[DCBryan1]

2nd person up: Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health

8000 influenza deaths currently in US with 100k hospitalizations
Issue of Coronavirus is "alot of unknowns"
Asymptomatic infections are very possible and confirmed
Secondary cases becoming more prominent whereas it was unknown before
Still a low risk to American public
Still alot of unknowns
Need to take action to mitigate.

[DCBryan1]

Azar repeating WHO warnings. Trump states Coronavirus an emergency
Hopes China can contain SUN FEB 2, US govt will implement certain measures to contain virus:
Anyone from Wuhan = 14 day quarantine and health screen. ONLY applies to US citizens whom from Wuhan.
Anyone else in other areas of China will undergo more self quarantine and health screens
Presidential proclamation 2-12-F Immigration Act suspends foreign nationals capable of transmitting virus. (family of US citizens exempt). Most will be denied entry.
Effective 5PM 02 FEB 2020.
Expedite return of US citizens once they are screened.
Risk of infection LOW.

[bigbob]

To elaborate on asymptomatic cases: Dr. Fauci said that not long ago we didn’t know if a person without symptoms could have the disease. We now know this absolutely possible.

And he said we did not know whether a person could contract the disease from a person without symptoms, and we now know this is also possible.

While the risk to Americans is still low, these are important considerations in why aggressive actions to keep it that way are being taken.

[LizardQueen]

I like listening to Fauci. He completely admits there’s stuff they don’t know yet.
Plus being a native NYer his accent sounds like home lol.

[Therapsid]

just talked to 2 chinese drs/....w family in china they say the gov. is lying ...over 100k dead in wuhan alone...country in chaos .....cannot exchange paper money....martial law.