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This Spring during the first big WuFlu epidemic wave, a French doctor had something bugging his mind, and dug up samples from pneumonia patients back in December. One patient with no travel history to China had WuFlu in December 2019.
Now it is possible but unlikely the transmission chains broke and the virus had to be re-introduced in late Febuary/March.
But it's more likely it spread, largely as asymptomatic infections or mild colds, with the occasional older, vulnerable person getting complications and getting listed as "pneumonia".
Oh and we still have exactly zero dead kid from this in Québec. Hardest hit place in the Confederacy.
P.S. : If it turns out the Moderna corp's vaccine that can be kept in a regular freezer is confirmed 94.5% effective, we do have a shot at eliminating that virus with vax campaings.
At a 95% effectiveness and ~75% vaccination coverage, it's almost a win in the box.
The Pfizer vaccine ( 90%+ effective preliminary results ) needing -70C? I don't see ot happening in the third world. It's already a logistical difficulty in rich countries.
Since I'm not at risk I am not getting a vaccine without a rock'-solid plan for effective total elimination. Vaccinate at-risk people : problem solved.
Low-risk people are at less risk from this than the regular flu, and it might be better for kids to grow-up getting periodic exposure to it so their immune system develops a good response to it over the long term, if we cannot eliminate it totally.