Daegu Army base restricts access, imposes self-quarantine after South Korean church linked to coronavirus

Stars and Stripes ^ | 1-19-2020 | Kim Gabel

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The Daegu Army garrison restricted access and imposed self-quarantine for any U.S. troops who recently attended a local church linked to a cluster of new coronavirus infections as South Korea’s infection toll surpassed 80.

The top U.S. commander in South Korea also raised the risk level for the military community on the divided peninsula to moderate.

U.S. Army Garrison Daegu, about 200 miles southeast of Seoul, also recommended that members of the military community avoid public places and transportation in the city, including stores, restaurants and other heavily congested areas until a trace investigation is completed.

Schools on the base and several other activities were to be closed on Thursday, the garrison said, adding that conditions would be assessed the next day as South Korean authorities work to determine who has come in contact with infected patients.

[tcrlaf]

Getting closer and closer....

[HighSierra5]

Bring out your dead.

[FreedomPoster]

Ping

[Cold Heart]

I’ve noticed the local normally fake (Portland) TV coverage of the Wuhan Flue makes it sound like there is nothing to worry about.

[sheehan]

stay away from the whorehouses in daegu too...

[null and void]

...as troops rotate home...

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.