PlagueBlog apologizes for misreporting the naming of SARS-CoV-2 as COVID-19. In fact, the virus is now officially named SARS-CoV-2, and the disease it causes is now officially named COVID-19. PlagueBlog prefers the Internet's names (#RatBatVirus and Wuhan Disease), but you can't win them all.
In a surprise move, and despite rumors that China would no longer be reporting asymptomatic confirmed cases, Hubei has reported almost 15,000 new cases, pushing the world total over 60,000.
CNN explains the details of the strange focus on dry traps as a COVID-19 vector in Hong Kong, although the reason some Hong Kong residents hack their own toilet pipes remains unexplained.
P.S. On the bright side, there are now over 6,000 recovered.
P.P.S. In Japan, where it's tomorrow (Thursday) already, Forbes reports that the Germ Boat case count has jumped again to 218. Yet the food tweeter tweets on.
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
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