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The Consequences of Coronavirus

Questions on Responding to a novel Threat.

Psychology Today

Posted Mar 12, 2020

This post was written by Gabriel Banschick.

Overview:

Coronavirus, which first hit the United States at the end of January, will continue to affect Americans for some time, according to the CDC. No one knows for how long. In the meantime, the justifiable concern about getting infected is having an impact on our social structure and sense of mutual responsibility.

Here are some facts:

1. So far, it seems that coronavirus is transmitted mainly by droplets between infected people or carriers, although it also survives on surfaces for quite a while.

2. Because of its long incubation period, we can’t identify carriers early enough, although it seems that people are most infectious when they show symptoms.

3. The mortality rate has been estimated to be more than 3 percent, but these numbers are probably skewed because we don’t know how many people are actually infected. Most likely, there are many more infected people who do not show symptoms. In that case, the mortality rate is probably much lower.

4. The disease seems to spread exponentially. In Italy, the first case was discovered on January 31, 2020. By March 8, there were a total of 7,350 confirmed cases and 360 deaths. This is now considered a worldwide pandemic. That is what worries health administrations worldwide and leads to the preventative measures that are being implemented in various places.

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