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COVID-19 Megathread #8
This is a megathread to consolidate all of the ongoing posts about the COVID-19 outbreak. This thread is a place to post updates, share information, and to ask questions; we will be slightly more relaxed with rule #3 in this megathread. However, reputable sources (not unverified twitter posts!) are still requested to support any new claims about the outbreak. Major publications or developments may be submitted as separate posts to the main subreddit but our preference would be to keep everything accessible here.
After feedback from the community and because this situation is developing rather quickly, we'll be hosting a new megathread every few days depending on developments/content, and so the latest thread will always be stickied and will provide the most up-to-date information. If you just posted something in the previous thread right before it got unstickied and your question wasn't answered/your point wasn't discussed, feel free to repost it in the latest one.
For reference, the previous megathreads are here: #1 from January 25th, #2 from February 25th, #3 from March 2nd, #4 from March 4th, #5 from March 9th, #6 from March 10th, and #7 from March 11th.
Background
On December 31st last year, Chinese authorities reported a cluster of atypical pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China, most of which included patients who reported exposure to a large seafood market selling many species of live animals. A novel zoonotic virus was suspected and discovered. Despite unprecedented quarantine measures, this outbreak has become a global pandemic. As of time of writing, there is confirmed disease on all continents except for Antarctica, and several known and suspected areas with self-sustaining human-to-human transmission. Some healthcare systems are overwhelmed. While it's a bit early to determine the ultimate consequences of the outbreak, it seems likely that most humans on Earth will eventually get this virus or will require a vaccine, and healthcare needs will be enormous. The WHO has declared this a global pandemic and countries are reacting with fear.
Resources
Tracking/Maps:
Journals
Resources from Organisational Bodies
Relevant News Sites
Reminders
All users are reminded about the subreddit rules on the sidebar. In particular, users are reminded that this subreddit is for medical professionals and no personal health anecdotes or questions are permitted. Users are reminded that in times of crisis or perceived crisis, laypeople on reddit are likely to be turning to this professional subreddit and similar sources for information. Comments that offer bad advice/pseudoscience or that are likely to cause unnecessary alarm may be removed.
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