Should You Be Worried About MERS?

There is currently a MERS outbreak in South Korea that has quarantined thousands. What is MERS?

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South Korea grapples to contain MERS as 1,369 in quarantine
"The Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed five new cases -- increasing the number of people with the disease to 35. These new cases were contracted within hospitals."

Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
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[GenoMyster]

Please don't say this is going to be the next Ebola. I really can't be arsed with all the jokes.

[REbones]

A disease named after the Middle East... Oh boy, I can only imagine the comments now.

[juyoungkwak]

I m a korean who live in seoul.
That virus is spreading all around our country.
It s really tragic. Now 23 patients died and over 170 people are confirmed as MERS patients.
About 20 people of patients including medical doctors are severe in coma. It s very contagious.
Be alert and thank you for reading my short English.

[tramsgar]

The lack of competence and preparedness among governments and the WHO in particular scares the most.

[zukodude]

I used to get panic attacks regarding SARS. I avoided smokers like hell. Probably one of the reasons i never started smoking.

[KipperTheArt]

A great preventive measure to spreading disease is not coughing or sneezing into your hands. If you do, then just wash your hands immediately after or at least avoid touching too many things. This method is something taught from kindergarten all the way to high school graduation, but no one seems to practice it recently.

[asdf]

Aging, it has a 100% infection rate and infected most live on Earth, it also has a 100% mortality rate and no know cure. Having it means your more like to get a many diseases.

[ajmatt]

My list of scary diseases are
1)Neurodegenerative diseases
2)HIV AIDS
3)Prion diseases. Really scary.

[ElliottIgglesden]

Heard about MERS ages ago, but then Ebola came along and MERS just forgotten about. Maybe MERS heard about Ebola and wants to be the new best disease.

[beencatnipped]

Explain how sunburns work! Why does your skin stay hot? Why is putting moisturizer on your burns a poor remedy? etc...

[mrmacken]

I feel like the opposite of a hypochondriac; I mean I have good hygiene and make sure to avoid risk taking that can cause illness, but I'm not really worried about any illnesses. Even during the ebola scare, I was the guy at work reminding people that the likelihood of an widespread outbreak in the States was very unlikely

[banicata]

I live in Korea and everyone is getting so paranoid about it here. I would like to know more about it but I'm not really scared. I think you could give more information about it, th video is kind of short.

[CrusaderA]

Now I cant stop looking at her reading eyes....thanks... guy who pointed it out...

[DarthBigMan]

Im scared of ALS. 100% Death Rate. Slow death. I know its a Neurological disease but its a scary disease none the less.

[MrThatoneguy]

The one we haven't seen yet, because we don't know anything about it and are not prepared.

[RK]

i live in the UAE, in the arabian peninsula, and i havent heard of the term MERS since last year. its not really an outbreak.

[Kristopher]

HIV and AIDS scares the hell out of me

[musclebrainsmartypants]

What risk do I have of dying in traffic if I go to south korea, and how big is the risk of dying of mers?

[VariantAEC]

Not like I look better or anything, but the producers or camera staff should have let you know what you look like before shooting this.

[GivenbyIam]

Mrsa is what i am most commonly exposed to on the hospital here in souyh Florida