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when a new health crisis emerges it pays
to be informed welcome to watchmojo.com
a virus china's health Commission is
warning the ability of the deadly
coronavirus to spread is getting
stronger for this list we're looking at
key pieces of information pertaining to
this viral outbreak with the goal of
helping you put the novel coronavirus in
context avoid unnecessary panic and take
whatever measures you need to in order
to minimize risks number 10 what is a
corona virus if you're concerned about
something the best thing that you can do
is get informed and when it comes to
matters of health a lot of
sensationalism and fear-mongering tends
to occur news about the corona virus is
spreading fast but so is misinformation
much of it is stoked by fears online so
let's start by demystifying the novel
coronavirus there isn't one single
corona virus out there but rather an
entire family of viruses that are
actually quite common most of them
aren't particularly threatening to
humans symptoms typically amount to
little more than a cold or at worst a
respiratory infection requiring
medication unfortunately every now and
then a strain comes along that's
especially effective at spreading
between humans and involves life
threatening symptoms to such corona
viruses from the last 20 years our SARS
or severe acute respiratory syndrome and
MERS or Middle East respiratory syndrome
but some experts fear saws may now
spread further number 9 where did it
start the scientific name for this
specific corona virus is 2019 and Co V
however it's more commonly being
referred to as the novel coronavirus
or the wuhan corona virus a reference to
its reported place of origin the city of
Wuhan China 2019 and Co V is believed to
have initially broken out at a seafood
and live animal market it's incredibly
difficult to pinpoint the exact source
of a corona virus but in studying the
genetic sequence of the virus the
scientific community first pointed to a
snake as the most likely culprit before
turning their attention to bats a
species known for spreading viruses
though bats may have been involved the
viral video showing a woman eating bat
soup allegedly in Wuhan has nothing
to do with the outbreak that was filmed
in Palau number eight what are the
symptoms in a perfect world any
particularly grave illness would have
hyper distinct symptoms that make it
easy to identify
unfortunately the novel coronavirus is
part of a family of viruses that result
in extremely common cold like symptoms
as such when the 2019 & Co V does begin
to show itself it does so by checking
the lowest common denominator boxes
coughing fever and shortness of breath
these are symptoms that are common to
most upper respiratory infections it
seems quite mild in lots of people and
probably those people don't end up in
hospital at all we only know about the
more severe cases from there however
20:19 and Co V can become a lower
respiratory infection resulting in
pneumonia some patients also experience
nausea vomiting and/or diarrhea number
seven how does it spread corona viruses
are spread via the respiratory system ie
sneezing and coughing this is one of the
few things that the scientific community
can say with certainty about this
outbreak since corona viruses struggle
to survive outside of a host you also
really shouldn't be too concerned about
transmission via packages from China
what has complicated it spread however
is the mystery surrounding its
incubation period the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention or the
CDC can't pinpoint a time line saying it
could be anywhere between 2 and 14 days
On January 29th a new study suggested an
average incubation of approximately five
days but no one can seem to agree most
troubling is that 2019 n Co V may be
transmissible even before a host shows
symptoms authorities are now warning
that the virus is contagious during its
incubation period number six how do you
protect yourself whenever there's a
viral outbreak the rules are always
pretty much the same practice good
hygiene wash your hands frequently and
thoroughly be extra diligent when
navigating public spaces like bathrooms
and mass transit as much as possible
avoid unnecessary contact between your
hands eyes and mouth unless you've just
washed your hands and if someone is
showing signs of illness avoid close
contact because it's a respiratory virus
people have been clearing surgical masks
from store shelves but
these tend to be loose-fitting you
should consider them a preventative
measure rather than a guarantee of
protection the coronaviruses level of
contagiousness is debated ranging from
1.4 to 5.5 newly infected people per
host number 5 what's the course of
treatment
unfortunately there currently isn't a
vaccine available with which to stop the
novel coronavirus in its tracks
worse yet there are no viable antiviral
treatments that have proven effective in
combating those already affected with
2019 and Kobe what we're saying is there
isn't really a treatment for the time
being and so in lieu of one health care
providers are alleviating the symptoms
of patients and providing support to
their immune systems however possible
including in severe cases supporting
vital organ function the immune system
is capable of fighting off the virus and
hospitalization gives the body access to
the best resources with which to heal
itself number four where has it spread
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one of the scariest things about the
novel coronavirus is how quickly it
spread two of the people who died are
outside the infection hot zone as it's
known in China's central Hubei Province
there are at least 830 confirmed cases
of people sickened by the virus the
number of reported illnesses outside
mainland China it's also up this morning
though it feels like it's been much
longer this only began in December 2019
by December 18th there were at least
eight cases by January 2nd this jumped
to 41 despite quarantine the virus soon
spread to all provinces of China as of
January 31st there were well over 9,000
confirmed infections and more than 200
fatalities as you can see from this
graph the number of cases has spiked
over the past week and the city of Wuhan
continues to be at the center of the
outbreak unfortunately Wuhan is a major
port city and because of our increased
global mobility cases of 2019 and Co V
have now been confirmed in 20 other
countries touching Australia North
America Europe and the
least thankfully in places where only a
few cases have been reported the
likelihood of transmission remains low
number three is it fatal Chinese
authorities are warning that the deadly
coronavirus is becoming more infectious
as countries around the world scramble
to limit the outbreak to date the novel
coronavirus has proven far less deadly
than similar viral outbreaks the
fatality rate of SARS for example was
9.6 percent
MERS a more effective killer reached
34.4% symptoms include fever cough and
shortness of breath for many those
symptoms are followed by more severe
complications such as pneumonia and
kidney failure the World Health
Organization estimates that 36 percent
of infected patients have died from MERS
to date the estimated fatality rate of
the Wuhan coronavirus is just 2% most
often 2019 and Kobe proves fatal in
patients with existing pulmonary
conditions and so as it stands right now
it's assumed that the majority of people
infected with the virus will eventually
recover in fact a number of patients
have already recovered in China
Australia Japan and Thailand a growing
number of pneumonia patients are now in
recovery the first case in Fincham City
and Jiangsu province has recovered and
been discharged as well as two more
patients in Shenzhen and two more in
Shanghai but if the spread can't be
contained even a 2% fatality rate could
prove devastating number two is it a
global emergency On January 30th 2020
the World Health Organization officially
declared the novel coronavirus to be a
global health emergency the main reason
for this declaration is not because of
what is happening in China but because
of what is happening in other countries
what does this mean it's essentially an
acknowledgment that the situation has
become an international concern there
are now more than 7700 confirmed cases
worldwide
the death toll climbing to 170 in China
where cases are now confirmed in every
province and 20 countries around the
world it also serves to encourage
nations both those affected and those
unaffected to take necessary precautions
and/or measures to combat the outbreak
the w-h-o doesn't put into place any
enforceable measures but they do make
strong recommendations in the case of
2019 and Kobe it's not China's handling
of this outbreak that prompted this
declaration but rather concern about its
spreading to quote other countries with
weaker health systems the World Health
Organization is being very clear they're
commending China for this response dr.
Ted rose and his remarks just now saying
that we would see many more cases around
the world and potentially deaths if
China hadn't acted the way that it had
for context this is the sixth such
emergency that the w-h-o is declared
with the first occurring in 2009 before
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number one when will there be a vaccine
one of the most pressing questions is
how long it will take the international
scientific community to develop and
deploy a vaccine and unfortunately
that's also one of the most difficult
questions to answer
Chinese scientists release the genome of
the virus to encourage international
efforts and teams around the world have
responded by working at a feverish pace
work is underway on a vaccine in a
number of labs around the world
including here in Canada optimistic
researchers hope to test a vaccine in a
matter of months and to have it deployed
by mid 2020 but more pragmatic Minds
suggests that we should be prepared to
wait much longer the reality is it will
take over a year my expectation to
really find a new vaccine for this so we
need to really use epidemiological
controls to really get this situation in
a better place SARS took 20 months just
to bring to trial and some researchers
are predicting that it'll be closer to a
year before 2019 and COBE vaccine will
be ready for human trial
acceleration I don't believe we are
going to see a vaccine do you agree with
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