigs."

It is thought that this may have provided an opportunity for virus mutation and jumping to humans.

[Talitha]

10. Quite logical.

Thanks for the info!

[nitpicker]

8. Link to The Guardian live update thread

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/feb/01/coronavirus-latest-updates-us-ban-china-death-toll-hits-259-live-news

[SmartVoter22]

9. Pandemics kill more than wars

In 1918, the Spanish flu wiped out 6% of all humans, and it did it in 18 months. wars take years to kill millions.
Comparing 1918 to today's coronoavirus, this pandemic could kill over 400,000,000 people assuming only 6%.
Let's be real and understand that it could easily surpass 6% and kill off far ore, maybe even a billion people.
We have no means to handle that many bodies, which would start all sorts of diseases and even more death.

Air travel, which is spreading the virus today, did not exist in 1918 but it spread rapidly and voraciously. Today, could escalate with such speed that humanity could never keep step with it.

We have global movement in 12 hours or less today. Pandemics love people sharing and this one has designed itself to share faster, to more people.