Coronavirus will not kill us all. That's why it's spreading, because some people only have mild symptoms and don't feel ill enough to stay home. It's already too late to contain but it is not the deadly plague it's made out to be. Besides that, it would be a convenient excuse for the Mozzer.
This poll was supposed to've been a bit of fun (
@12" on the slack, wretchedoutcast and hool',
) but you had to go all serious on us didn't you, Anonymous?
Anyway, here are some light-hearted facts from the comedians at New Scientist:
"If the spread of the new
coronavirus isn’t halted, it could infect 60 per cent of the world’s population and kill 1 in 100 of those infected – around 50 million people.
This is what Gabriel Leung, chair of public health medicine at Hong Kong University,
told The Guardian newspaper on 11 February. Is he right? The short answer is that no one knows, because there are
many things we still don’t know about the virus.
First, can we stop it spreading globally? So far, there have been over
40,000 cases in China, and 24 other countries have reported around 300 cases. The virus is spreading much more readily than
other coronaviruses that have jumped from animals into people."
More jolly times to be had here:
https://www.newscientist.com/articl...ll-50-million-people-worldwide/#ixzz6F1DKsYjI