Also SARS killed like 800 people that's not a plague that's an outbreak. Just for reference the 1720 plague killed 50 thousand people in a single city.
Sars doesn't have a lead, it took 3 months for SARS to kill 5 people, its so far taken this less than a month to kill 8 (apparently it's already up to 25 if the next top level comment is to be believed)
Comparing end total to running total is disingenuous and obviously only done so you can have said something that isn't technically incorrect
SARS has an average fatality rate of just under 10%, and killed 350 people in its largest outbreak in China. This new one is of the same virus family as SARS, currently seems to be less fatal, but due to its 1-2 week incubation period it also spreads quite easily and has a far higher mutation rate which could make it difficult to cure or immunize against.
While it's not quite fair to compare them this early in the outbreak, currently SARS does have a decent lead but this new one does show potential.
Alas, I'm afraid I'm one of those weirdos. I tend to think 800 people dying, thousands more being infected, and entire cities being driven to panic is a big enough issue to be CORRECTLY labelled noteworthy.
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However, as it IS a race, I can understand that the first reported deaths apparently didn't happen in a speedy enough fashion for some people I guess. As we all know the deadliness of an outbreak IS measured by how fast any one human dies. If you can't expedite the process you're just wasting everyone's time.
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We will simply have to disagree on the amount of illness, terror, and death that is worth noting a disease/virus/etc as an issue it seems
@aphelion pretty much what I was getting at.
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I'd think that Coronavirus actually likely has a chance of being dealt with earlier BECAUSE of SARS. People are slightly more familiar with what to expect/how to deal with it, and many people remember what it was like when SARS was spreading. I know there were entire cities in Canada where people would not leave their houses without a mask/gloves on. Most people don't want to go back to that.
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If it is to be a competition then I for one sincerely hope SARs maintains it's lead for many decades to come
106 now, so yes less, but lets also keep in mind that the "seasonal" flu has months to build up and spread, and does it every year. This one has been active for only a few weeks, and is still spreading.
That being said, of those deaths all but 2 or 3 of them where young, elderly, or people with compromised immune systems, So while more easily transmittable than most common diseases, it's not that much more deadly (so far).
Comparing end total to running total is disingenuous and obviously only done so you can have said something that isn't technically incorrect
While it's not quite fair to compare them this early in the outbreak, currently SARS does have a decent lead but this new one does show potential.
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However, as it IS a race, I can understand that the first reported deaths apparently didn't happen in a speedy enough fashion for some people I guess. As we all know the deadliness of an outbreak IS measured by how fast any one human dies. If you can't expedite the process you're just wasting everyone's time.
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We will simply have to disagree on the amount of illness, terror, and death that is worth noting a disease/virus/etc as an issue it seems
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I'd think that Coronavirus actually likely has a chance of being dealt with earlier BECAUSE of SARS. People are slightly more familiar with what to expect/how to deal with it, and many people remember what it was like when SARS was spreading. I know there were entire cities in Canada where people would not leave their houses without a mask/gloves on. Most people don't want to go back to that.
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If it is to be a competition then I for one sincerely hope SARs maintains it's lead for many decades to come
That being said, of those deaths all but 2 or 3 of them where young, elderly, or people with compromised immune systems, So while more easily transmittable than most common diseases, it's not that much more deadly (so far).