Interview with Dr. John Campbell

Key Points to Note from the Interview

• Zoonotic infection - has existed in animals since the 1960s and jumped from animals to humans and is jumping from human to human.
• Death rates comparison:
• SARS (10% deathrate - only those exhibiting symptoms transmit the virus)  
• COVID-19 2% deathrate but easy to transmit to others) 
• MERS (35% deathrate harder to transmit)
• Individuals who have the illness can spread the virus without feeling sick
• Virus spreads through breathing, sneezing and coughing when the droplets within an infected person are 'shot' into the air 
• If the droplets are breathed in by those nearby or fall on the eye, mouth or surfaces, where it can live perhaps for up to 14 or more days when it is still alive and is transferred through a mucous membrane such as the eye, mouth, nose.
• WASH YOUR HANDS THOROUGHLY 
• There are some individuals with weaker immune systems or other health difficulties (the aged, the unwell and children) who are especially suspectable to the disease

Many unknowns at this time and the virus may still change.  But if nothing changes from now, the virus may peak by May this year and how the virus is managed within China and how other nations react to the disease.