Viral Particles

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Some tidbits--talked about but not proven--about the virus:

China’s National Health Commission Minister Ma Xiaowei said the incubation period for the virus can range from one to 14 days, during which infection can occur, which was not the case with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

Ma Xiaowei made a startling statement Sunday about the Wuhan coronavirus: He said people can spread it before they become symptomatic. “This is a game-changer,” said Dr. William Schaffner, a longtime adviser to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This has tremendous implications as you get no signal as to who to quarantine. This allows the virus to hide and spread from asymptomatic--but infected--people. This is very dangerous. The healthy guy beside you might be a carrier.

Experts at Lancaster University estimated there may already be 11,000 people infected in Wuhan – and that only one in 20 infections has come to medical attention. The experts calculated the number could grow to 190,000 by February 4.

About 5 million residents had already left Wuhan before the lockdown

So far, there are 2,886 confirmed total cases of the coronavirus. All but 61 of them are in mainland China. The death toll so far is 81. If you can believe what is said by any government.

But cases have also been found in France, the U.S., Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea and elsewhere. That list includes the world’s three largest economies (the U.S., China and Japan).

And now the topper: The word “coronavirus” is an anagram of “carnivorous.”