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| sales2099 said: From global numbers infections in western countries are very low, like double digits usually. But better to be safe, and looks like MS gonna live stream their panels as a substitute so no biggie. |
Of course it starts with a few cases. Covid-19 started in December in China.
https://www.newscientist.com/term/covid-19/
Despite all their efforts it's now in 58 countries and still 78k active cases in China. However more new cases are now emerging daily outside China than (reported) from China. It will still take months before it gets huge, but now is the time to prepare and try to prevent or slow down further spread. The incubation period is 2 to 14 days, which slows down spreading, but also makes it hard to contain especially since most have milder flu like symptoms before it might get worse.
So yep, better to be safe. The current spread in Europe is mostly from people returning from Italy after going on holiday. In South Korea it started spreading fast from religious gatherings. (or a cult dunno https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/coronavirus-shincheonji-secretive-sect-south-korea-covid19-12475122) Pilgrimage to Mecca is getting a world wide ban, first time in forever.
