Posted on 03/06/2020 1:39:52 AM PST by cba123
The knock-on effects of the novel coronavirus continued around the world on Friday, with new signs of diplomatic fallout over prevention measures in East Asia, widespread disruption for religious travelers in the Middle East, a new cruise ship quarantined off the coast of California, and more blows to financials markets.
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So you’re a Maryland expat—and not a medical doctor expat.
Yep. But it is a bit more complicated than that. I was born in Rockland Co NY, but my family who had moved more times than I can count before that – NJ, NY, PA, back to NJ then back to PA and then back to NY where I was born, moved to Harrisburg PA when I was around 2 years old, and we moved around quite lot in PA (Camp Hill, Elizabethtown) until we moved to Frederick MD when I was in the 4th grade and then the following year to Baltimore MD, first to Catonsville then to the Brookland area of Baltimore City where I lived until I finished HS. And I lived in and around Baltimore until moving to PA in 2010.
So when people ask me “where are you from” I say Baltimore, MD just because that’s where I lived most of my life and spent most of my most formative years. So yes, I’m a Balti-moron ; )
Those of those who still think that it’s “just a flu” need to comprehend that the most fanatical Muslim country in the world has shut down 60,000 mosques to stop a disease.
The entire world would be THRILLED to see Trump gone, Iran and China would be at the very top of that list!!!
I'm sure they would. But not at the expense of the rest of the world and THEIR power. This was not a plot to take out Trump and it's not a hoax.
This is HYSTERIA for no damn reason NONE!!! The ONLY people becoming severely ill are the elderly with underlying illnesses!! It is not affecting children AND people in good health that have contacted the virus are actually doing very well the hysteria over this is completely unfounded!!}
No it's NOT hysteria. Every government on the face of the earth is spending billions of dollars to stop this. They ALL (including our government) instituting mass quarantines. They are banning travel to and from affected regions. They are locking down entire cities and areas to prevent new cases.
They are doing this BECAUSE 15% to 20% of everyone who contracts this disease NEEDS hospitalization. Our of this 10% require ICU.
IF this ONLY spreads as much as a mild flu season then there are not near enough beds by a factor of ten times to handle it in US. It will crash our healthcare system, bankrupt doctors, hospitals and individuals and generally cause economic chaos.
Say whatever you want to believe this is absolute hysteria!!!
You mean post whatever facts and figures are actually out there? You really need to look up normalcy bias and take it to heart.
Does that also make you a Marylander?
“We’ve got to sit here and say which things we’re going to do, and which things we’re not, nobody wants to do that. y’know, if you show up with prostate cancer, you’re 95-years-old, we should say, ‘Go and enjoy. Have a nice (inaudible). Live a long life. There’s no cure, and we can’t do anything.’ If you’re a young person, we should do something about it,” – Mike Bloomberg
Just saying.
My current drivers license and voter's registration say I'm a Pennsylvanian. But I self identify as a Marylander ; )
“It’s a start”
No kidding.
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