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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| New #virus has #infected more than 9,800 #globally |
| 2020-02-01 |
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 So... this virus is roughly Two orders of magnitude deadlier than the flu? Is that right? |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-02-01 23:47 |
| #2 Thank you, Marilyn. I'd been wondering. Imagined it must be something in that range but was too lazy to look it up (and feeling damned guilty about it). |
| Posted by: Sheba Stalin6601 2020-02-01 22:31 |
| #1 The CDC estimates that so far this season in the US, there have been at least 19 million flu illnesses and 180,000 hospitalizations, and over 10,000 deaths. Just for comparison. |
| Posted by: Marilyn Tojo7566 2020-02-01 22:05 |