2nd coronavirus case confirmed in US as State Department warns against traveling to China

ABC News ^ | January 24, 2020 | Conor Finnegan

[Raebie]

A second U.S. case of the new coronavirus has been confirmed in a patient in Chicago, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The patient, a woman in her 60s and a Chicago resident, had traveled to Wuhan, China, in December. She was admitted to the hospital and is in stable condition, according to Illinois health officials.

"We understand that some people are worried about this virus and how it may impact Americans," Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases said at a Friday news briefing.

"The immediate risk to the U.S. public is low at this time," Messonnier said.

[RummyChick]

If anyone trades stocks I got in on APT who makes masks when this first started breaking.

No idea if the stock has run it’s course so may be too late to enter.

I haven’t sold yet since I don’t think full panic has set in yet.

I think more panic to come.

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Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

[Biggirl]

Is this an every 100 year epidemic?

[ifinnegan]

It’s a we need funding epidemic.

[bgill]

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/indiana-family-in-the-middle-of-coronavirus-health-emergency/2206329/

An Indiana family is over there. Hope they don’t decided to bring it back with them.

[setter]

“I think more panic to come.”

Our own govt is keeping tight control of info leaking out. Patient in Oregon is being tended to by a robot in a bio lab room. What does that tell ya?

China has quarantined 14 cities so far based upon 800 infected and 26 dead?

What are the real figures?

[Herodes]

Caused by Global Warming. This can be fixed with a healthy Carbon Tax.

[Raebie]

Isn’t the city under quarantine? Not sure they can even get out.

[Gen.Blather]

“It’s a we need funding epidemic.”

There are some inconsistent things going on. The death rate announced by the Chinese is so low it makes their quarantine seem hysterically our of proportion to their stated threat. My guess is the Chinese communist party would not risk the bad press and possible consequences of potentially starving people to death by not delivering food unless the threat warranted doing so.

[RummyChick]

Were ebola patients treated with a robot?

Since this likely came from a research..(ahem..bioweapon) facility it could be pretty strong.

[butlerweave]

The MSM is rally trying to make be

[Mom MD]

who knows why the Chinese do what they do

[oldasrocks]

Nuke china now. It’s our only hope.

[real saxophonist]

In college, the Wind Ensemble had an opportunity to do a little tour of China.
I said Nope, y'all are going without me.

A couple of others also didn't go, but I was the most outspoken (imagine that) about it.

Guess who wasn't in Wind Ensemble the following year.

[RummyChick]

Don’t think so. This is a real threat. The question should be was China developing this as a bioweapon. The lab is at Ground Zero for this.

[HangnJudge]

...”The immediate risk to the U.S. public is low at this time,”

Define “Immediate”

[Labyrinthos]

The death toll so far is less than a weekend’s worth of violence in Chicago.

[HangnJudge]

...Nuke china now. It’s our only hope.

Cat is out of the bag...