BREAKING: @WHO finally declared PHEIC (global health emergency 🚨) for the #coronavirus pandemic. bbc.co.uk/news/world-513… 
2) As mentioned earlier, the new #coronavirus has now exceeded SARS’s 8000 cases. It took SARS 3 month, but the new 🦠 just 1 month.
3) the newest R0 says it is 2.2.
4) PHEIC declaration is not a silver bullet, let’s keep in mind. It mobilizes global health resources and coordination, but each country still needs enough public health infrastructure and funding. Let’s find that vaccine fast...
5) Speaking of vaccines, scientists are now working at breakneck speed to find a vaccine. Earliest estimate is field testing to begin in 16 weeks!
6) Let’s also be mindful to fellow friends and strangers alike that viruses knows no human bounds. Instead of fighting each other, we need to unite as a civilization to fight this 🦠virus. Let’s prove it to our children.
7) New #coronavirus 🦠 out today: “stunning” says former US FDA Commissioner. Updated totals. Day over day change:
Confirmed cases from 7,711 to 9,692
Suspected cases from 12,167 to 15,238
Confirmed cases from 7,711 to 9,692
Suspected cases from 12,167 to 15,238
8) I do mostly agree that the new #coronavirus is less deadly per person than SARS (~10% CFR) and MERS (~20%). But I think it’s still too early to pin down if the true overall CFR is 1-6%, despite CNN’s graph. Attribution of cases/deaths still incomplete.
9) this is absolutely the WORST hot take on this epidemic. global economy might go into recession if international trade and travel to/from China grinds to a crawl. Don’t fall for these charlatan opportunists bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
