Kitty Antonik Wakfer (@KittyAntonik)

How does Coronavirus compare to Ebola, SARS, etc? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dDD2tHWWnU&t=174s This is a 10min video of which the first <1.5 min was shown as clips at various sites, often w/ panicked cries. Comparison to other recent viral outbreaks - SARS, MERS, Swine Flu, Ebola - is warranted. So watch the entire thing or at least jump thru at many time points to see the time graph changes. Also keep in mind that severe/critical illness & deaths are the major concerns, not simply communicability. For COVID-19, deaths are mostly among aged &/or w/ underlying health problems: Characteristics of and Important Lessons From the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak in China [Feb 24] https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762130 "Summary of a Report of 72 314 Cases From the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention" Important information throughout this summary of the Chinese paper on data through Feb 11 2020. not getting enough publicity. "The overall case-fatality rate (CFR) was 2.3% (1023 deaths among 44 672 confirmed cases). No deaths occurred in the group aged 9 years and younger, but cases in those aged 70 to 79 years had an 8.0% CFR and cases in those aged 80 years and older had a 14.8% CFR. No deaths were reported among mild and severe cases. The CFR was 49.0% among critical cases. CFR was elevated among those with preexisting comorbid conditions—10.5% for cardiovascular disease, 7.3% for diabetes, 6.3% for chronic respiratory disease, 6.0% for hypertension, and 5.6% for cancer. Among the 44 672 cases, a total of 1716 were health workers (3.8%), 1080 of whom were in Wuhan (63%). Overall, 14.8% of confirmed cases among health workers were classified as severe or critical and 5 deaths were observed." The major Wake-Up call IMO is the data on deaths of those who had mostly preventable chronic disorders. Repeated from above: "CFR was elevated among those with preexisting comorbid conditions—10.5% for cardiovascular disease, 7.3% for diabetes, 6.3% for chronic respiratory disease, 6.0% for hypertension, and 5.6% for cancer." And these disorders are more prevalent in those over age 50, but are NOT inevitable.