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Coronavirus: Dire Warnings and Vulnerabilities
Townhall.com ^ | February 26, 2020 | Betsy McCaughy

Posted on 02/26/2020 5:35:03 AM PST by Kaslin

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Israel is very smart to bar foreign travelers from affected areas from entering the country.
1 posted on 02/26/2020 5:35:03 AM PST by Kaslin
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Think daily disinfection of subway cars and buses.

If liberals had their way, we would all be forced to commute via public transportation. So when an epidemic/pandemic strikes, it would spread all the more quickly.
2 posted on 02/26/2020 5:39:41 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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CDC’s Messonnier is Rob Rosentein’s sister and the WHO is a corrupt organization. This is a move to panic the US and crash the markets.


3 posted on 02/26/2020 5:45:28 AM PST by binreadin
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To: Kaslin

The author seems to seek to malign healthcare by hyping nosocomial infections.

Hospitals and staff work REALLY hard on this, in part to keep the staff from getting infected as well as protecting patients.

I get it this virus is easily spread, but not convinced it’s any more lethal than the flu.


4 posted on 02/26/2020 5:46:44 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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“Not a word about how serious the virus is.”

Did say that 72,000 people die from various infections gotten in a hospital.


5 posted on 02/26/2020 5:49:29 AM PST by cymbeline
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Agree. The CDC is also, if not corrupt, wildly incompetent and a day late and a dollar short.

But this stunt by Messonnier was purely political.


6 posted on 02/26/2020 5:52:04 AM PST by livius
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Informed estimates of the fatality rate are between 2% - 4.5%.

The flu is (in actuality) around 0.1%; the CDC, with their usual blend of incompetence, chicanery, and stupidity, likes to lump in the flu with other things like pneumonia, in order to puff up the numbers and push vaccines.

Because they can't spend ALL their budget violating the 2nd Amendment and spreading globull warming propaganda.

7 posted on 02/26/2020 5:52:33 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: Blueflag

They are very strict about the cleanliness At the Blanchfield Community Hospital at Fort Fort Campbell, Ky.


8 posted on 02/26/2020 5:56:51 AM PST by Kaslin
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At some point you’d have to bar travel from and to anywhere. Not good. Hopefully this virus will peak and things will get back to “normal”. But the lesson from this fiasco is to end globalism.


9 posted on 02/26/2020 6:00:59 AM PST by HighSierra5
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10 posted on 02/26/2020 6:24:47 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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I take the PATH to work every day. I carry a few small hand sanitizers in my bag and disinfect my hands as soon as I get off the train. It’s prudent to do whenever. But you can’t let this thing rule you. You go to work and live your life. There’s been 3000 cases worldwide outside of China. People need to keep that in perspective right now.


11 posted on 02/26/2020 6:25:58 AM PST by usafa92 (Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America)
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Looks like it runs in the family! Zero (0) cases acquired in the US and it is time to close schools. Reminds me of a radio personality in DC who at the first mention of snow in the forecast would shout “ABANDON YOUR CARS NOW!!”


12 posted on 02/26/2020 6:39:21 AM PST by muskah
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This is hysterical hype. Its flu season of course you should stay out of the ER and wash your hands 10 times a day. Not a word of panic over the thousands of people who have already died from the regular flu here this year while nobody has died from the coronavirus here. Most people who catch this virus recover completely.


13 posted on 02/26/2020 6:44:38 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Travis McGee

Good article, thanks.

Processes that involve humans often show “fat” tails. This is because human processes are not random. Humans do not as a population act completely in random ways. There is always a small segment that is trying something different, based on experience and knowledge.


14 posted on 02/26/2020 6:56:55 AM PST by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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TIME TO PANIC!!!!!

.00000016 percent of the US is infected!

Look your doors and get the bunker ready!


15 posted on 02/26/2020 7:03:12 AM PST by LeonardFMason (Lou Dobbs)
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Seeing social media indications that the old anti-malaria drug chloroquine (Aralen) may be effective against Covid-19.

Not proven. But studies of the cheap, well studied, and readily available compound are under way in China, with patients getting 400 milligrams a day for five days.

16 posted on 02/26/2020 7:28:57 AM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: Travis McGee

Bookmark.


17 posted on 02/26/2020 7:31:06 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.cuase)
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To: Blueflag

I saw one of the fatality numbers at 0.7% for those outside China - well within bounds for a Flu that has no past history.


18 posted on 02/26/2020 7:53:28 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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Is the USPS spraying all the mail? Think of what kind of Petri dish those places are.


19 posted on 02/26/2020 7:54:49 AM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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I remember reading that one of the ways the Spanish Flu of 1918 spread was the mail system.


20 posted on 02/26/2020 7:55:34 AM PST by Black Agnes
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