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When you contract an unknown disease like the new Chinese coronavirus where means of transmission and virulence is unknown, how do doctors care for you? Do you become a Bubble Boy?
gpt
Based on photos I've seen it looks like for the time being they're treating it as a "contact plus" disease.  This means that you not only wear gloves and a mask, but also a plastic gown.

Usually a "bubble boy" is to protect the individual, not the healthcare workers. Healthcare workers in a situation like, lets say Ebola, wear full on bunny suits - those fully enclose white suits with a PAPR system (a pressurized filtered air system).

I looked through the CDC's information on the virus, but couldn't find if it's transmitted through droplets (such is the influenza virus) or if it's an airborne transmission (such as tuberculosis). If it's similar to other coronaviruses, such as the one causing SARS, it would be droplet precautions - so the only type of protection needed would be a mask.  If it's airborn, they type of protection would be an N-95 mask or the use of a PAPR.

In terms of treatment, at this point it is only supportive.  So you're basically treating symptoms - acetaminophen and ibuprofen for fever and body aches, possibly albuterol or other inhaled breathing treatments for respiratory symptoms such as wheezing, IV Fluids for dehydration, antibiotics for **SECONDARY** infection such as pneumonia, etc...