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SARS was quite different. Although it had a much higher mortality rate (~10%) than Corona, it was also contained to 8,096 confirmed cases worldwide (https://www.who.int/csr/sars/country/table2004_04_21/en/). In a short period of time, Corona has tenfold more confirmed cases and is continuing to increase on a daily basis while containment is still being determined. Here is a link to another map that compares the two:
https://vac-lshtm.shinyapps.io/ncov_tracker/
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I understand the containment and area affected are very different, and I do think the cork is out of the bottle on the spread of Corona already. What I was referring to is that the life cycle of these viruses, simalir to the flu, do not tend to survive into the warmer months of summer. So when they say the vaccine will be ready in a year it is a mute point because by then the virus will likely be gone, just as sars was gone almost as quickly as it appeared. So there is no point in looking forward to a vaccine.
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Expected FERS Retirement; December 2028
Thru-hike the Appalachian trail spring 2029
I don't want to misslead anyone on the virus with miss-information. I suggest everyone read the CDC page here for current covid-19 info;
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
This is copied and pasted from that website;
"It is not yet known whether weather and temperature impact the spread of COVID-19. Some other viruses, like the common cold and flu, spread more during cold weather months but that does not mean it is impossible to become sick with these viruses during other months. At this time, it is not known whether the spread of COVID-19 will decrease when weather becomes warmer. There is much more to learn about the transmissibility, severity, and other features associated with COVID-19 and investigations are ongoing"
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I’m afraid the entire transportation sector is going to be depressed for quite some time. Airlines and Cruise Ships- both cancelling trips. Putting aircraft and shops into mothballs is next. Demand for both is way off, we just don’t see the numbers yet. Give it a couple of weeks and they won’t be able to keep the numbers quiet.
Trucking continues to be hit, shipping of goods down on slack demand. I am thinking it will be a full fledged recession before too long. We’ll just have to wait and see how it pans out.
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