121 of those infected live in the Amoy Gardens housing estate in Kowloon Bay (quite alarming is the fact that they don't all live on the same floor or building — 70% are in one block)
Italian doctor Carlo Urbani who first identified the virus that causes atypical pneumonia has himself died of the disease
Revised figures for mainland China are 792 infected and 31 deaths, up from the 305 infected and 5 deaths originally reported on February 10 (Guangdong officials had released lower, false figures to protect their economy!)
Cases of those infected indicate to me that the virus is not just highly contagious but "super contagious" and may possibly be airborne, not just spread by droplets
What's scary is realizing that people being confirmed of having aytpical pnuemonia today actually got infected 3 to 7 days ago (the virus' incubation period)
By health officials and "experts" saying the the virus is only spread by "close contact", not strongly advising the public to wear masks, and not enforcing strict quarantine measures, they risk the virus striking down many more people and prolonging the outbreak
Common sense tells me that the more people who wear masks the better the chance we have of quickly curbing the outbreak
