Wuhan scientists: What it’s like to be on lockdown

Re:Wuhan scientists: What it’s like to be on lockdown by hazeii on Saturday January 25, 2020 @04:32PM (#22148748)

Reports I've seen suggest 1.4 to 2.5, but it's early days. Essentially if the R factor (number of people infected by a single case [0]) is less than 1, it'll die out, otherwise it'll grow.

However, that's very simplistic; one would like to think the R factor would be lowered by better hygiene.

Separately, it seems that (unlike say Spanish Flu) this tends to be worse for people who have pre-existing health issues.

There is concern that possibly people who are asymptomatic could still be infectious.

Time will tell. One number (that'll take quite some time to even have a stab at) is the mortality compared to, say, common flu.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_reproduction_number

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Re:Wuhan scientists: What it’s like to be on lockdown by onlyrealcuzzo on Saturday January 25, 2020 @05:28PM (#22149003)

How do we know this won't be transmittable even after individuals recover?

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Re:Wuhan scientists: What it’s like to be on lockdown by jcriddle4 on Sunday January 26, 2020 @12:30AM (#22150547)

Are you asking if there is a phase of the disease where the body temporarily wins most of the battle but the virus continues to inhabit the host? Sort of like hiv? Maybe even a phase where the immune system keeps the virus count so low only fluid transmission? Given the way the virus progresses this seems unlikely but new viruses can have new behavior...too early to tell.

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Re:Wuhan scientists: What it’s like to be on lockdown by hazeii on Sunday January 26, 2020 @04:35PM (#22154962)

Or before they are even ill (plus it's possible that some percentage of people will be infectious without ever having any symptoms).

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