Health officials don’t know exactly where it came from, but it has traveled more than 7,000 miles since it was discovered late last month in central China. “Don’t panic unless you’re paid to panic,” said Brandon Brown , an epidemiologist at UC Riverside who has studied many deadly outbreaks. “Public health workers should be on the lookout. AdvertisementPublic health officials said they expect to see human-to-human transmissions continue in the short term. Indeed, Mina said some pathogens prove to outsmart even the world’s best public health agencies — and when they’ve never been seen before, they have a competitive advantage.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 24, 2020 22:00 UTC