Posted on 02/09/2020 2:16:57 PM PST by janetjanet998
There are currently 40,221 confirmed cases worldwide, including 904fatalities.
Yes, people quote the deaths by flu as some sort of calming perspective, but most of those who die by flu in a winter here are the immune-compromised who were otherwise on death’s door anyway and locked away in nursing homes, etc.
They start in the afternoon, when the new numbers come out.
Saw that....had forgotten...thanks.
Surprised they don’t put one bad pill in each drug bottle. Or maybe they do.
Today, 08:51 AM
UPS and pilots union to make flights to and from China voluntary
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
The union representing United Parcel Service pilots on Wednesday said it had reached an agreement with the shipping giant making flights in and out of China voluntary due to the deadly and rapidly spreading coronavirus.
“Following days of discussions, UPS agreed and signed a Coronavirus Letter of Agreement with the IPA that gives our pilots the right to take a personal leave of absence for trips containing a flight segment into, or out of, mainland China,” Robert Travis, president of the Independent Pilots Association, said in an emailed statement.
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The agreement reached Tuesday night called for a three-day transition period before the pact is fully implemented and “all UPS flights into, and out of, mainland China will be operated on a voluntary basis,” according to IPA.
...https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ups-and...ina-voluntary/
FedEx allowing pilots to decline trips to China over the coronavirus outbreak
POSTED 9:37 PM, FEBRUARY 8, 2020, BY ZACHARY DOWNES AND CNN WIRE, UPDATED AT 03:21PM, FEBRUARY 9, 2020
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — FedEx is allowing its pilots to opt out of trips to China while world health officials are working to contain the coronavirus.
FedEx released a statement on the matter Saturday night:
“The safety and well-being of our team members is always our top priority, and we continue to closely monitor developments related to the coronavirus. Throughout this situation, we have been in constant communication with our crew force regarding our flight operations in China. We can confirm that we have reached an agreement with our pilots that allows crew members to voluntarily decline trips into China.”
This is a result of an agreement between the Memphis-based shipping company and the Air Line Pilots Association on Saturday.
...http://wreg.com/2020/02/08/fedex-all...irus-outbreak/
You believe the CDC? Straight from their site, they were clueless how Ebola is transmitted. Had their quote as my tagline for year.
Comment: Remember Brighton is where some of the first Britons tested positive.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51447761
Coronavirus: Brighton GP practice closes after staff member tests positive
1 minute ago
A GP practice in Brighton has been temporarily closed after a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus.
Patients at the city’s County Oak medical centre have been advised to contact the NHS 111 phone service if they have concerns...
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This is one thing that concerns me in the US as well. How many healthcare professionals were exposed to Coronavirus thinking they were dealing with flu?
From your link of them cleaning out the rooms. More cases will be around the corner with them carrying bedding up against their faces.
Oh, for the days when there were warnings of putting dry cleaning bags on your kids.
Ha!
And right there is where the numbers are being fudged. How many "died at home" have yet to be found?
You’re reminding me, I know the suspected tourist case in Manhattan turned out a false alarm, but what about the couple in Queens?
Like someone else mentioned (bgill??).... we’re not hearing ANY follow up on ANY of these cases....confirmed, suspected, etc.
Where are they? Who are they??
Unreal.
If it were MAGA hat wearing Trump supporters, causing havoc on society, we’’d know their every step....for weeks.
Coronavirus are a type of virus. It has been likely for decades that a mass pandemic would either come out of this type of virus or some type of hemorrhagic fever.
Gates speaking at a conference about that is not suspicious at all. It means he has people talking to him that are aware.
Comment: nothing new, just more confirmation...
Breaking - Chinese expert Zhong Nan-Shan led a research on the clinical traits of the #coronavirus and concluded that the incubation period of the virus can go from 3 days to as long as 24 days. Previously, the longest incubation period was believed to be 14 days.
https://twitter.com/WilliamYang120/status/1226784315133980672
Grocery store “just in time” is 3 days.
Bought a washing machine yesterday. Bet it was made in China. Hopefully, it’s been sitting in a warehouse for over 14 days.
I agree. a little good news:
The second Cornell University student who met the criteria for testing of the coronavirus received negative results, university officials said in a statement on Sunday.
University officials previously stated on Friday that the first student who met the criteria for testing did not have the coronavirus.
There are no confirmed cases of coronavirus in New York State so far.
https://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/public-safety/2020/02/10/second-cornell-student-tests-negative-coronavirus/4711749002/
What’s even creepier than not hearing from the news is not hearing from the patients or the US quarantined folks themselves. No Facebook posts? Twitter? Selfies?
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