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Originally Posted by Chief Pagan
There was plenty of hype, sure.
Swine flu had a low fatality rate.
SARS and MERS had a much higher fatality rate but they weren’t very infectious. So the world succeeded in isolating enough patients for the disease to fade out without going pandemic.
Corona virus looks infectious enough that it will most likely go pandemic.
The quarantines can slow it down but they won’t stamp it out. The real questions are probably:
How long before it is in general circulation like the current flu strains?
What is the fatality rate for the general population?
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My son, five at the time, got H1N1. It was unlike anything I’ve ever seen. Most powerless I’ve ever felt to help my son.
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