Why we should care about Coronavirus
When I heard China quarantined millions of its population for a new virus, I have been reading about it. Xi Jinping, Chinese President had this to say about Coronavirus in January [18] "This epidemic is a demon, We cannot let demon hide." Many people still think coronavirus is just a flu or hoax or its dangers are being vastly overstated. I believe it is not the case because of the following : 1 Many Serious cases According to Chinese government data [1], 14% of cases are severe requiring hospitalisation and 5% of cases are critical cases. Overall mortality rate was 2.3% which is 23 times higher than flu. Percentage of cases requiring hospitalisation is also 20 times greater than flu[11]. 2. Capability to overwhelm cities It has overwhelmed medical facilities in Wuhan, a city in China having population of 11 million. China has sent more than 30000 doctors in Wuhan. They have converted auditorium into medical facilities. Still as per latest scientific study [2]...