FACTS ABOUT THE COVID 19 VIRUS (part 1)

The Coronavirus disease  which is  also referred to as COVID-19 is a very infectious disease which causes  severe acute respiratory problems by those who are infected by this disease. Those affected may develop a fever, dry cough, fatigue, shortness of breath or a sore throat, however, having a runny nose or sneezing is less common as it may not be a sign of this particular disease.

The spikes on the surface of coronaviruses give this virus family its name—corona, which is Latin for 'crown,' and most any coronavirus will have a crown-like appearance. It can’t be seen with the naked eye.

            

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) has confirmed multiple cases of novel coronavirus in the U.S. following an outbreak in Wuhan, China, which has sickened and killed thousands worldwide but  mainly in China.

A member of the coronavirus family, COVID-19 is a zoonotic disease which means that the virus cells can be  transferred from animals, bats and snakes to humans. However, no specific animal origin has been confirmed yet.

Researchers' understanding of the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has exploded since it first emerged as a mystery illness in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

We now have a better idea of how it spreads and who's most at risk, and new research about the virus is being published almost daily. But there's still so much we don't know about this disease.

Two factors affect how a virus spreads such as its generation time (the time between when one person becomes infected and when they infect someone else and its reproduction number  such as the average number of people an infected person goes on to infect.

Here is one good newas for you. The virus is not airborne so it is silly for the general public to wear masks over their mouths and noses. However, if someone coughs or sneezes in yor immeditate area, the droplet with enter your body and you will be infected. 

I'm concerned that people will think that once it's with us, there's nothing we can do about it, but that couldn't be further from the truth.  In 1918, the Spanish flu hit the world and millions of people around the world died. But eventually, the virus eventually disappeared.

Of course, that sn’t good news for persons over fifty years of age. Seniors are at risk of being infected along with persons whose immune system is already fighting  other viruses.

What should be done  is that if everyone can make small changes to their daily routines such as washing your hand often since you might come into contact with infectious people, or if you are infectious, you should  reduce your level of transmission to others. This  can result in huge public health benefits when the virus doesn’t spread.

It may be  likely that the COVID-19 could become a permanent, seasonal disease in humans after this initial epidemic.  It may take many years to permanently eradicate this virus. it took centuries to ieradicat the small pox virus.

"Just as the 2009 swine flu expanded, , the virus will cause a large initial epidemic, perhaps followed by subsequent waves of infection, and then later.  reduce to lower levels

Right now, the world is suffering from a pandemic of this virus. I am not going to tell yolu just how many people in the world have this disease and have died because I don’t want you to pee yor pants while reading this article.   I will however, gibe you a hint. Hundeds of thsands. Alright go to your bathroom.

Be ve careful on what you touch. For example, iy you are touching a railing that an infective person  touched earlier, you will both have something in common—both of you will be infected.  

wash you hands with soap before you go outside. The soap  I am told may fight thr virus cells on the railings. Don’t worry about going to a movie, Ass I said earlie, the virus is not airborne.

Of course, if you go shopping for groceries and you pick up a can  of soup,  there  could be a thousand Covid 19  virus cells just waiting for you to meet them.  Alright. Go to the bathroom.

Ofcourse , so far, the number of victims of this virus in your town or city is not too large so at the timing of the writing of this article, you are probably safe for the time being.

If our medical scientists find a way to stop this  pending pandemic, we can live happily for the rest of our lives until the next horrible virus pops p like a bad boil.