Covid-19 synopsis

Posted On May 16, 2020

The following is a synopsis of what we know so far. There are still a lot of unknown.

Very difficult to be accurate, a lot people who were affected were not tested. It is not possible to test everybody.
Total known cases by 05/16/2020
- World: close to 5 million
- US 1.5 million
- Spain: 0.27 million
- Russia: 0.26 million
- China: 82,933
New cases on 05/15/2020 (1 day)
- US 26.692
- Russia: 10,598
- Brazil 15,305
- Canada: 1212
Total cases per Million population
- US: 4488
  - New York: 18,396
  - New Jersey: 16,453
  - Massachusetts: 12,103
  - California: 1,949
- Spain: 5868
- Canada: 1979
- China: 58

Social distancing, wear mask when you leave home, avoid close contact if possible especially in closed space.
Clean and disinfect objects touch by others
Wash hands with soap and water
A lot of infected patients have no symptom.

The corona virus will disappear when it cannot find another person to infect.
The best way to prevent that is social distancing and continue to practice good hygiene.
Vaccine needs to be tested for its safety, and effectiveness, it takes a very long time to do it.
So far no medication can really kill the virus.
Scientists have been trying to develop vaccine for HIV, hepatitis C and flu for many years. So far, there is no vaccine for HIV, hepatitis C.
Flu vaccine is only partially effective, because the flu viruses change every year. There are still a lot of people catch a flu every year.