Pandemic or fear?

The news media continue to create a climate of fear by repeatedly manipulating infection and death rates, using the terms "outbreak" and "pandemic," and reporting stories of Americans flocking to stores to stock up on food, bottled water, and bread, leaving a series of empty shelves. You will be surprised to know that the market reaction to coronavirus has not been bad. The fear of the spread of the virus has hit most stocks in my portfolio, but some industries harder than others. Almost every sector is losing value. I believe that for those who fear the spread of a virus, the effects are not always bad, and wise investors position themselves to take advantage of new opportunities. 

I urge countries to prepare their health systems to respond if efforts to stop the spread of the virus fail. I want to help developing countries prepare for the outbreak. The window of opportunity to stop the spread of this virus is shrinking, "he told reporters. If we do well in this narrowing window of opportunity, a serious crisis could be averted. 

If the next few weeks or months bring peace, which scientists increasingly fear they will not, the world would do well to remember this time what it seems to have forgotten time and again. Imagine an infected person giving it to you and passing it on to the people you meet. If you're unlucky, it could be worse than anything in living memory. We may still be going through a period of turbulent market fears such as the one we are now in, and this development could yet break through the global transmission chain. But we will have enough to stay at night. 

Medical experts say that when it comes to viruses in general, reducing interactions with humans reduces the likelihood of getting sick. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it may be possible for a person to get coronavirus by touching an object containing the virus, such as a handkerchief, toothbrush or even a piece of paper. Touching unclean surfaces and removing the hands from the eyes, nose and mouth also reduces the risk of infection. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not know exactly how the California patient contracted the virus, but U.S. health officials confirmed late Wednesday that it could spread to local cities. The person lives in Solano County and is receiving medical care in Sacramento County. 

The Lancet urged the world to keep trying to stop the spread and eradicate the virus before it spreads. The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Thomas Frieden, also said Friday that he still believes a halt is possible. Osterholm and others have pointed out that testing protocols that are too narrow obscure the ability to detect how far it has spread.

Without rapid and widespread testing, the CPAC debacle has shown that health authorities do not have many tools to contain the virus. Experience suggests that ownership - quarantine - which should really affect a large number of people, not just one or two, cannot do much too slow the spread of the disease. By the time someone knows he is infected, he has already infected everyone he knows and others.

While health officials say the risk to Bay Area residents remains extremely low, the recent news could prompt some residents to ask questions. The viral respiratory disease that is rapidly spreading in China is a new type of coronavirus that scientists have never seen in humans. Coronaviruses are a family of viruses responsible for the deaths of millions of people around the world each year. While this new virus does not appear to be nearly as deadly or contagious, others have evolved over the years. 

Because the genetic structure of most viruses is so susceptible to mutations and changes, new strains emerge. The term refers to more recent diseases, including coronaviruses, which are responsible for diseases such as colds and gastrointestinal infections. They are named after the surface proteins that the viruses use to invade the skin of infected people, which can cause symptoms in humans. As the number of confirmed cases of the virus continues to rise in the US and China, experts are beginning to gain a better understanding of its potential impact on human health. 

In Iran, four people have died from the virus in recent days, and a foreigner has been diagnosed in Egypt. A case in Lebanon has also been linked to a case from Iran that has not been linked to Wuhan, suggesting it has spread to people with links to the source of the outbreak. The first case of this virus was detected in China in January, making it the 30th country to report a case of COVID-19. While China has reported a decrease in new COvid-21 infections, cases of this novel virus have been detected in a number of new countries that have no connection to the epicenter of the outbreak, such as Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.