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Originally Posted by ossiblue
Close contact with an infected victim is required to become infected yourself.
Also, the mere fact that these migrations occur does not mean the virus will be incapacitating or deadly in humans.) This is part of the world we live in and is all the more relevant due to increased global travel.
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Human to human transmission has occurred, specifically to health care workers before they knew what they were dealing with.
So far, death rate is about 1 in 3 people infected. About 300 verified cases, so about 100 dead folk. Sounds pretty deadly to me.
See ScienceDaily.com Health articles on May 2 and 6, 2014. You might have to search "MERS".