Posted on 01/25/2020 5:35:00 AM PST by nuconvert
The United States is arranging a charter flight on Sunday to bring its citizens and diplomats back from the Chinese city of Wuhan, epicenter of the outbreak of a new coronavirus, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
The plane, with around 230 people, will carry diplomats from the U.S. consulate as well as U.S. citizens and their families, the Journal reported, citing a person familiar with the operation.
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A spokesperson for the U.S. Embassy in Beijing said that on Thursday, the State Department had ordered the departure of family members and all U.S. government employees at its Wuhan consulate, but declined to comment on the report that other U.S. citizens would be evacuated from the city.
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(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...
“Are these people going to be quarantined for 2 wks”
common sense would say they should ...
HELL NO
Seems the UK is looking for over 1000 Chinese from Wuhan and the Philippines is looking for 250 Chinese in Boracay.
Last weekend was the third largest festival in the world, Sinulog in Cebu (same/ similar to Mardi Gras and Carnival. Thousands of Chinese attended...
We have 2, the USNS Mercy and the USNS Comfort.
US to evacuate some of its citizens from Wuhan would be correct.
As of right now, the State Department has upgraded Hubei province in China to Level 4 DO NOT TRAVEL and has ordered the evacuation of non-essential US personnel and their dependents.
The test takes several days to come back
” Needless to say, people still snuck out to the store, etc.”
It only takes one.
Wouldn't there be a big incentive for the Americans arriving here to try to disappear shortly after?
They could avoid the publicity and the news people standing on their lawns---and people at work saying stay away. Thus, the ones who may be just starting to get sick will be somewhere unknown to authorities.
As a Mom MD what do you think?
“They have to be quarantined”
Mandatory, supervised quarantine is the ONLY right answer.
To late they need to stay right there, they are already exposed, don’t want them here.
Here is a link to a daily report being done on the worlwide spread of the disease:
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https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/01/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/
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There are the beginning rumors that this was a lab created disease. Not likely, as 6 of the first 7 patients were vendors at the Wuhan seafood market . They sell bats there for food.
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This virus shares 80% of the SARS virus, its closest relative. It has a 96% match with a known virus in fruit bats. Snakes are not the origin.
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This virus is much weaker than SARS but has some unusual traits. It is an RNA rather than a DNA virus like smallpox. That means that it mutates very quickly. Current patients are showing a 4th generation mutation from the original patients amonth ago.
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That makes vaccines very difficult to be effective.
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The new virus also has a very high binding energy to human tissue, about 4 times higher than SARS. That means that infection is far more likely when exposed. In fact, there are about 40% new patients every day, that is extraordinary.
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As usual, vulnerable people are more likely to die. Most people will be able to quickly fight off the virus.
I saw it there.
Send then to midway
Good question!
Of course not....tend to them there....
I think the cat is way out of the bag on this one. We will soon have our own data and mortality information one way or the other
rectal swabs before and after the plane ride?
In some cases common sense may be a better alternative to a medical degree. I don’t need a degree to perform a Heimlich or administer CPR.
[A whole plane load of vectors ...]
Potentially. They should be screened. For their own health and for the rest of us, too.
Ash: Open the door
Ripley: No. You know quarantine procedures.
(paraphrased)
Thanks for that info about Cebu. I’ve been a little skeptical about Philippines not announcing even a single suspected case.
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