Tarron on January 27th, 2020 at 14:57 UTC »
Coronavirus is a group of viruses, not a single virus strain.
SARS and MERS (also represented on this chart) are also Coronaviruses. In humans Coronavirus usually sit in the respiratory system.
The new virus that everyone is so afraid of is called 2019-nCoV.
We don’t know enough about this ‘new’ virus to chart it like this yet.
onahotelbed on January 27th, 2020 at 14:59 UTC »
The situation is dynamic and this data won't be very meaningful until this outbreak ends.
mltam on January 27th, 2020 at 15:19 UTC »
Why does rabies have a contagiousness of 10? In humans?
![image showing [OC] Coronavirus in Context - contagiousness and deadliness](fb432166-e92c-56a3-be52-1a946a08c6d0.jpg)
Tarron on January 27th, 2020 at 14:57 UTC »
Coronavirus is a group of viruses, not a single virus strain.
SARS and MERS (also represented on this chart) are also Coronaviruses. In humans Coronavirus usually sit in the respiratory system.
The new virus that everyone is so afraid of is called 2019-nCoV.
We don’t know enough about this ‘new’ virus to chart it like this yet.
onahotelbed on January 27th, 2020 at 14:59 UTC »
The situation is dynamic and this data won't be very meaningful until this outbreak ends.
mltam on January 27th, 2020 at 15:19 UTC »
Why does rabies have a contagiousness of 10? In humans?