Sunday, 23 February 2020

Out of the Box?

The coronavirus outbreak that appears to have initially started in China has now been found to be infecting numerous people (and in some cases killing a percentage) in other parts of the world' notably in Iran, Italy and South Korea. Authorities are suggesting that we may have reached a 'tipping point' when a pandemic cannot be easily avoided (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/23/world-is-approaching-coronavirus-tipping-point-experts-say). The numbers of people involved combined with our highly-dispersive travel habits on boats, trains and planes make it very difficult to confine this virus that may be passed in the air we breathe. In this respect, it is showing similar characteristics to the annual outbreaks of influenza which always tend to go worldwide.
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