http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007192.htm
Since September 2012, more than 50 cases of MERS-CoV have been identified globally. Approximately half of these people died.
http://www.who.int/ith/updates/20130605/en/
2) Though it originated in the Middle East, it has spread globally
Since the disease was first identified in Saudi Arabia, it has spread around the world, thanks in part to the increasingly global nature of travel. Though the bulk of MERS victims have been in the Middle East, the disease first reached Southeast Asia last April, when a Malaysian man took a pilgrimage to the Saudi holy Muslim city of Mecca. During the trip, he visited a Saudi camel farm. Camels are one host for the virus.
So far it is restricted to the Asian subcontinent.
3) It arrived in South Korea two weeks ago
On May 20, South Korea’s Health Ministry confirmed its first case of MERS in a 68-year-old man who had traveled to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain for about three weeks, according to officials. Since then, the unidentified man’s wife and others who have come into contact with the patient have been infected. Of the total 25 cases of infection confirmed by South Korea, the first two victims died Tuesday, officials said.
4) South Korean officials are weighing further measures
Health officials in South Korea have yet to declare an epidemic. They are, however, weighing an overseas travel ban for nearly 700 people who have been isolated for possible infection from the virus. There are mounting concerns that the disease may be spreading even among people who haven’t had any direct contact with the initial patient.
That means it's airborne. Historically they don't declare epidemics until after the fact and in only two weeks this is spreading far more quickly than Ebola did in the spring of 2014.
5 South Korea's MERS problem may be spreading
Hong Kong, the epicenter of the SARS epidemic, is on high alert after a South Korean man who was confirmed to have the MERS virus — the son of a hospital roommate of the first patient — traveled there. Authorities in the Chinese special administrative region are quarantining 19 people and keeping a close eye on 27 other travelers who may have had contact with the man.
Crowded conditions in that part of the world make it a disaster. Places to avoid are hospitals and places near there. By the time it's in a hospital it will also be in the apartment building nearest the hospital where healthcare workers live and will be spread by elevator buttons. Use a key or pen and don't touch them. Was your hands every time you come in from outside.
MERS is a Coronavirus and encodes for L-Ascorbate and Niacin which are found in all living things and even viruses, thus they strip the body of these nutrients, which are vital to the proper functioning of the immune system. In addition it causes rapid oxidative stress which simply means it steals electrons from your cells (Wikipedia is actually accurate on the subject of oxidative stress) and because it's stripped the body of ascorbate you lack the antioxidants to defend against this. Lack of NAD from niacin opens up the possibility of a cytokine storm which can be fatal.
Prevention and treatment are one in the same:
Vitamin C, if not infected, up to 7g/day. If infected 1000mg every 10 minutes oral, or 30-60g/day IV in acute cases. Liposomal C is better than regular vitamins C tablets but not as good as IV C.
Niacin, 1000-2000 mg/day non-flushing niacin per day if at risk of catching it and that means you're on the same continent as it. 5000 mg/day if infected.
Vitamins D and E, 10,000 iu/hr is what you get from the sun in summer, an amount equal to that from halibut liver oil if sunlight is unavailable. 2000 iu/day E.
Thiamine and Riboflavin have antiviral properties, 4 B-100 pills a day.
If infected the following will also help:< br>
Fish oil pills to control inflammation, 2, 3x a day just like it says on the label.
Oregano oil, 2 drops, 3x a day, one of the most powerful antiviral antioxidants known.
Brazil nuts - there is no higher source of selenium, required to manufacture glutathione peroxidase, a lipid peroxidase inhibitor implicated in at least 18 places in the immune system. 100 mcg/day from tables if brazil nuts are not available. http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/87/2/379.full
Garlic, chili, ginger - supports the lungs which take the biggest hit. 3X a day, raw, a good size portion. Even if you like these you're gonna hate them after this but it does help. You have a very good chance of survival if you do all these. People with asthma are at higher risk as are the young and old and anybody who has a lousy diet and doesn't get enough sleep.
You want these all in stock and on hand once MERS reaches your content, by the time you get sick you will not be able to go and get them.
MERS in Saudi
Mers mutates quickly and dies out in humans so far. Only mutations in camels seem to last. So far (2018) it does not appear to be human to human transimssable. The MERS Coronavirus Genome and history have been worked out.
