Japan's coronavirus response on cruise 'completely inadequate

The Telegraph ^ | Feb 19, 2020 | Nicola Smith

[DannyTN]

Two more New Zealanders on the Diamond Princess cruise have tested positive for the covid-19 coronavirus, as one Japanese infectious disease specialist who visited the quarantined ship describes the scene there as "chaotic" and "scary". ... "Bureaucrats were in charge of everything" without a single professional infection control specialist on board, he said. ...

[DannyTN]

"That has forced health officials to acknowledge that "local transmission" has begun and it's now "impossible" to prevent the virus from spreading."

Although they are changing their approach and getting more aggressive internally.

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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.

[KittyKares]

He’s an infection control specialist, so that was scary. I admire him for speaking out. Japan needs some kind of protocol for infections like this.