STRANGE FACTS ABOUT COVID 19 - Part - III

Contd .......... from part II

The pandemic is quickly developing; 1,00,000 patients 67 days after the first diagnosis, the second 1,00,000 became ill in 11 days, and the third in 4 days.

Every day, the number of people infected with the virus increases by about a third.

The pandemic has already reached the most remote corners of the globe, including the famous Easter Island.

Experts warn: you need to psychologically prepare yourself in advance for the fact that the number of infected people can amount to tens of millions, and perhaps hundreds of thousands will die.

It is not exactly known where SARS-CoV-2 came from but bats and pangolins carry viruses similar to this one.

Most likely, the virus mutated and was transmitted to some other animal, and then to a human.

Was the virus dangerous for a person at the moment when the first person got it?  Or did it mutate and learn to penetrate into our cells while already in a person?  Scientists have not yet found answers to these questions.

If the virus was already dangerous when it came into contact with humans, it means that it can still walk somewhere in the animal kingdom and sooner or later infect people again.

That is why at the beginning of the outbreak in Wuhan, the first thing they did was closing the wildlife markets.

This, by the way, is a standard measure in China: first they close the markets when a new infection is suspected and lockdown is introduced. It usually helps, but this time it was too late: the asymptomatic virus has already gone 'to the people'.

Surgical masks do not protect against coronavirus. It's particles are so small that they easily pass through pores.

For you to imagine the size of the virus: about 100 million copies can be easily placed on the tip of the needle.

When coughing from an infected patient, the smallest drops of saliva fly off, each of which may contain billions (!) of virus particles.

(This is just for information only. Not to be used for treatment. In the case of infection of virus you may contact the concerned health experts.)

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KV George

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