CoronaVirus aka SARS is no longer a Chinese problem, in case anybody was wondering.
We have cases in many countries. This is potentially a global pandemic.
The stock market is clearly taking notice.
COVID-19, to be more accurate.
The thing that really troubles me about this is that it lasts SO LONG. Most people who have gotten it are still sick.
@tyghebright The key question is for how long people remain infectious. For some viral diseases, the person stops being a transmission vector when symptoms peak.
In terms of how disruptive it is, then how long people are ill is a big deal.
I haven't read anything clear about that how long people are infectious after they show symptoms...but it's got a 2-week+ incubation period (as long as 24 days) when people are infectious but asymptomatic.
According to this, though, it's currently considered slightly more infectious than the common seasonal flu.
https://www.vox.com/2020/2/20/21143785/coronavirus-covid-19-spread-transmission-how
@tyghebright That 2 week incubation period is the bad aspect.