I wonder if there is an underlying reason for the medical panic? For example, the Spanish flu came in three waves. The first wave was quite mild, then the second wave hit with tremendous impact, resulting in most of the fatalities. The third wave was a weaker reflection of the second wave.
I never read a good explanation of these waves, other than “a mutation” to the virus. But what if there was *another* reason?
For example, with the disease called Denque (den-gay) fever, the first time a person gets it they are miserable for about three weeks. But if they catch it a second time, it could become a hemorrhagic disease like Ebola. Very deadly.
Coronavirus might work in tandem with another version of itself, or even another disease like influenza, to create an especially deadly disease.
If this was known to the medical community, it might explain their overreaction.
“I wonder if there is an underlying reason for the medical panic? “
I don’t know that our CDC virus hunters are exactly in a panic, but they aren’t part of the complacent crowd dismissing it either. They have been asking for access to Wuxan and China isn’t cooperating. So they don’t know as much about this virus as they would like.
It’s certainly a very big deal in China. It may be more lethal for the Chinese than other genetic groups, something to do with ACE2 receptors in the lung.
Your point about a potential 2nd wave is a real concern. Coronaviruses mutate quickly just like the flu does. Apparently that’s what happened in 1918 between the waves. Covid-19 has already known to have split into two variants, “L” being more aggressive than “S”.
“I wonder if there is an underlying reason for the medical panic? “
I don’t know that our CDC virus hunters are exactly in a panic, but they aren’t part of the complacent crowd dismissing it either. They have been asking for access to Wuxan and China isn’t cooperating. So they don’t know as much about this virus as they would like.
It’s certainly a very big deal in China. It may be more lethal for the Chinese than other genetic groups, something to do with ACE2 receptors in the lung.
Your point about a potential 2nd wave is a real concern. Coronaviruses mutate quickly just like the flu does. Apparently that’s what happened in 1918 between the waves. Covid-19 has already known to have split into two variants, “L” being more aggressive than “S”.
“Coronavirus might work in tandem with another version of itself, or even another disease like influenza, to create an especially deadly disease.”
well, no. that hasn’t happened with COVID-19 and is looking unlikely ... it’s looking like the disease is on the wane in china ... the chinese claim to have shut down all the temp hospitals around Wuhan and also claim the number of new cases and deaths are diminishing ...
the market is currently crashing for two major reasons, both very real: there’s a gigantic oil price war between Russia and Saudia Arabia that has totally crashed the energy markets, and there’s also legitimate concern for an economic slow-down, ranging from supply-line disruptions to concern for workers being quarantined, and the tanking of the entire travel and hospitality industry as folks choose to stay home instead of traveling for vacation, pleasure (sporting events), and business travel (conventions are cancelling like crazy right now) ...
unfounded conspiracy theories are unnecessary to explain what’s happening with the market right now ...