"alan_m" wrote in message
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On 13/02/2020 14:52, Pancho wrote:
On 12/02/2020 14:52, Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote:
I expect nobody wants to touch them in case they carry the virus.
Its interesting as recent info suggests its about as contagious as
flu, but
like flu the people who do not just get a bad cold are those with other
issues affecting their breathing or immune system.


So how come the doctor who discovered it died ( Li Wenliang).

The coronavirus mortality rate appears to be several orders of magnitude
greater than common flu.


Is it or have we generally built up an immunity to the types of flu seen
over the past few decades.

Yep, thats certainly the main reason for the difference.

When flu morphs into a different strain in future

It keeps doing that right now.

we could see the death toll seen 100 years ago.

Its possible, but its likely that we would control it better
now that we understand how to do isolation better.

But thats tricky to do with a virus like this one where
an infected person is infectious before they have any
symptoms. But forcing people to stay at home like has
been done in china does fix that problem too.

Gets tricky with feeding them tho,