Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk,
Prof. Neil Ferguson, Vice Dean Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College in London, estimates 50K new infections per day.
Please consider the following video by Prof. Neil Ferguson.
10 Key Video Points
- 50,000 new cases a day in china
- Infections doubling every 5 days
- Death rate is still unknown
- China likely to peak in March
- Epidemic peak is still a month away
- It will be very hard to control this epidemic the say way we did with SARS 15-20 years ago
- Cases are always underestimated
- Death delays are as long as three weeks
- Reported deaths outside China are not reassuring because of delays
- We still don’t know the full effects
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Latest REPORTED global (non-China) infections.
The 61 infected on the cruise ship in Japan is NOT in this data.
Japan will not add arguing the countries should add their nationals to their country totals (several are US citizens). This will not.
WHO needs to do this https://t.co/Dcyq0btT0w pic.twitter.com/rpbQVWkNs8
— Jim Bianco (@biancoresearch) February 7, 2020
Africa Cases Coming
To date no infections on the continent of Africa have been reported. Why?
Only today, February 7, did anyone on the continent actually get a testing kits to look for infected people.
What will this number be in two weeks? https://t.co/4yoWJmNRlc
— Jim Bianco (@biancoresearch) February 7, 2020
61 Cases on Cruise Ship
Diamond princess cruise ship of Yokohama update.
3,711 on the ship quarantined, 273 tested, 61 now confirmed infected. About 3,400 awaiting a resolution. https://t.co/naEEuFGYy7
— Jim Bianco (@biancoresearch) February 7, 2020
Stop the Ridiculous Flu Comparisons
People are still comparing this outbreak with the flu.
Stop already!
60 million people are locked up in China, in their homes. One person is allowed out every three days.
For comparison purposes, the state of california has about 40 million people. Illinois has 13 million. Michigan has 10 million.
So imagine everyone in CA, IL, and MI being locked in their houses, unable to leave other than to buy groceries every three days.
And if you think the reported death count is accurate given 60 million lockups with infections growing by 50,000 per day, you need to think again.
Panic in China
Yesterday, I commented China in State of Panic as Coronavirus Death Toll Rises
Locked In, Literally
Also imagine taking temperatures with a thermometer and spreading the virus by mouth to everyone, in a foolish attempt to determine who doesn't have it. https://t.co/j0e2DXL2vr
— Mike "Mish" Shedlock (@MishGEA) February 6, 2020
China is forcing people into quarantine camps, restricting movement, locking people in their homes (literally), demanding daily temperatures updates from everyone, and now bitching about about travel restrictions of other countries.
Unfortunately, things look to get worse for at least a few more weeks.
