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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by JulianMorrison on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @01:54PM (#22548258)
Common sense precautions here are much more stringent than the flu. Nobody is immune. There is no vaccination. Herd immunity is nil. And it's very infectious.

This is a new thing and you should treat it as a new thing. There has not in living memory been one this bad, against which we had no defense except to avoid catching it and spreading it.

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Re:Covid-19 is now officially a pandemic, WHO says by abstractbarista on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @02:42PM (#22548889)
Actually MERS was far more scary with a death rate around 34% (from WHO). It just didn't transmit so well.
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