After considering the the Chinese source and spread of the Corona Virus I must conclude that disease is only a very minor threat to the peoples of this world. On the base of the population exposed-to and contracting and dying of that disorder it is much more a subject for poof-pieces by media seeking attention than any real risk of a pandemic.
Now, you should consider the Bubonic Plague (aka "Black Death") which once killed up to 60% of the population of Europe and inflicted like mortality in other places.
With very early diagnosis (Most of the USA's physicians do not have the training to readily identify the early stages of that disease) and intensive treatment, the most common form of The Plague has a mortality rate of ~15%. Even with such diagnosis-and-treatment some forms of that disease kills almost 100% of infected persons.
In the USA there are places (eg About the "Four Corners" part of the Southwestern States, Denver's parks AND San Francisco) which have seen
outbreaks of The Black Death. The last locus may be due to: Travelers from plague-active areas of China or India; And, its spread by fleas living
on rats. As there is now (In filth encrusted San Francisco and other parts of California) plagues of rats [I have not seen any scientific (Valid and
reliable) studies as to flea populations among rats in California.]
As far as I know there is NO vaccine to protect us from The Plague.
Are our governments honest and active enough to deal with an outbreak of "The Black Death" in, for example, California?
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