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U.S. plan warns coronavirus pandemic could last 18 months: report
The Hill ^ | 3/17/20 | Zack Budryk

Posted on 03/19/2020 7:40:04 AM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins

A plan developed by the federal government to combat the coronavirus reportedly projects the pandemic will last 18 months or more and could feature multiple "waves," The New York Times reported.

"Shortages of products may occur, impacting health care, emergency services, and other elements of critical infrastructure," the plan warns, according to the Times. "This includes potentially critical shortages of diagnostics, medical supplies (including PPE [personal protective equipment] and pharmaceuticals), and staffing in some locations."

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/488156-us-plan-warned-coronavirus-pandemic-would-last-18-months-report?amp

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coronavirus
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1 posted on 03/19/2020 7:40:04 AM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
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To: Freedom of Speech Wins

Except, this morning, apparently there is a treatment, available now, globally, and cheap.

Really.


2 posted on 03/19/2020 7:42:22 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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If it lasts 18 months, that’s going to overlap next years flu - Kung Flu 20 - Maybe this will be like political campaigns - never ending


3 posted on 03/19/2020 7:45:13 AM PDT by Karma_Sherab
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To: Freedom of Speech Wins

i.e., long enough to completely destroy Trump & his economy


4 posted on 03/19/2020 7:45:25 AM PDT by ghost of nixon
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To: Freedom of Speech Wins

Panic mode - it could be Years
Normal mode - yeah, just another flu variant.

Personally, I am sure it will lesson, then re-surge, and then finally get relegated to the general cold/flu season.


5 posted on 03/19/2020 7:46:11 AM PDT by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt (Dad's wisdom))
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To: ghost of nixon

It will finish off America once and for all.


6 posted on 03/19/2020 7:47:01 AM PDT by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: Freedom of Speech Wins

Frakkin Chicken Little running wild. This is a contingency plan, comprendeme? You have to plan for everything including off-the-wall worst case scenarios.


7 posted on 03/19/2020 7:49:13 AM PDT by olepap
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To: taxcontrol

It is only 2 more days until winter is over and the flu/virus season to pass.

People are all upset about this drug and that drug, but if they went outside and worried in the sunshine there would be no reason for the drugs


8 posted on 03/19/2020 7:49:15 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: Freedom of Speech Wins

And men from Mars have landed too,if your going to pimp panic everything is on the list.


9 posted on 03/19/2020 7:51:15 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: Leep
It will finish off America once and for all.

Nope


10 posted on 03/19/2020 7:51:39 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Freedom of Speech Wins

Yaaaawwwwwnnnnn


11 posted on 03/19/2020 7:51:56 AM PDT by dp0622 (Radicals, racists my curseoint fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin to make ends meet)
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To: cba123

Fear and hysteria cloud judgement and often block peoples’ ability to see beyond the immediate crisis. Yes, CV is a nasty virus that is severely disrupting societies throughout the globe but we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that some of the best minds, organizations and companies in the world are feverishly (pun intended) working on treatments and vaccines.

Progress is already being made. Not as quickly as we would like, but solutions are being developed to combat this problem.


12 posted on 03/19/2020 7:52:43 AM PDT by Starboard (has so far)
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To: BenLurkin

Yep, there is no way Trump would allow it.


13 posted on 03/19/2020 7:53:10 AM PDT by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: cba123

Please elaborate on this supposedly cheap and available treatment for the virus. I haven’t seen anything about this.


14 posted on 03/19/2020 7:53:37 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: Vaduz

“...men from Mars...”

They’ve been here for years. I heard it on “Ancient Aliens” a few nights ago. Heh.


15 posted on 03/19/2020 7:54:26 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Freedom of Speech Wins

The best outcome is that folks will not trust government institutions, but rather trust in God...(like our forefathers)


16 posted on 03/19/2020 7:55:51 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: ghost of nixon
i.e., long enough to completely destroy Trump & his economy

Not that Dems are selfish, hateful narcissists who will sacrifice America for their political power goals./s

Yet another "insurance policy" move to continuously inflame panic for a genuine disease that serves their needs in November, 2020.

17 posted on 03/19/2020 7:57:41 AM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: Deo volente

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3826029/posts

Review that post.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3825982/posts

And this.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3825872/posts

Here, also...

All earlier today.


18 posted on 03/19/2020 7:59:54 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: Freedom of Speech Wins

Will the virus still be out there in 18 months? Probably.

But like all of the prior ones it will be on the decline and in the process of fading away.

Billions of years of biological history don’t change because the NY Times wishes it were so.


19 posted on 03/19/2020 8:00:09 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Jan_Sobieski
The best outcome is that folks will not trust government institutions, but rather trust in God...(like our forefathers)

Amen. A lot of us are REALLY renewing out faith in God here (myself included). And faith in governments is really taking it up the shorts.


20 posted on 03/19/2020 8:01:08 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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