I wonder how many pet and wild species are proving to be viable hosts for this bug.
I’d think since it apparently came from wild animals it will propagate to them, wherever it finds an opportunity.
Ironic that the Korean DMZ, various arsenals and bombing ranges, and the Chernobyl exclusion area have become wildlife sanctuaries.
Maybe if the coronavirus settles in, wildlife will be safer everywhere
There’s a 2-week-long “nasty cold” circulating where I live, I’d guess it’s one of the “current four” but don’t know if anyone’s bothering to identify it.
EDIT: probably not: “Well over 200 virus strains are implicated in causing the common cold, with rhinoviruses being the most common….
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… The most commonly implicated virus is a rhinovirus (30–80), a type of picornavirus with 99 known serotypes.[29][30] Other commonly implicated viruses include human *coronavirus (≈ 15)*,[31][32] influenza viruses (10–15),[33] adenoviruses (5),[33] human respiratory syncytial virus, enteroviruses other than rhinoviruses, human parainfluenza viruses, and metapneumovirus.[34] Frequently more than one virus is present.[35] In total over 200 viral types are associated with colds.[3]…
Your not to far from where I live, that nasty 2 week cold your talking about is most likely the RSV virus. It’s been spreading where I live, nasty cold symptoms to an adult but affects young children and the elderly a lot worse.
Yes, about 2 1/2 weeks ago my 8 year old granddaughter awoke in the middle of the night crying out in pain and burning up with a fever. We took her to the ER and one of the first things they did was take a nasal swab, no blood tests, no x-rays, just the nasal swab. Within an hour they informed us that she had the RSV virus. I thought it was strange that they knew exactly what test to run.
As for colds, if I know one’s “going around” (insert another chorus of “Stay the Hell home!!!”), I’ll load up on vitamin C. Up to 10g/day is fine; more’n that just buys you mild diarrhœa.
I never get “just a cold”. Whatever I end up picking up when those walking disease-vectors go aerosolising live-virus all over the place, ends up knocking me out for a coupla weeks, and add another 3wks ’til I purge all the crap that collected in my lungs and sinuses.
So I just forewarn everyone at work, if I get sick, I’m going to be outsick. No working from home, sure as Hell no soldiering through it at work. 100% recuperation effort, every other priority is rescinded.
One place where I worked, they had 10 fully-paid sick-days, and another 10 at half-pay. So you literally had to be out a whole month — 20 workdays — to be completely on your own.
Where I am now, it’s only 5 days, so of course people come in dripping and snorking and doing all other sorts of vile things. Ecch.
An eye opener from a couple people who’ve lived in china for 20yrs, and both married to chinese woman. One is married to a chinese physician, not sure what the other one does. They are both speak fluent mandarin. Way more people infected than being reported