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I took an epidemic disease course as part of my on-gonig medical training. The rules about an epidemic are:

it is a virus
it comes from an animal that has never produced a similar virus that affected humans
there is no immunity
There are neither drugs nor a vaccine to stop it
it cannot be cured until someone develops a vaccine
Treatment is supportive not curative.

Coronaviruses are a group that cause diseases in animals and birds. In humans, the virus causes respiratory infections that were mild in previous strains. So, this is clearly a new strain. The epidemic is in too early a stage to know its mortality rate yet.

Therefore, the assurances from the Chinese that they have everything under control is a ploy to avoid panic. The epidemic has been greatly facilitated by Chinese New Year as there is a great deal of traveling in crowded conditionss and a guy in Singapore already died from it, indicating how fast it can spread.

This shows how vulnerable humans are. While this virus isn't as deadly as others, spreading a virus has become easier than ever.

Just imagine some thanos loving eco-fascist who wants to wipe out a large number of humans to save the planet from climate change. Biological warfare is the way to do it.

I'm not too worried about coronavirus but I fear both China and America are entertaining the idea biological warfare and the Coronavirus is testing how well the world can contain a virus. Valuable information for national security to say the least