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iluvtennis

(19,843 posts)
Sat Mar 7, 2020, 12:13 PM Mar 2020

Doctor who has worked on epedimic prepardness for 20 years says COVID-19 is frighteninig...

...frightneinign because of the combination of infectiousness and a lethality that appears to be manyfold higher than flu.

Max Howroute▫️@howroute·39m
“This is the most frightening disease I’ve ever encountered” - Dr. Hatchett advised Bush and Obama White Houses, worked for the agency that deals with pandemics and bioweapons. He’s received £20 million from the UK government to develop a COVID19 vaccine.





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Watch the UK news clip-- it's less than 2 minutes
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Doctor who has worked on epedimic prepardness for 20 years says COVID-19 is frighteninig... (Original Post) iluvtennis Mar 2020 OP
I wish I could put this on blast for all the folks that are dewsgirl Mar 2020 #1
the doctor said there hasn't been a virus like this since 1918 Spanish flu - because of the iluvtennis Mar 2020 #3
K&R, 750 million Chinese were quarantined for weeks ... THAT'S DIFFERENT !!! uponit7771 Mar 2020 #2
.. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #5
Kick I think this is an important clip to watch Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #4

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
1. I wish I could put this on blast for all the folks that are
Sat Mar 7, 2020, 12:22 PM
Mar 2020

still in the, but the flu camp. Worse than Ebola coming from an infectious disease doctor is scary as hell.

iluvtennis

(19,843 posts)
3. the doctor said there hasn't been a virus like this since 1918 Spanish flu - because of the
Sat Mar 7, 2020, 12:34 PM
Mar 2020

infectiousness of it and its ability to cause severe disease/death.

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