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I think there are some silver linings in the comments here, from the WHO official in charge of #2019CoV #coronavirus response. Those have been hard to come by over the past couple of weeks. statnews.com/2020/02/01/top…
Dr. Ryan notes evidence from China shows fairly limited transmission in households where the virus is introduced (low “secondary attack rate”). So far there has been limited spread of infection to health care workers (this had been a major component of the SARS epidemic in 2003).
So far, most severe cases and deaths have been among adults 50 or older, and a large proportion have been people with pre-existing conditions. We’ve seen no deaths outside China so far.
TRAVEL ALERT ✈️: U.S. Department of State raised its travel advisory for China from Level 3 to *Level 4*, which means "do not travel to China." Previously alert level 3 on Monday, which means "reconsider travel to China due to the novel coronavirus." travel.state.gov/content/travel… 
2) New airlines suspending China ✈️ amid the outbreak: Air France (Until Feb. 9), British Airways (until end February), Air Seoul, Egyptair, Lion Air, Lufthansa (till end February), Swiss Airlines (till end February) and Austrian Airlines (till end February).
3) AIRPORT 🦠 SCREENING: “for every 100 infected travellers planning to take a 12 hour flight, only 9 will be detected at entry screening upon arrival” lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/new…
