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Not someone I know, but here is an audio blog of a virologist, Ian Lipkin, while he has the disease (Mar. 28).
You get to hear his cough to know what it is like.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyIsLx4RJs8
or the original site
http://www.microbe.tv/twiv/

He heard of the disease Dec. 15. He went to China in mid January, meeting with their scientists, and up to the premier.
R-naught is higher than estimated.
21:17 This is the most transmissible virus I've ever seen.
22:00 In China, shutting things down brought R-naught to about 1.3. Separating infected people from their possibly-infected families brought it to less than 1.
30:00 He hints there is evidence of the virus existing earlier (in animals?) as for MERS & HIV.
31:30 He suggests how to deal with the epidemic. Then he leads into face masks.
32:30 2003 study: People that used facemasks consistently had a 70% reduction in community transmission; used intermittently, 60% reduction.
35:30 Worked with Scott Burns to produce clips with Contagion movie cast talking about what people should do.
45:30 Talking about drugs & vaccines
1:00:20 What should people do to protect themselves?

He talks about 4 studies they are doing, including sterilizing masks for reuse.

[M T]

Not someone I know, but here is an audio blog of a virologist, Ian Lipkin, while he has the disease (Mar. 28).
You get to hear his cough to know what it is like.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyIsLx4RJs8
or the original site
http://www.microbe.tv/twiv/

He heard of the disease Dec. 15. He went to China in mid January, meeting with their scientists, and up to the premier.
R-naught is higher than estimated.
21:17 This is the most transmissible virus I've ever seen.
22:00 In China, shutting things down brought R-naught to about 1.3. Separating infected people from their possibly-infected families brought it to less than 1.
30:00 He hints there is evidence of the virus existing earlier (in animals?) as for MERS & HIV.
31:30 He suggests how to deal with the epidemic. Then he leads into face masks.
32:30 2003 study: People that used facemasks consistently had a 70% reduction in community transmission; used intermittently, 60% reduction.
35:30 Worked with Scott Burns to produce clips with Contagion movie cast talking about what people should do.
45:30 Talking about drugs & vaccines
1:00:20 What should people do to protect themselves?

He talks about 4 studies they are doing, including sterilizing masks for reuse.