First American Dies Of Coronavirus In China: US Embassy

Fox News ^ | 2-8-2020 | Brie Stimson

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A 60-year-old diagnosed with coronavirus in Wuhan, China, has reportedly become the first U.S. citizen to die of the novel virus.

The patient died at Jinyintian Hospital in Wuhan on Thursday, The New York Times reported.

The U.S. Embassy in Beijing confirmed the patient’s death Friday night but gave few other details.

“We offer our sincerest condolences to the family on their loss,” a spokesman for the embassy said, according to the Times. “Out of respect for the family’s privacy, we have no further comment.”

On Friday, the Chinese government reported 86 fatalities on the mainland in the viruses' deadliest day so far, the Washington Post reported.

The fast-spreading virus has killed more than 700 and infected more than 34,500 in China as of Friday.

A Japanese citizen "highly suspected" of having coronavirus has also died, Japan's foreign ministry reported, according to NBC News.

Chinese officials are still trying to stem the flow of infections in the mainland as the virus continues to spread globally. The country's ruling Communist Party is also dealing with public anger over the death of a doctor who was detained and threatened by authorities for spreading early warnings of the illness in December.

As of Friday, 72 countries have implemented travel restrictions, according to the World Health Organization.

So far 12 patients have been diagnosed with the virus in the U.S., but some have already been released from the hospital. In Wisconsin, 14 patients were tested for the virus, one of which became the lastest confirmed case. Five more are still awaiting results while the others came back negative.

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Posted yesterday:

The Flu Has Killed 10,000 Americans As The World Worries Over Coronavirus

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In before after it's no worse that an ordinary flu.

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

[goldstategop]

If you’re older, get vaccinated in advance of flu season.

[Tax-chick]

it's no worse that an ordinary flu

Might be true. We'd need substantial numbers of infections in the United States or Europe in order to compare mortality rates across somewhat equivalent populations/medical systems.

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We’ll get them.

[Tax-chick]

Maybe, maybe not. We didn’t get widespread Ebola.

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Despite Kaci Hickox doing her best.

[Tax-chick]

Indeed.

[heshtesh]

it’s no worse that an ordinary flu

That’s great! I just wish someone could explain to me why the Chinese are in such a panic about it.

[miss marmelstein]

I don’t know if it was on FR but several years ago I was reading online posts about how great it was for Americans to live in China- cheap housing, great food! Yes, until it all goes south...

[Tax-chick]

China's experience of an infectious disease outbreak is not comparable to that in the U.S. From the point of view of U.S. flu mortality, we do not have data to compare this virus to an "ordinary" flu season here.

CDC estimates that influenza has resulted in between 9 million – 45 million illnesses, between 140,000 – 810,000 hospitalizations and between 12,000 – 61,000 deaths annually since 2010.

No amount of sarcasm will change the fact that we do not have comparable data, for this Coronavirus, in a free society with modern sanitation and medical care.

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“I don’t know if it was on FR but several years ago I was reading online posts about how great it was for Americans to live in China- cheap housing, great food! Yes, until it all goes south...”

Check out the YouTube videos by Laowhy86. He is an American with a Chinese wife living in China

He said 3 years ago there is a growing anti American sentiment and getting worse each year.

[9YearLurker]

Yes, indeed—that was here. Wish I recalled the Freeper who posted all that.

[LittleBillyInfidel]

The reported death toll in China is supposedly (appx) 700 as of yesterday. The percentage of resident Americans living over there, vs the Chinese population is 0.00087%. However, the percentage of the American being one of roughly 700 dead, is an extraordinary 0.14%! That’s astonishingly bad luck or their death toll is being misreported by numerous zeroes.

[miss marmelstein]

Over the years, we’ve had plenty of freepers tell us it is wonderful to live in Panama, Thailand, China, the Philippines and Viet Nam. Cheap housing and chicks who can’t communicate their complaints. It’s great until “stuff happens.”

[Tax-chick]

Also Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize. Never in Africa, though ...

[9YearLurker]

Yes, all at least akin to the regular denunciations on this board of pretty much all American women. (Sigh.) Maybe their mothers are excepted.

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Was this person of Asian descent?

[miss marmelstein]

Yes. Have you noticed that the horrible posts about women have leveled off? I assume it may be because people are concentrating on the election.

[miss marmelstein]

Oh, Costa Rica is another one! LOL.