Harvard Professor Says Global Coronavirus Pandemic is Likely

Don't Panic

What does that even mean?

There are no signs of panic in the US. If and when conditions merit panic, it will be too late to panic. Assuming of course we can accurately define "panic".

Harvard Professor Says Global Pandemic Is Likely

Here are a few pertinent snips from the Wall Street Journal Report How Many People Might One Person With Coronavirus Infect?

“Right now, coronavirus is much more of a concern than SARS ever was,” said Steven Riley, a professor of infectious-disease dynamics at Imperial College, referring to the global outbreak in 2003, when 8,096 people got sick and 774 died. “The main reason is our estimate of the number of people who are currently infectious is higher than the maximum who were ever infectious at one time with SARS.”

“Where we’ll look next is Hong Kong and Singapore,” Dr. Riley said. “We may see a growth phase there next,” although, he added, researchers haven’t yet seen exponential growth outside of mainland China.

“I think it is likely we’ll see a global pandemic,” said Marc Lipsitch, a professor of epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “If a pandemic happens, 40% to 70% of people world-wide are likely to be infected in the coming year. What proportion of those will be symptomatic, I can’t give a good number.”

Beijing Sets Stringent New Quarantine Rules

The New York Times Reports Beijing Sets Stringent New Quarantine Rules

The mandate came as the national Chinese government disclosed that hundreds of medical workers who had been helping combat the coronavirus outbreak had become infected and at least six had died.

Beijing demands that all who enter its territory isolate themselves for 14 days, or “be held accountable according to law.”

For the first time on Friday, China disclosed figures that drove home the risks faced by those on the front line: 1,716 medical workers have contracted the virus and six of them have died. Of those people, 1,502 were in Hubei Province, with 1,102 of them in Wuhan, the provincial capital and the center of the outbreak.

Leadership Fear in Beijing

Cruie Ship Update

Lights Out

Terrifying

First, they covered up the truth, second, they said this disease was preventable and controllable, third, they locked you up. Now they terrify you like this.

I am not even sure what's going on, but yes, it looks terrifying.

Facebook Cancellation

Procrastination Likely

I panic is warranted, it will happen too late to do any good.

Nurse Denied Entry to Her Own Home

Mislabeled Deaths

Full Article Translated: Why Is Aspergillus Pneumonia Listed as the Direct Cause of Coronavirus infection?

Caught Red Handed

How Self-Quanatines Work in Practice

Stay Home No Food in the Market

Cell Phone Trap!

If you inadvertently respond to a text message and you have been to Wuhan, thay have you.

Just Try to Get Answers

Move Along, Nothing to See

Move along. There is nothing to see, nothing to do, nothing to fear.

It's all under control.

This is not as bad as the flu.

Don't let that Mish guy, Harvard professors, Chris Martenson, Jennifer Zeng, Jim Bianco or anyone else scare you.

Mike "Mish" Shedlock