U.S. death toll from coronavirus hits 19, New York declares emergency

[metisdead]

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[jak2002003]

27 minutes ago, Opl said:

Your 4 y.o innocent little daughter, if unnoticely infected and asymptomatic can kill your wife, your mom, your M.I.L your neighbours, in case you're interested 

I don't have a 4 year old innocent little daughter.  Can you give me a single example out of the entire human population concerning this virus that the situation you have detailed has ever happened?

 

Panic, ignorance and fear are the things that are causing the most danger and harm to people... not this virus.  

23 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Keep your perspective to yourself. You not smarter than the whole world who are treating this as an emergency. 

There are a lot of people that think like me.  I am quite smart, and have a high I.Q.  I also graduated in Biological sciences with a first class (Hons) degree.  

 

This 'emergency' is hysteria, fueled by the media, social media and panicked people that are ignorant of the facts, or have been fed lies and misinformation by people in power who have no clue about the virus themselves.

 

Its no different to the Bird Flue, SARS and other pandemics that have occurred over the years... only this time with social media and lack of exciting world news, it's getting all the attention.  

 

 

Edited March 21, 2020 by jak2002003

[Opl]

4 minutes ago, jak2002003 said:

I don't have a 4 year old innocent little daughter.  Can you give me a single example out of the entire human population concerning this virus that the situation you have detailed has ever happened?

I don't intend to insult your intelligence, but I have no time to loose

Edited March 21, 2020 by Opl

[Eric Loh]

6 minutes ago, jak2002003 said:

There are a lot of people that think like me.  I am quite smart, and have a high I.Q.  I also graduated in Biological sciences with a first class (Hons) degree.  

Let say for all the education that your professed you have, I will lean towards the WHO scientific warning rather than the average Joe’s perspective. No offense intended. 

[Jingthing]

A very moving speech by an Illinois doctor. 

Should be seen by Americans and non Americans alike. 

 

 

[Ricohoc]

3 hours ago, sukhumvitneon said:

The only liar in this situation is China.  If they had sounded the alarm about the virus when it first broke out, then the world wouldn't be in this mess.

They not only did NOT sound the alarm, but there is more and more evidence being provided that shows that they sought to cover it up and silence those who were reporting it inside China.

 

There was a time when Communist China was isolated from the rest of the world.  I think they have earned that distinction once again.

[bristolboy]

Just now, Ricohoc said:

They not only did NOT sound the alarm, but there is more and more evidence being provided that shows that they sought to cover it up and silence those who were reporting it inside China.

 

There was a time when Communist China was isolated from the rest of the world.  I think they have earned that distinction once again.

I don't know that there's "more and more evidence." There was plenty of evidence very early on that China suppressed evidence in December 2020. But by mid january there was plenty of info about the coronavirus and some countries like Taiwan and Hong Kong were already taking action.

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[cmarshall]

On 3/21/2020 at 1:10 AM, jak2002003 said:

There are a lot of people that think like me.  I am quite smart, and have a high I.Q.  I also graduated in Biological sciences with a first class (Hons) degree.  

 

This 'emergency' is hysteria, fueled by the media, social media and panicked people that are ignorant of the facts, or have been fed lies and misinformation by people in power who have no clue about the virus themselves.

 

Its no different to the Bird Flue, SARS and other pandemics that have occurred over the years... only this time with social media and lack of exciting world news, it's getting all the attention.  

 

 

Congratulations on your "high I.Q." the relevance of which in the current context escapes me.  However, Covid-19 is quite different from SARS and Bird Flu, neither of which reached pandemic status.  SARS caused 8,000 infections and 774 deaths before being declared contained after about 9 months in 2003.  Bird Flu refers to a series of infectious outbreaks with related viruses none of which were as extensive or deadly as SARS, although avian flu strains do have the potential for a pandemic.

 

At this moment the tally for corona is 307,000 infections and 13,000 deaths.  Overnight the worldwide increase in infections was more than 30,000.  So, do you begin to see how corona might be quite different from other recent pandemics/epidemics?  But keep watching because the difference with coronavirus is going to become even more apparent in the weeks to come.

[Eric Loh]

1 hour ago, cmarshall said:

And what might a competent government have done with such early warning?  Well, they might have done what the South Korean government did by calling for a meeting of 20 companies capable of manufacturing corona test kits in a meeting room of the train station in Seoul on Dec. 31, 2019 and ordering them to produce the kits at scale enabling the subsequent wide-scale testing that enabled S. Korea to contain the virus.  Hong Kong and Singapore were also proactive in taking similar steps.  But not the US, Italy, Germany, France, the UK, or the rest of the Western countries.  Too bad for them.

The incompetency continue with Trump refusal to use the Emergency Production Powers. His idiocy continue with his comment to re-use face mask after washing. 

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/488526-frustration-mounts-at-trumps-reluctance-to-use-emergency-production-powers

[bristolboy]

Obamacare bad.

This just in from Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal:

U.S. Considers Special Enrollment Period for Affordable Care Act Due to Coronavirus Spread

 

The Trump administration is considering the launch of a special enrollment period for people to sign up for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act because of the new coronavirus crisis, a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services spokeswoman said Saturday.

At least nine states that run their own exchanges where people can go to buy health coverage have said they would let people obtain coverage under the ACA even though the enrollment season has passed. But most states rely on the federal government to run their exchanges and need approval to initiate a special sign-up period.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-considers-special-enrollment-period-for-affordable-care-act-due-to-coronavirus-spread-11584814494?mod=hp_lead_pos4

[Dumbastheycome]

On 3/21/2020 at 11:44 AM, Opl said:

Your 4 y.o innocent little daughter, if unnoticely infected and asymptomatic can kill your wife, your mom, your M.I.L your neighbours, in case you're interested 

Infect possibly. Why perpetuate the fiction everyone can die?

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[wabothai]

4 hours ago, cmarshall said:

Congratulations on your "high I.Q." the relevance of which in the current context escapes me.  However, Covid-19 is quite different from SARS and Bird Flu, neither of which reached pandemic status.  SARS caused 8,000 infections and 774 deaths before being declared contained after about 9 months in 2003.  Bird Flu refers to a series of infectious outbreaks with related viruses none of which were as extensive or deadly as SARS, although avian flu strains do have the potential for a pandemic.

 

At this moment the tally for corona is 307,000 infections and 13,000 deaths.  Overnight the worldwide increase in infections was more than 30,000.  So, do you begin to see how corona might be quite different from other recent pandemics/epidemics?  But keep watching because the difference with coronavirus is going to become even more apparent in the weeks to come.

yep cm,

Murrica ain't seen nothing yet.

With love from Europe.

[Lacessit]

Anthony Fauci is the person the US should be listening to at this time.

In fairness to Trump, reality TV shows are not a good foundation for dealing with a pandemic.

[metisdead]

This is a reminder of what this topic is about:

 

U.S. death toll from coronavirus hits 19, New York declares emergency

 

(Reuters) - Two more people succumbed to the novel coronavirus in Washington state, officials said on Saturday, bringing the nationwide toll to 19, while the number of confirmed cases in New York rose to 89 and a cruise ship with infected passengers remained stranded outside San Francisco.

 

More than half of all U.S. states have reported cases of the coronavirus, which originated in China last year and causes the sometimes deadly respiratory illness COVID-19. As the outbreak takes root, daily life has become increasingly disrupted, with concerts and conferences cancelled and universities telling students to stay home and take classes online.

 

 

 

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[lannarebirth]

8 hours ago, bristolboy said:

Obamacare bad.

This just in from Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal:

U.S. Considers Special Enrollment Period for Affordable Care Act Due to Coronavirus Spread

 

The Trump administration is considering the launch of a special enrollment period for people to sign up for health coverage under the Affordable Care Act because of the new coronavirus crisis, a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services spokeswoman said Saturday.

At least nine states that run their own exchanges where people can go to buy health coverage have said they would let people obtain coverage under the ACA even though the enrollment season has passed. But most states rely on the federal government to run their exchanges and need approval to initiate a special sign-up period.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-considers-special-enrollment-period-for-affordable-care-act-due-to-coronavirus-spread-11584814494?mod=hp_lead_pos4

 

I never understood why a limited duration enrollment period was necessary in the first place.

[bristolboy]

13 minutes ago, lannarebirth said:

 

I never understood why a limited duration enrollment period was necessary in the first place.

It's to stop people from waiting to enrol until they get ill.

[riclag]

On 3/9/2020 at 10:01 AM, Ricohoc said:

Each country has their own problems with the virus.

 

Trump's restricting incoming air travel early and quickly has been helpful to the US. 

 

The numbers aren't remotely close to influenza outbreaks in the US.  It's blown way out proportion in the media.  Gotta tank that stock market to blame Trump. 

Doesn't matter what this POTUS does ,when dealing with the left!  I don't hear Como mocking him now, I give him credit ! Using hate and politics is a  glass half empty, sick approach .

ANY politician or MSM activist who doesn't join in the efforts to help in this unprecedented pandemic is lower than spit IMOP 

Edited March 22, 2020 by riclag

[lannarebirth]

3 minutes ago, bristolboy said:

It's to stop people from waiting to enrol until they get ill.

OK, but I thought that's what the 30 day waiting period was for.

[bristolboy]

6 minutes ago, lannarebirth said:

OK, but I thought that's what the 30 day waiting period was for.

https://www.verywellhealth.com/why-cant-i-sign-up-for-health-insurance-whenever-i-want-1738675

[EricTh]

Does anybody know why there is a discrepancy between numbers reported by CDC and Worldometer?

 

CDC reported only 15,000

 

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

 

Coronavirus.app also has similar number as Worldometer....

 

https://coronavirus.app/map

Edited March 22, 2020 by EricTh

[Crazy Alex]

5 hours ago, EricTh said:

Does anybody know why there is a discrepancy between numbers reported by CDC and Worldometer?

 

CDC reported only 15,000

 

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

 

Coronavirus.app also has similar number as Worldometer....

 

https://coronavirus.app/map

I don't know, but it's Trump's fault for sure. Has to be.