WHO chief warns we are in uncharted territory as number of coronavirus cases worldwide passes 90,000

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: CNN

WHO chief warns 'we are in uncharted territory' as number of coronavirus cases worldwide passes 90,000
CNN Digital Expansion Shoot, Joshua Berlinger
By Joshua Berlinger, CNN

Updated 8:35 AM ET, Tue March 3, 2020

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/03/asia/novel-coronavirus-covid-19-intl-hnk/index.html

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I had to edit the title.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. I can't edit my OPs in LBN anymore.

Here's what I want it to say:

WHO chief warns 'we are in uncharted territory' as number of coronavirus cases worldwide passes 90,000
CNN Digital Expansion Shoot, Joshua Berlinger
By Joshua Berlinger, CNN

Updated 8:35 AM ET, Tue March 3, 2020

Hong Kong (CNN) -- The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said that public health officials are operating in "uncharted territory" as they combat the spread of the novel coronavirus, which has infected more than 90,000 people across 73 countries and territories as of Monday evening.

The virus has spread to every continent except Antarctica since it was first identified in December last year in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Medical workers are now battling deadly outbreak clusters in South Korea, Iran and Italy, while other countries are working furiously to avoid a similar fate by readying public health authorities, alerting their citizens and enacting travel restrictions to affected areas.

To date, there have been 172 deaths reported outside mainland China, raising the global death toll to 3,115.

Several nations that have seen cases are putting in place measures to limit the virus' spread: closing schools, encouraging remote work and canceling or scaling back public events, just to name a few.

The WHO has so far held off on classifying the incident as a global pandemic, but has warned it is a possibility in the near future.

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[lapfog_1]

7. Current number of "confirmed" cases is 92,314

Death count - 3,131. Recovered - 48,190

percentage fatality rate - 6.1%

Actual number of infections might be as much as 4 times higher... bringing the fatality rate down below 2%.

[empedocles]

2. "uncharted territory'

[Siwsan]

3. There are probably lots of cases with people who have strong immune systems

They might just think it's the 'common' cold because their immune systems are able to handle and overcome it before it goes rampant in their system.

[Dennis Donovan]

4. Kick.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Reported cases 10-20 days behind what's circulating around

So yeah, it will be 2 months before statistics can predict a bit more accurately

[ancianita]

9. +1

[riversedge]

14. k

[dewsgirl]

6. K and R

[Jim__]

8. WHO chief must be part of the Democratic hoax.

[ibegurpard]

10. We are not in uncharted territory

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n1.html

[Dennis Donovan]

11. 7 dead in US - just revised

Link to tweet

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. Up to 9

https://mynorthwest.com/1744551/live-updates-coronavirus-washington-state/

[Dennis Donovan]

13. I have this sinking feeling that, ultimately, we'll all know at least one person...

...who dies from this.

[Initech]

15. The sad thing is if we had competent leaders in charge, the damage could be at a minimum.

Instead, we continue to elect the most incompetent people on the planet, and well, this is where we're at.

[Blue_Tires]

16. +1000

All of a sudden putting an unqualified TV personality in the highest office "to shake things up because literally anything is better than the status quo," or "to troll the libs," or "at least he'll be anything but boring!" or "just for the lalz" doesn't seem all that bright in retrospect...

[Initech]

17. As I said in another thread - "killing themselves to own the libs".

I think it's quite possible that we've reached peak stupid here, and during this administration I didn't think that was possible because they keep getting stupider every day. The Trump trolls are going to find out real quick the hard way that death and disease doesn't favor a political party.