The dangers of coronavirus
March 10, 2020
Wyatt Cornell
THE MIRROR
The coronavirus has been spreading fear around the world over the last 10 weeks. In reality, it may not be as dangerous as one may think.
There are 423 confirmed cases of coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, in the United States and 19 deaths. The infection to death rate is less than 4.5 percent.
As of Monday, March 9 at 4:00 p.m. there are one to five reported cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin and the surrounding states, with the exception of Michigan which has none.
Globally there are 109,578 confirmed cases and 3,809 deaths. The infection to death rate is less than 3.5 percent.
Illness due to coronavirus infection is generally mild, especially for children and young adults. Older people and those with pre-existing medical conditions appear to develop serious illnesses more often than others.
Common signs of infection include fever, cough, shortness of breath and difficulty breathing. In more severe cases, the infection can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), kidney failure and even death.
To prevent the spread of infection the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends regular hand washing, covering mouth and nose when coughing and sneezing, thoroughly cooking meat and eggs and avoiding close contact with anyone showing symptoms of respiratory illness such as coughing and sneezing.
Kaitlyn Flanagan • Mar 27, 2020 at 12:19 PM
I liked how you added it isn’t as dangerous as people are making it out to be. Like with all the media coverage on it I feel like they are blowing it out of proportion. The whole over buying of things from the store was just crazy..
Larson Lewis • Mar 26, 2020 at 4:16 PM
I’m reading this 2 weeks after it came out and the seriousness of this virus has risen drastically. It was good you talked about staying away from people who are coughing because it’s good to stop it early.
McKenna Coyle • Mar 26, 2020 at 8:40 AM
It is weird to be reading this after the virus has already gotten a lot worse. It was a good idea to soften the reality in this piece though.
Kenny Schultz • Mar 25, 2020 at 11:22 AM
I thought this article was written well but I do believe that the coronavirus is actually more dangerous than someone might believe.
Noah Viegut • Mar 24, 2020 at 12:36 PM
This article did a very good job on explaining the facts of the coronavirus and help the readers know the facts.
Erich Vanblargan • Mar 23, 2020 at 2:42 PM
I am with Brian on this you did great in reguards to not blowing this story up so much that it seemed like it could be the end of the world as you did everything that the major networks haven’t you have provided data. Providing data alone puts you ahead of the news networks and makes your article gold.
Brian Kraege • Mar 11, 2020 at 1:34 PM
It’s good that you explained how the threat isn’t as bad as people think. Most news sites work for attention and the coronavirus is a perfect topic to report on repeat while most people won’t check facts which just snowballs everything out of proportion.
Mazie Maluka • Mar 11, 2020 at 1:29 PM
This was very informative without fearmongering like many of the big news sources are doing. It was really great to see a realistic picture of the direct impact corona-virus has on our life.