比武漢新型冠狀病毒更致命的潛伏在您附近,正在美國.
Coronavirus: Something far deadlier than the Wuhan coronavirus lurks near you, right here in America
新型冠狀病毒與SARS, MERS和普通流感的比較. 象新型冠狀病毒之類的疫情此前有發生過,最出名的是2003年的SARS和2015年的MERS.
SARS,嚴重急性呼吸系統綜合症,因其起源於中國且具有共同特徵,通常被用作冠狀病毒的參考。 總共確認8098例SARS病例,死亡人數為774, 9.6%的死亡率。
MERS,中東呼吸症候群, 起源於沙烏地阿拉伯,確認2499例病例, 導致861例死亡,其死亡率更高,為34.5%。
根據目前的數字,2019-nCoV的死亡率為2.4%。世衛組織表示,迄今為止報導的大多數冠狀病毒病例「都較溫和,約有20%的感染者嚴重。」
How does coronavirus compare to SARS, MERS and the common flu?Outbreaks like this have happened before, most notably with SARS in 2003 and MERS in 2015.SARS, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, is commonly used as a reference in coronavirus coverage, since both originated in China and share characteristics. In all, 8,098 SARS cases were recorded, with a death toll of 774. That’s a fatality rate of 9.6%.MERS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, originated in Saudi Arabia and resulted in 2,499 cases and 861 deaths, giving it a higher fatality rate of 34.5%.With current numbers, the fatality rate for 2019-nCoV is 2.4%. The WHO said most coronavirus cases reported to date 「have been milder, with about 20% of those infected experiencing severe illness.」
今日美國解答:什麼是冠狀病毒,美國人應該擔心嗎?
新型冠狀病毒與本季節的流感影響無法比。根據每周的流感報告,疾病預防控制中心(CDC)估計,在本流感季節,美國有1900萬例流感病例,180,000例住院治療和10,000例死亡,包括68名兒童。
麻薩諸塞州總醫院感染控制科主任戴維·霍珀(David Hooper)博士說:「每個人都保持謹慎,因為我們仍在了解這件事,但現在您正處於流感高發季節」
「與這種新型冠狀病毒相比,美國人群患流感的風險要高得多。」
USA TODAY Explains: What is coronavirus, and should Americans be worried?This is incomparable to this season's influenza impact. Based on its weekly influenza report, the CDC estimates that there have been more than 19 million cases of flu, 180,000 hospitalizations and 10,000 deaths – including 68 children – in the U.S. this influenza season."Everybody is being cautious because we’re still learning about it, but right now you’re sitting in the midst of an influenza seasonal busy-ness," said Dr. David Hooper, chief of the Infection Control Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital."The risk is much higher for influenza for people in the U.S. than this new coronavirus."