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Tennessee Tech student being tested for Coronavirue
News Channel 3 ^ | 1/24/20 | Eryn Taylor

Posted on 01/24/2020 7:54:50 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — A Tennessee Tech University student was placed in isolation after presenting mild symptoms of the Coronavirus.

In a social media post released Thursday evening, the university said the student had recently traveled overseas and met the criteria for testing. The student was placed in isolation as a precautionary measure.

The school said they have not confirmed that the student has the Coronavirus.

Tennessee Tech and the doctors at the school have been in constant contact with both the Tennessee Department of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.

Tennessee Tech is located in Cookeville, which is about an hour east of Nashville.

(Excerpt) Read more at wreg.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: china; coronavirus; tennessee; tennesseetech
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To: Mom MD

“The hysteria here is overwhelming”

If this is all hysteria why is China locking down 14 large cities, banning new year celebrations etc

I mean 26 dead in China is not even countable such a small figure where life is cheap.

Do you really believe China has only 800 infected and 26 dead?


21 posted on 01/24/2020 8:18:15 AM PST by setter
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To: Mom MD
The hysteria here is overwhelming. What is marching across the country and killing people is influenza like it does every year.

This has a very real potential of being much worse than influenza. And, if what's happening in China is any indication, it will be.

22 posted on 01/24/2020 8:19:13 AM PST by eastexsteve
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Student Chinese?I wonder if these “students” really are just that. I beleive a good portion of them are ChiCom agents. How do we know they weren’t purposely infected with the virus. A wonderful way to engage in warfare. Send em all packing!!!


23 posted on 01/24/2020 8:19:34 AM PST by MGunny (l)
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To: Fair Paul

Far from it. TTU is very conservative compared to many universities.


24 posted on 01/24/2020 8:19:42 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (If gun ownership by private citizens scares DemocRats, the 2nd Amendment is doing its job.)
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To: eastexsteve

and if it does we will deal with it. How will panic ahead of time help?


25 posted on 01/24/2020 8:20:36 AM PST by Mom MD
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To: setter

I believe nothing from China. We will need to gather our own data.


26 posted on 01/24/2020 8:21:13 AM PST by Mom MD
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To: MrEdd

First, classes only started Tuesday, so she hasn’t had much interaction. Second, she has classes 4 days a week and two of them are off campus.


27 posted on 01/24/2020 8:22:15 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (If gun ownership by private citizens scares DemocRats, the 2nd Amendment is doing its job.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

A good way to engage in warfare. Infect your student agents.


28 posted on 01/24/2020 8:24:03 AM PST by MGunny (l)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
From AP:

When the state numbers last week were still below 100 despite cases popping up overseas, users on the Twitter-like Weibo platform quipped that China was dealing with a “patriotic” virus that only infected people after they left the country. The virus should “join the Communist Party,” they suggested.

There are 2 cases stateside, on the other side of the globe, but 34 cases in Beijing? There's something wrong with the data being disseminated.


29 posted on 01/24/2020 8:55:45 AM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: eastexsteve

With a 2 week incubation cycle, this will be big news next week. With every infected person, expect 10 new cases in 2 weeks. This will grow exponentially in the next few weeks. What we don’t know is the true mortality rate. China is claiming 2-3%.


30 posted on 01/24/2020 9:06:27 AM PST by DownInFlames (Galsd)
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To: DownInFlames

Even China doesn’t cancel Lunar New Year festivities for only a 2-3% mortality...


31 posted on 01/24/2020 9:16:46 AM PST by wheatmiller (No one thinks anymore....)
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To: Mom MD
and if it does we will deal with it. How will panic ahead of time help?

Really? It's not "panic." It's preparedness.

32 posted on 01/24/2020 9:28:28 AM PST by eastexsteve
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To: Migraine

33 posted on 01/24/2020 9:28:48 AM PST by Major Matt Mason (Q = Quidam.)
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To: Major Matt Mason

# 4 I believe.
Washington State confirmed.
Los Angeles Suspected
Texas Suspected
Tennessee Tech Suspected
NJ came back negative.


34 posted on 01/24/2020 9:30:52 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

Isn’t there now a suspected case in Chicago?


35 posted on 01/24/2020 9:31:43 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Jane Long

Yes, CDC confirmed this morning.


36 posted on 01/24/2020 9:40:29 AM PST by Raebie
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To: Major Matt Mason

I hoped it was just a dictionary word; people are always reading stuff into dictionary words.

Thanks for the gif post; cool stuff.


37 posted on 01/24/2020 9:41:02 AM PST by Migraine
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To: Kickass Conservative

LOL, perfect.


38 posted on 01/24/2020 10:18:59 AM PST by mykroar (Congratulations President Trump)
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To: Jane Long

Yes, except the Chicago case is now confirmed.

So that’s two confirmed and 3 others suspected.

“The virus appears to have a two-week incubation period, meaning there’s still opportunity for someone to have contracted it and made it back to the U.S. while appearing healthy before the shutdown came into effect.”


39 posted on 01/24/2020 10:29:25 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: Jane Long

Yes, except the Chicago case is now confirmed.

So that’s two confirmed and 3 others suspected.

“The virus appears to have a two-week incubation period, meaning there’s still opportunity for someone to have contracted it and made it back to the U.S. while appearing healthy before the shutdown came into effect.”


40 posted on 01/24/2020 10:29:25 AM PST by DannyTN
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