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Re:Past Time to Tell the Public:It Will Probably Go Pandemic... by csomar on Sunday February 23, 2020 @12:52PM (#22398285)
> COVID is probably worse than the seasonal flu, but it's not outside the reasonable range of what a flu pandemic could do.

I think the issue is that we don't know yet how bad COVID-19 is. China is hiding stuff and it's not clear what is going on over there. There are also some uncomfortable, if true, things about it: like asymptomatic transmission for 2 weeks and ability to survive on surfaces for 5 days on certain conditions.

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Re:Past Time to Tell the Public:It Will Probably Go Pandemic... by wool_gather on Sunday February 23, 2020 @01:17PM (#22398486)
Yep. The possibility of continued contagiousness after recovery is also a point of concern: https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-recovered-patients-trac...
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