Hola MaHigh-School - February 2020

This is a bit scary! We have all heard about Corona Virus
by now. And it seems that these things are coming faster
than ever.
It may not be the truth, but…
Let us just take a stab at the recent one’s:
SARS (Severe acute respiratory syndrome): This was the
one from 2003 and the one that focused the world on how
vulnerable we actually are. SARS is a member of Corona
virus (where the latest one (COVID-19) is the one we now
rad about).
This is a family impacting the respiratory organs. It could
look like a flu, but …
The start is most commonly transmission from animals to
humans.
Swine flu: This is the one the world spoke about in
2009/10. It is one where pigs are the carrier (without getting
sick) and can infect people very easily. The amount of
sub-strains makes it difficult to diagnose and to treat.
As of 2015, 31,156 positive test cases and 1,841 deaths
have been reported in India alone.
Ebola: The start may be infection from a fruit bat or monkey.
From then it will spread from human to human – but
only through direct contact. That means broken skin,
blood, mucous, needles, bed linen, etc etc. It is deadly:
Average death rate is 50%.