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You thought coronavirus was bad? Prepare for bunyavirus!
5 years ago
No, NOT bunnyvirus. A disease that made you into a bunnygirl or bunnyboy would be pretty neat.
Novel bunyavirus re-emerges in China
Article highlights:
* Someone got infected with it in 2009. It was contained, but recently some dipshits got infected after mishandling the body.
* It causes fever, fatigue, nausea, abdominal pain, and decreased appetite. Oh, and organ failure leading to death.
* Fatality rate is estimated at 10%. For comparison, Covid is approximately 6%.
* It is believed that it can spread person to person, though no mention of just how contagious it is.
* There's a case in Taiwan from someone who did not visit China.
* There's currently no cure or vaccine.
So, who had a SECOND deadly viral pandemic on their 2020 Apocalypse Bingo card?
Novel bunyavirus re-emerges in China
Article highlights:
* Someone got infected with it in 2009. It was contained, but recently some dipshits got infected after mishandling the body.
* It causes fever, fatigue, nausea, abdominal pain, and decreased appetite. Oh, and organ failure leading to death.
* Fatality rate is estimated at 10%. For comparison, Covid is approximately 6%.
* It is believed that it can spread person to person, though no mention of just how contagious it is.
* There's a case in Taiwan from someone who did not visit China.
* There's currently no cure or vaccine.
So, who had a SECOND deadly viral pandemic on their 2020 Apocalypse Bingo card?
https://www.usnews.com/news/world-r.....ue?context=amp
At least then it would have made this year interesting.
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This for instance is recent data from Florida, showing a death rate of 1.55% out of identified cases. And because of the nature of the virus, there are probably a lot of asymptomatic cases that aren't being listed.