Coronavirus live updates: CDC says Americans should begin preparing for COVID-19 spread

National Post ^ | 2/25/20 | BY BIANCA BHARTI, NATIONAL POST WIRE SERVICES ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: FEB 25, 2020

[cba123]

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday alerted Americans to begin preparing for the spread of coronavirus in the United States, after the flu-like virus surfaced in several more countries.

The announcement signals a change in tone for the U.S. health agency, which had largely been focused on efforts to stop the virus from entering the country and quarantining individuals traveling from China.

[cba123]

Heads up.

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https://nationalpost.com/news/world/coronavirus-live-updates-covid-19-italy-wuhan-china-canada-deaths/amp

[MNJohnnie]

Total Drama queen hystronics by an utterly irrelsonsible Fake New media.

Total death Coronvirus world wide: 2711

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Total deaths annually in just the US from Flu:

While the impact of flu varies, it places a substantial burden on the health of people in the United States each year. 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.

[blueunicorn6]

In the words of one of my favorite philosophers, Hank Williams, Jr.

“A Country Boy Can Survive”

[EBH]

Just went to my pharmacy...no masks...no idea when

[HangnJudge]

... “A Country Boy Can Survive”

That may be, but an old country cowboy may not

[odawg]

Did she specify exactly and precisely how I am supposed to prepare for it?

[HighSierra5]

I’ve got a lot of protective gear that I have left over from the Ebola scare. I’ll probably have it left over for the next scare.

[1Old Pro]

Did she specify exactly and precisely how I am supposed to prepare for it?

PANIC!

[null and void]

Late to the party, there CDC...

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.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Try local paint stores for masks.

[proust]

Looks like the “it’s nothing!!!” people are the most panicked and histrionic for some reason.

[blueunicorn6]

When I was a kid, they taught me to hide under my desk because the A-Bombs might come.

They didn’t.

I’m still here.

I ain’t hiding under my desk again so somebody like Soros can make some money.

[FlipWilson]

We should all pay close attention to this as it is of utmost importance!! Unless, of course, Trump is impeached again in which case this virus is really just an afterthought.

[madison10]

This. Flu and its near relative, pneumonia, have much greater death rate tallies. Maybe so many are freaking because it spreads so fast? Maybe because it is new-ish and our immune systems are not prepared.

Wait til it hits those Democrat slums on the West coast.

[bigbob]

Our fake news media ain’t a wart on the ass of the Chinese Communist Party, whose statistics you seem to believe.

[EBH]

Are n-95 particulate masks the same as the bio mask?

I am a safety professional and honestly don’t think they are. If I am not mistaken the particulate mask doesn’t have a bioshield layer?

[cba123]

Unless you think the CDC is run by the news media, I think you are wrong.

I am American. That said, I currently am in Vietnam.

There are currently 16 (now no longer active) cases here. But they are VERY prepared. I am now, too.

I think it is time to prepare, if you haven’t yet.

[FreedomPoster]

I still haven’t checked to see how many are in the preps closet, and what status they’re in. I should do that.

[madison10]

Why can’t we make our own masks?