Posted on 02/19/2020 5:53:45 PM PST by Vermont Lt
This will be the forever thread.
True. Most governments will use any excuse for their failures :-)
thanks! Yeah the Iran situation has me a bit on edge - these places with 0 transparency get hit really bad because the authorities thinking their “social order” matters way more than the people, so they try to hide things like this.
I wonder how many Iranians travel to the U.S. each day? I wouldn’t think too many. But they’ll go elsewhere, then they will come here...
I decided not to go to church until this all calms down. Not sure our priest would agree, lol. But really I think God knows where we all are, and my family doesn’t need the risk of standing 1 foot away from other people for an hour and fifteen, even if we can avoid the wine by going to the Latin service (which also doesn’t pass the peace).
A friend said the Diocese here in AK had stopped doing wine and passing peace at the non Latin services but I’m not sure about that. Seems ALL churches need to stop these things for now.
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S. Korea - A lot of info here. Just posting highlights courtesy Treyfish at FluTrackers:
Daegu 21 am Corona 19 regular briefing
2020-02-21 10:35
is difficult to secure a Daegu negative pressure room. From this day, the company plans to switch to a general room dyne system for the hospital.
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In the long term, the entire ward will be emptied, and a total of 373 beds will be used for inpatient treatment for corona-confirmed patients, and 63 additional rooms at Keimyung University Daegu Dongsan Hospital will be secured
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Of the 944 who were contacted, 135 said they had symptoms. 45 more than the previous day (20 days).
In addition, 409 (11.8%) of the 2,474 respondents who answered that they had symptoms, and 2,722 (78.4%) answered no. Staying in touch with 343 (9.8%).
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Daegu will cancel or postpone all planned events by March, including the February 28 Commemoration Ceremony, Section 3.1 Commemorative Event, K-pop Super Concert (Performance of BTS), and Nursing Care Professionals Qualification Examination.
From this day, 1,324 children’s homes will be closed for the time being to protect local children and ensure workers’ safety.
The 252 senior medical welfare facilities (7,334 residents and 5,128 workers) living in high-risk groups, who are vulnerable to viruses, also strictly control visits and visits to outsiders, and do their best to prevent infectious diseases through personal hygiene management and education for employees.
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The Daegu city held a meeting of the Prime Minister’s Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the morning and suggested “immediately use military hospitals”, “designate Daegu Dongsan Hospital as a specialized hospital for infectious diseases” and “support available medical personnel such as the military.”
In addition, operating loss of “one million masks” for the protection of vulnerable groups and social service workers, “prompt assistance of medical supplies” such as medical staff protection equipment and inspection kits, mobile negative pressure carts and negative pressure ambulances, and private hospitals closed by Corona 19 It suggested that measures such as support be prepared.
Despite the difficult situation, Gwangju City, Jeonnam Provincial Office and many companies and private organizations sent masks and hand sanitizers to Daegu City. Thank you and I will not forget.
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Please refrain from going out and wear a mask in your daily life. If you have symptoms of respiratory symptoms such as fever or cough, do not visit the medical institution directly. Be sure to report to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (1399) or your local public health center and follow the instructions.
When visiting a health center or hospital, please visit a screening office first.
How is your hubby’s coworker, who’d traveled to China, doing?
I believe he was self quarantining.
cool chart!
What about the Iranians traveling to Syria, etc.?
Plague is a horrorr to armies. Iranian supported orgs must be terrified.
Yeah who knows what will happen, a virus laden Iran was something not too many were predicting. Seems Thailand has dodged a bullet so far, I read they were one of the top places the virus could do real damage. That along with Tokyo and India - India also appears to be dodging a bullet, or just not testing for real...
11 out 13 test positive in Nebraska.
https://www.ketv.com/article/11-people-test-positive-for-coronavirus-at-unmc/31029795
Globalnews.ca
@globalnews
#BREAKING: B.C.’s sixth case of COVID-19 was contracted by a woman who was visiting Iran, B.C.’s top doctor and health minister confirmed Thursday evening.
https://twitter.com/globalnews/status/1230673268887166976
Based on China’s numbers over the past 3 days, they have beaten the virus, with few new cases and recovering patients outnumbering new cases 4 to 1, while the rest of the world continues to more than double every week. Way to go China!
I don’t think I need to say this is sarcasm, but just in case, “this is sarcasm”.
WC Fields knew how to deal with children’s immunity...
BNO Newsroom
@BNODesk
BREAKING: China’s Shandong province reports coronavirus outbreak at a prison with 207 confirmed cases
https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1230679733777653761
Does anyone know definitively if nearly everyone in China, or at least Hubei province, received a SARS-1 vaccine some years ago? Obviously, small children now wouldn’t have been around then to receive it. I want to know if a prior vaccination can be ruled out as a reason for augmented susceptibility to SARS-2CoV or not.
Scott Gottlieb, MD
@ScottGottliebMD
My op ed with colleague Lu Borio from NSC in tomorrow’s
@WSJ
. We should expand testing for coronavirus in U.S. to those who meet clinical criteria for serious manifestations of the disease to detect outbreaks earlier, while we can intervene to stop spread
” but just in case, “this is sarcasm”. “
China here reminds me of the Potemkin Village meme.
But they don’t have to provide an actual Potemkin Vilage to the media just the report.
And the Western media will trumpet.
The tests have only been 30-60% accurate. This is the reason many are recommending chest CTs to look for specific lung characteristics If a person has pneumonia and neg. test. That is what they have had to do in China.
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