Specter of possible new virus emerging from central China raises alarms across Asia, Shih and Sun - Washington Post (Jan 8, 2020)

Patient4Life · Jan 8, 2020

Specter of possible new virus emerging from central China raises alarms across Asia By Gerry Shih and Lena H. Sun - Washington Post (Jan 8, 2020)

Since mid-December, 59 people have been diagnosed with viral pneumonia of “unknown cause” — including seven who are critically ill, according to Wuhan’s health commission. The officials said an additional 163 people who have come into close contact with the infected have been placed under close observation. No deaths have been reported.

Several of the patients worked at Wuhan’s South China Seafood City, said the authorities, who shut down the market on Jan. 1 to carry out daily disinfections. The 1,000-stall bazaar sold not only seafood but marmots, spotted deer and venomous snakes, according to state media reports that described the market as “filthy and messy.”
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“There are now two key questions: What is the cause of the disease? Is it a brand new virus?” said Leo Poon, a Hong Kong University epidemiologist who was among the first to decode the SARS coronavirus. “Next: Is it transmissible between humans? We cannot yet rule out the possibility entirely.”
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alktipping · Jan 10, 2020

just sounds like space filling and fear mongering . viruses continue to evolve all the time so not recognising one immediately is common . this is why every decade or so we have a much more dangerous flu .

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