The New Coronavirus Explained
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On December 31, 2019, Chinese officials announced that 27 people in Wuhan, the capital of Central China’s Hubei province, had been infected with a new strain of the coronavirus. Since then, the number of cases of the contagious affliction labeled 2019-nCoV, COVID-19, or Wuhan virus, have rapidly increased, with new cases being reported daily. On Thursday, January 30, 2020, The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a global emergency, highlighting the urgency for a rapid coordinated international response to curb this global health risk.
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pandalover3455년 이상Lets find a cure!!!!!!
kittiesmama약 5년I wish we could! But that's not how it works people are trying to find a cure!
skyward_flight5년 이상It will take a long time to create a vaccine
danbird15년 이상don't touch me corona- pandalover3455년 이상Please don't touch anyone anymore, corona virus!
littledevil12345년 이상I'm terrified and I don't wanna get it at all!
dogocookies5년 이상Me neither! This gives me the creeps!And chills!
- littledevil12345년 이상I'm kind creeped out. I feel so bad for the Chinese, is it in Korea? Because I'm Korean!
joohyuun5년 이상Unfortunately, yes, it is in South Korea. Make sure to stay safe and healthy at all times! :)) I wish you luck~ 😊- skyward_flight5년 이상Yep it's in Korea and it's bad
- joohyuun5년 이상This situation is extremely concerning.... the fact that the world is about to experience another devastating pandemic is unnerving. Fortunately, the virus hasn't infected any of the areas I currently live in. For now, all people can do to prevent more infections is to always stay hygienic, especially when it comes to washing your hands when you return from outside.
wolfdog5년 이상90,000 isn't much. You shouldn't be concerned at all. Give or take a few years, and there will be a new vaccine. Suddenly, COVID-19 is unimportant. 50,000 people caught swine flu in 2009, and there was a pandemic issued.. that's less than COVID-19 and it was STILL considered a pandemic. The virus is only dangerous to those high-risk, such as the old, very young, and poor. It makes me sad that people wait until the media screams ''virus!!'' that they take action. The media is causing a panic, and please remember the media tends to portray things worse than they actually are. Be realistic, but at the same time don't ignore the issue. 80% of Venice's tourists have been lost because of this panic.- kittiesmama4년 이상wolfdog, 90,000 is a lot it's a lot
- joohyuun5년 이상True, the media does tend to only point out the negativities. They only do this to recieve more views and get people rallied up. Unfortunatly, two people from my school were diagnosed with the virus. Resulting every student, including me, to be in quarentine in order to make sure that we are also not one of infected ones. However, I am 100% postive that I and my family are perfectly fine and healthy.
- joohyuun5년 이상And remember, there were viruses and pandemics that were more devastating than the corono. Again, like mentioned before, the media makes it seem as if the cornovirus is some sort of zombie apocalypse, when in reality, it isn't THAT big of a deal. Its just the fact that this specific virus spreads more rapidly and due to this fact, the number of people infected increases as well.
sharkqueen275년 이상What do you mean???????!!!!! 90,000 is a lot!! Or at least I'm MY book it is
vampire10025년 이상it is definitely not there are 8 BILLION people on this planet that is less the one fourth- kittiesmama4년 이상I agree with sharkqueen27 90,000 is a lot of people and vampire1002 if you think it's not then you should and you should be worried it bad very very bad please please be safe
- dogocookies5년 이상Yes I wash my hands all the time but more people die from the flu than the coronavirus.
kmullikin5년 이상i don't want people traveling if they have the corona [that is what i heard
wirygoldtale5년 이상But think about it this way. There are people in China who are not sick (went for vacation) and now are stuck. If all transportation is closed they are forced to become sick the eventually die. I understand that they might spread it if they come here but they get scanned for corona virus right when they get off the plane.- wolfdog5년 이상The virus takes about 2 weeks to show. That means thousands of people would have to be in temporary quarantine, and who's going to wait check all those people for Covid-19 symptoms? So while yes, it's pretty sad that uninfected people are forced to be stuck in an infected area, the virus has spread to other countries which is a direct result of people being allowed to travel. Once they start showing the symptoms it's already too late and that's how pandemics start.
- dogocookies5년 이상You are very smart.
watchdog0875년 이상this is super sad :[- kmullikin5년 이상this is SO awful and i do not want to get it 👀😷
kyleelove20095년 이상im scared like really scared! I hope they find a cure- wolfdog5년 이상Calm down, the media is likely just overreacting. I don't want to come off as careless, but 80,000 vs 1 billion in China is less than 00.01% (1% would be 10 million). I can't fathom why everyone is acting as if people will turn into zombies.