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Message: [QUOTE="Wilderness, post: 3465907, member: 6868"] Was not 0.5% on the cruise ship. Seems to me there's little basis for projecting how many might be infected, and also unlikely USA will approach the discipline of China and others in slowing spread (see first person accounts of ex-pats or travelers who are there). Nor do we know that most who get it don't know they are sick. We've not done that much testing yet. From what I read, most get fever and dry cough, "flu like". For some, hospitalization is required, worst case respirator. If it gets a firm foothold in any country, will there be the beds, the isolation capacity, the respirators. I write from Ghana in West Africa. Many fewer weakened immune systems here, early deaths are common. But would be near impossible to contain unless the 95 degree heat does it. [/QUOTE]