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Covid outbreak at Antarctic research station forces temporary travel ban
nbc ^
| Nov. 7, 2022,
| Denise Chow
Posted on 11/08/2022 1:15:47 PM PST by BenLurkin
A Covid outbreak at an American scientific research station in Antarctica has forced U.S. officials to temporarily halt all travel to the remote outpost.
The National Science Foundation, which operates McMurdo Station on the southern tip of Antarctica’s Ross Island, announced new measures over the weekend to help control the outbreak, which was first reported by NBC News on Friday.
The temporary ban does not include essential travel for health and safety reasons, according to the agency. There is also a medical clinic located at the station to provide health care to its residents.
The agency confirmed that 10% of the research station’s population have tested positive for Covid during this recent outbreak. There are 885 people currently living and working at McMurdo Station.
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posted on
11/08/2022 1:15:47 PM PST
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Damn, another vacation plan foiled....
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posted on
11/08/2022 1:16:24 PM PST
by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: BenLurkin
My tinfoil hat tells me it Alien coverup.👽
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posted on
11/08/2022 1:18:00 PM PST
by
MotorCityBuck
( Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
To: BenLurkin
Covid outbreak at Antarctic research stationYeah, I've seen this movie. John Carpenter is a good director.
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posted on
11/08/2022 1:18:02 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/08/2022 1:18:24 PM PST
by
monkeyshine
(live and let live is dead)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
11/08/2022 1:18:28 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: BenLurkin
forces temporary travel ban.............to where?...............
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posted on
11/08/2022 1:18:45 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: BenLurkin
Tell Fauci that it’s the most quarantined place in the world.
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posted on
11/08/2022 1:20:04 PM PST
by
oldbill
To: monkeyshine
The Thing! My first thought, as well.
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posted on
11/08/2022 1:20:35 PM PST
by
SubMareener
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To: BenLurkin
I did not know that they had a bio lab there also.
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posted on
11/08/2022 1:20:41 PM PST
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: BenLurkin
Touristing down there has always been ridiculous anyway. All sorts of climate change idiots using loads of resources for bragging rights.
To: 9YearLurker
My in-laws are supposed to go in a few weeks. It’s 100% for bragging rights.
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posted on
11/08/2022 1:33:12 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(We are already in a revolutionary period, and the Rule of Law means nothing. )
To: Magnum44
I don’t get down there much anyway.
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posted on
11/08/2022 1:38:25 PM PST
by
rdl6989
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To: ClearCase_guy
A couple who were music students of mine went there on their honymoon, and subjected me to an endless slide show of penguins and ice.
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posted on
11/08/2022 1:40:12 PM PST
by
left that other site
(Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.)
To: BenLurkin
Could be a horror movie in the making. Not the ChiCom flu, but the mental illness from being trapped in the Antarctic. Then scientists start eating each other.
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posted on
11/08/2022 1:46:19 PM PST
by
ConservativeInPA
( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
To: BenLurkin
“Where were you, Childs?”
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posted on
11/08/2022 2:04:41 PM PST
by
D_Idaho
("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...")
To: BenLurkin
Uh oh! Someone caught a cold. Shut down everything!!!
To: BenLurkin
Weird some Feral “judge” in Hawaii hasn’t blocked the travel ban yet.
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posted on
11/08/2022 3:19:06 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Cayler Ellingson (18), American murdered by the Stalinist "democRAT" Party. R.I.P.)
To: Lazamataz
It ain’t a sci-fi movie unless Kenneth Toby is in it.
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posted on
11/08/2022 3:20:42 PM PST
by
abb
To: BenLurkin
The ruling class’ sycophants are still halting life because of a cold or flu.
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