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To: Thehammer who wrote (701998)	1/26/2020 1:00:48 PM
From: skinowski	1 Recommendation Recommended By Thehammer Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 794257

True, usually such diseases are more dangerous to older people, and to those with a weakened immune system. But - not always. The Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 hit mostly young, healthy people - and particularly, pregnant women. The likely explanation is that it happened because of the consequences of a powerful immune response in those people. It was an absolutely horrible illness... there are always worries that something like this may happen again. Here is a very decent and (even) well written Wiki article about this. If not the whole thing, it makes sense to look through the introduction and the “patterns of mortality” sections. en.m.wikipedia.org Coronavirus - caused illnesses are, actually, very common... they’re one of the frequent causes of common colds. Usually they are mild. This one seems to be some unusually bad strain... maybe an animal virus that “learned” to infect humans.

To: Thehammer who wrote (701998)	1/26/2020 2:09:23 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794257

Right, did flu kill them or just nudge them over the edge.

To: Thehammer who wrote (701998)	1/26/2020 3:17:03 PM
From: DMaA	2 Recommendations Recommended By alanrs Triffin Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794257

Extreme lethality is not a good strategy for a pathogen. You kill your host quickly you die and your odds of propagating go down.

To: Thehammer who wrote (701998)	1/26/2020 7:22:52 PM
From: Crony	2 Recommendations Recommended By Stevefoder Thehammer Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794257

I read that many infected with this new virus have very mild symptoms. I would speculate those people don't even realize they got infected and don't go to a doctor and therefore not counted. Which means there are several times more people in China who are infected with a virus and therefore its mortality rate is much lower.

To: Thehammer who wrote (701998)	1/26/2020 7:38:59 PM
From: Triffin	2 Recommendations Recommended By lightshipsailor Thehammer Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794257

Virus .. Updated Numbers ===== China Coronavirus OutbreakChina coronavirus cases were at about 2,744 Monday morning local time, with 80 confirmed deaths. Chinese health officials confirmed that people can spread the coronavirus before showing symptoms, making the virus harder to contain. Some 15 cities with 57 million residents are under travel restrictions, but millions left earlier for Lunar New Year. China will extend the New Year holiday past Jan. 30 to try to contain the virus. Shanghai Disneyland and the nation's movie theaters are closed. China suspended all wildlife trade, the likely source for the Wuhan coronavirus. Hong Kong cancelled school for weeks. ===== investors.com Triff ..