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Wuhan Coronavirus Tag

In September 2009, I caught Swine Flu during the semester when I was at Cornell in Ithaca. It was brutal. For the first time I understood how the flu could kill someone.

Abdu Sharkawy is a doctor in Toronto, Canada, who wrote a Facebook post last week with a message that underscores many of the points I have hade in recent Wuhan Virus Watch posts.
Abdu Sharkawy, a doctor and expert at the University of Toronto in Canada, wrote late Friday that the disease is indeed dangerous but that the often self-interested measures to contain are in some cases proving worse.

After a week of covering the Wuhan coronavirus as both as a pundit and a biosafety professional, I have come to the conclusion that maybe it is time to dial back the drama associated with the pathogen.

Coronavirus has killed a high-profile leader in Iran responsible for the U.S.-designated terrorist group Basij Forces, the Iranian news agency Tasnim confirmed. Mohammad Haj Abolghasem, a senior commander, was known as the 'butcher of Tehran' for his role in the bloody suppression of pro-democracy protests that began in November 2019, the Iranian exile group said.