Post by account_disabled on Mar 6, 2024 0:52:07 GMT -5
Today the 85 trillion dollar (global GDP) question is: Will the coronavirus "kill" the global economy? What we know so far is very scary. The disease is a major killer, and it is spreading rapidly without much fanfare. Over 2 percent of those affected by the coronavirus die. For those in their 80s, the mortality rate is about 10 percent. The latest data suggest that the virus can incubate in a person's body for up to 1 month before producing symptoms. And this is enough time for an unsuspecting infected person to kiss, sneeze on others, meet them, open the same door, use the same faucet, travel in the same ship, touch the same toilet sink, travel on the same train, bus or plane more than others.
If almost 8 billion inhabitants of Cambodia Telegram Number Data our planet were infected, today we would have nearly 160 million dead. Double the casualties in soldiers and civilians during the Second World War. But could a virus spread so dramatically, infecting us all? Read also: China's economic challenges and the high-level meeting in Beijing Confidence in the economy fell for the second consecutive month in February Well, think about how the passengers of the passenger ship "Diamond Princess" behaved. On February 1, only one passenger had clear signs of the coronavirus. Thanks to the quarantine in the 2 weeks that followed, 691 passengers have been infected so far, with an infection rate of 1 in 5.
But if this virus can get anywhere so quickly, what can it do over time? Yes, the initially healthy passengers had no means to completely distance themselves from the sick passengers. But when every "healthy" person is potentially a carrier of the disease, none of us really possess such a tool. Economically, emotionally, practically and morally, we find it impossible to distance ourselves from each other for say 2 months, and then reconnect with the world with whoever is still alive. Of course, if we can slow the spread of Covid-19, we may have time to develop an effective vaccine or drug. It took almost half a century for scientists to develop a vaccine against Ebola, another extremely deadly virus.
If almost 8 billion inhabitants of Cambodia Telegram Number Data our planet were infected, today we would have nearly 160 million dead. Double the casualties in soldiers and civilians during the Second World War. But could a virus spread so dramatically, infecting us all? Read also: China's economic challenges and the high-level meeting in Beijing Confidence in the economy fell for the second consecutive month in February Well, think about how the passengers of the passenger ship "Diamond Princess" behaved. On February 1, only one passenger had clear signs of the coronavirus. Thanks to the quarantine in the 2 weeks that followed, 691 passengers have been infected so far, with an infection rate of 1 in 5.
But if this virus can get anywhere so quickly, what can it do over time? Yes, the initially healthy passengers had no means to completely distance themselves from the sick passengers. But when every "healthy" person is potentially a carrier of the disease, none of us really possess such a tool. Economically, emotionally, practically and morally, we find it impossible to distance ourselves from each other for say 2 months, and then reconnect with the world with whoever is still alive. Of course, if we can slow the spread of Covid-19, we may have time to develop an effective vaccine or drug. It took almost half a century for scientists to develop a vaccine against Ebola, another extremely deadly virus.