Posted on 03/14/2020 6:44:27 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Countries around the world on Saturday continued to close borders, impose strict entry and quarantine requirements and restrict large gatherings in efforts to contain the spread of the new coronavirus.
Apple Inc said it will close all its retail stores worldwide, outside Greater China, until March 27. Apple reopened all 42 of its branded stores in China on Friday as the spread of the virus on mainland China slowed dramatically.
Countries have shuttered museums, tourist attractions and sporting events to minimize the risk of coronavirus transmission, with more than 138,000 people worldwide infected and more than 5,000 dead.
Colombia said it will close its borders with Venezuela and stop visitors who have been in Europe or Asia, while a U.S. ban on entry for most people from continental Europe was due to start midnight Friday.
Saudi Arabia will suspend all international flights for two weeks, starting Sunday, state news agency SPA said, Taiwan will require travelers from mainland Europe, Britain and Ireland to self-isolate for 14 days, while New Zealand implemented a similar measure.
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The world is now racist?
Where is the “it’s just the flu” gang now?
The thing’s only been around 3 months and I can barely drive through all the corpses here.
it’s like a Seinfeld episode. You see the whole point of a pandemic is that lots of people die. What do you call it when almost no one under 70 dies? A Geridemic?
This week, a 67 year-old man died here in Georgia at Kennestone Hospital. He was admitted on Saturday and passed on Wednesday, IIRC. Last week, apparently he was okay but became increasingly sick during the week. I don’t know any other details about contact or travel, but this got my attention.
I’d call it “The Beginning”.
International borders should have been controlled like Ellis island a long time ago. Hopefully these globalists have learned their lesson. Riiight.
Closing the US borders will thwart their attempts to pack the voter rolls with pro-Democrat voters by importing more and more immigrants and putting them on the welfare rolls.
There should be a flu bro’s ping list.
Good point. Will the democrats now condemn the entire world for trying to protect their people?
I haven’t seen any polling on this—obviously the numbers would change every day, but I would bet the “just the flu bro crowd” is still half of the population—including a bunch here.
If there are any shrinks reading this on FR, we are going to need you in the next couple of weeks over at the CV daily threads, because when folks go crashing through from denial to anger to bargaining to depression in the matter of a few hours, they are going to need all of our help.
President Trump IS so right about so much.
Thanks. I haven’t been putting quotes on the 340. Duuuhh :)
The US is about two-three weeks out from getting heavily struck with the THING. Hold onto your hats and only hug the kids. (Unless you are over 50, then maybe not)
Not kidding about any of this.
No, but 13 years from now, we’re gonna have a whole new batch of “Quaranteens” running around
So.... NOOOOWWWWW -it’s okay to close the borders??
And, in the name of PREVENTION???
Come on, elected Conservatives, CALL THESE PEOPLE OUT ON THIS!
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