Japan confirms coronavirus infections without symptoms

Post by sanxiyn » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 10:01 AM UTC

pishpash wrote: post #8

Gravityloss wrote: post #2

Is testing fast now? Do patients who don't have symptoms spread it effectively? I'm not an expert, but I see two main possibilities: It can be contained. Or it will spread all around the world and only vaccines will later make it go away, if a large enough percentage of the population is vaccinated. How long does it take to create a vaccine nowadays? And mass production...

The virus changes rapidly, not unlike the flu. A vaccine isn't likely to be effective to eradicate it, and it will likely stay around as a permanent epidemic like the flu or HIV. Virulence can increase or decrease randomly in the future, but the spread doesn't seem like it can be contained, since a perfect quarantine can't be maintained at this scale. We'll have to live with a new virus and pay the price of some natu…

Post by hanniabu » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 10:02 AM UTC

avery-dawn wrote: post #10

Gravityloss wrote: post #2

Is testing fast now? Do patients who don't have symptoms spread it effectively? I'm not an expert, but I see two main possibilities: It can be contained. Or it will spread all around the world and only vaccines will later make it go away, if a large enough percentage of the population is vaccinated. How long does it take to create a vaccine nowadays? And mass production...

> How long does it take to create a vaccine nowadays? https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/artic... From this article: “If the vaccine appears effective and safe in a number of animal species, it will go into clinical trials on humans. This takes at least one year even if expedited,” Yuen said.

Post by Reason077 » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 10:04 AM UTC

netsharc wrote: post #7

Missing "[of Coronavirus]". Yeah the guideline doesn't say it, and we probably can assume what infection they're talking about, but.. Reports say the German man who got the virus after having a business meeting with a Chinese visitor said he had a mild fever in the weekend and slept it off, and came to work on Monday, which must mean he had recovered. Reading that makes me think the virus isn't a death sentence like…

Post by sanxiyn » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 10:05 AM UTC

contravariant wrote: post #9

netsharc wrote: post #7

Missing "[of Coronavirus]". Yeah the guideline doesn't say it, and we probably can assume what infection they're talking about, but.. Reports say the German man who got the virus after having a business meeting with a Chinese visitor said he had a mild fever in the weekend and slept it off, and came to work on Monday, which must mean he had recovered. Reading that makes me think the virus isn't a death sentence like…

It's only a 3%(-ish) chance of dying going by numbers published so far. That's much higher than a regular flu though.

Post by edejong » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 10:06 AM UTC

contravariant wrote: post #9

netsharc wrote: post #7

Missing "[of Coronavirus]". Yeah the guideline doesn't say it, and we probably can assume what infection they're talking about, but.. Reports say the German man who got the virus after having a business meeting with a Chinese visitor said he had a mild fever in the weekend and slept it off, and came to work on Monday, which must mean he had recovered. Reading that makes me think the virus isn't a death sentence like…

It's only a 3%(-ish) chance of dying going by numbers published so far. That's much higher than a regular flu though.