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You can't controll infections. You can try to fasttrack vaccinies, but you can't really stop a virus with such a transmission way from spreading. That is a pr

by bpfrh 7y ago

You can't controll infections. You can try to fasttrack vaccinies, but you can't really stop a virus with such a transmission way from spreading. That is a problem but it is nothing new. Every few years we will have new diseases and unfortunately they will spread and kill people. The flu does that yearly. Does that suck? Yes Will it mean the end of the world or have a high impact on countries that have a robust healtcare system? No

jacquesm 7y ago
> You can't controll infections. No, but you can try to slow down the rate of infection to avoid overloading the healthcare system. > You can try to fasttrack vaccinies, but you can't really stop a virus with such a transmission way from spreading. Agreed. > That is a problem but it is nothing new. It certainly isn't anything new. But if the past is a guide here than the impact can be substantial. > Every few years we will have new diseases and unfortunately they will spread and kill people. We do. But most of those do not have this combined potential of spreading a-symptomatic; long incubation time and relatively high mortality. That makes this one more serious than for instance SARS and MERS, the impact of which was already substantial. > The flu does that yearly. If you want to compare what is happening now to the seasonal flu then you are probably not equipped to evaluate the risks. The flu predominantly affects those that are already weakened and it tends to kill people who would have been dead soon anyway. This virus is nothing like that. > Will it mean the end of the world or have a high impact on countries that have a robust healtcare system? No It won't mean the end of the world but it likely will have high impact on countries with robust healthcare systems because (1) the economies of those countries depend on everybody being free to move around and interact with each other, something which anti-spreading measures will affect and (2) even the most wealthy countries with robust healthcare systems have limited healthcare capacity, typically on the order of 1 ICU bed per 10000 people. Assuming you can staff them.

by bpfrh 7y ago

jacquesm 7y ago

> You can't controll infections. No, but you can try to slow down the rate of infection to avoid overloading the healthcare system. > You can try to fasttrack vaccinies, but you can't really stop a virus with such a transmission way from spreading. Agreed. > That is a problem but it is nothing new. It certainly isn't anything new. But if the past is a guide here than the impact can be substantial. > Every few years we will have new diseases and unfortunately they will spread and kill people. We do. But most of those do not have this combined potential of spreading a-symptomatic; long incubation time and relatively high mortality. That makes this one more serious than for instance SARS and MERS, the impact of which was already substantial. > The flu does that yearly. If you want to compare what is happening now to the seasonal flu then you are probably not equipped to evaluate the risks. The flu predominantly affects those that are already weakened and it tends to kill people who would have been dead soon anyway. This virus is nothing like that. > Will it mean the end of the world or have a high impact on countries that have a robust healtcare system? No It won't mean the end of the world but it likely will have high impact on countries with robust healthcare systems because (1) the economies of those countries depend on everybody being free to move around and interact with each other, something which anti-spreading measures will affect and (2) even the most wealthy countries with robust healthcare systems have limited healthcare capacity, typically on the order of 1 ICU bed per 10000 people. Assuming you can staff them.