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China had a heavy hand response early on and are now almost completely recovered.
China had a heavy hand response early on and are now almost completely recovered.
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WUHAN—It was on Dec. 10 that Wei Guixian, a seafood merchant in this city’s Hua’nan market, first started to feel sick. Thinking she was getting a cold, she walked to a small local clinic to get some treatment and then went back to work.
Eight days later, the 57-year-old was barely conscious in a hospital bed, one of the first suspected cases in a coronavirus epidemic that has paralyzed China and gripped the global economy.
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Even after Chinese President Xi Jinping personally ordered officials to control the outbreak on Jan. 7, authorities kept denying it could spread between humans—something doctors had known was happening since late December—and went ahead with a Chinese Lunar New Year banquet involving tens of thousands of families in Wuhan.
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He was also leading the response when authorities let some five million people leave Wuhan without screening, and when they waited until Jan. 20 to announce the virus was spreading between humans.
originally posted by: sunkuong
a reply to: ThinkingCap
After 12 months youll have better stats to compare to influenza or common colds.
Sheesh its only march. Who can say the long term impact with any great certainty.
The immediate impact indicates a higher incubation and transfer rate
originally posted by: HelloboysImbackguy
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Its already nuts at hospitals here. We are starting to see how Italy's early days played out but at a faster rate which is not good. At all.
China had a heavy hand response early on and are now almost completely recovered.
How It All Started: China’s Early Coronavirus Missteps
www.wsj.com...
originally posted by: choos
a reply to: neutronflux
well to be fair, not alot was and kind of still unknown about this virus. kind of hard to contain something you dont know much about.
originally posted by: whereislogic
a reply to: HelloboysImbackguy
Last years flu was reported to have killed 80,000 people in the US according to the CDC I think (might have been a different source).