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🔗 Photos From a Century of Epidemics
🔗 Wuhan Coronavirus: What Does R0 Mean? - The Atlantic
"R0 is the average number of people who will catch the disease from a single infected person, in a population that’s never seen the disease before.
🔗 Wuhan Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Global Cases
Johns Hopkins interactive live map of cases of the global incidence of 2019-nCoV cases.
🔗 CDC - Influenza (Flu) | Key Facts about Swine Influenza (Swine Flu)
Pigs can be infected by avian influenza and human influenza viruses as well as swine influenza viruses. When influenza viruses from different species infect pigs, the viruses can reassort (i.e. swap genes) and new viruses that are a mix of swine, human and/or avian influenza viruses can emerge.