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Roland99
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March 13, 2020
Btw, there WAS media frenzy in 2009 during the swine flu epidemic
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/swine-flu-is-bad-but-panic-is-dangerous/# A deadly virus is quietly killing about 3,500 Americans a month, and there's nothing that modern medicine can do about it.
That virus appears every year during the influenza season and causes more than 200,000 hospitalizations in the United States and about 41,000 deaths.
By comparison, swine flu has caused one confirmed death in the United States - in the case of a toddler visiting from Mexico, and seven confirmed deaths south of the border. Mexican Health Secretary Jose Cordova says he believes the situation is stabilizing, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports the need for hospitalization in the U.S. is rare.
Yet Web sites selling N95 respirator masks crashed on Monday due to a deluge of orders, Purell hand sanitizer is out of stock at Drugstore.com, and Amazon.com. Cable TV hosts - in a flurry of alarmism ably captured by Jon Stewart on the Daily Show - have pressed the panic button. Repeatedly.
That virus appears every year during the influenza season and causes more than 200,000 hospitalizations in the United States and about 41,000 deaths.
By comparison, swine flu has caused one confirmed death in the United States - in the case of a toddler visiting from Mexico, and seven confirmed deaths south of the border. Mexican Health Secretary Jose Cordova says he believes the situation is stabilizing, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports the need for hospitalization in the U.S. is rare.
Yet Web sites selling N95 respirator masks crashed on Monday due to a deluge of orders, Purell hand sanitizer is out of stock at Drugstore.com, and Amazon.com. Cable TV hosts - in a flurry of alarmism ably captured by Jon Stewart on the Daily Show - have pressed the panic button. Repeatedly.
March 13, 2020
Wait. What?? Officials: US airstrikes underway against Iran-backed militia group that hit Iraq base
https://www.wftv.com/news/breaking-news/officials-us-airstrikes-underway-against-iran-backed-militia-group-that-hit-iraq-base/6Y7L3EYA6RFLPDEFQTLKLSTVLM/ Updated: March 12, 2020 - 6:46 PM
WASHINGTON — American officials said the U.S. has launched airstrikes in Iraq targeting the Iranian-backed Shia militia members believed responsible for the rocket attack that killed and wounded American and British troops at a base north of Baghdad.
One U.S. official said multiple strikes targeted Kataib Hezbollah weapons facilities inside Iraq.
The strikes were a joint operation with the British, that official says. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because operations were still going on.
WASHINGTON — American officials said the U.S. has launched airstrikes in Iraq targeting the Iranian-backed Shia militia members believed responsible for the rocket attack that killed and wounded American and British troops at a base north of Baghdad.
One U.S. official said multiple strikes targeted Kataib Hezbollah weapons facilities inside Iraq.
The strikes were a joint operation with the British, that official says. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because operations were still going on.
March 13, 2020
4:16 a.m. updates:
The Florida Department of Health announced that 17 individuals with ties to Florida tested positive for coronavirus. The latest case involves a 42-year-old man with ties to Miami-Dade County. Officials said that his is a travel related case.
http://www.floridahealth.gov/diseases-and-conditions/COVID-19/
Florida announces 17 new cases since Thursday evening
https://www.wftv.com/news/florida/live-updates-17-new-cases-coronavirus-confirmed-florida-health-officials-say/UM5EPVLY3BAQ3L6GNG7UDZJFJY/4:16 a.m. updates:
The Florida Department of Health announced that 17 individuals with ties to Florida tested positive for coronavirus. The latest case involves a 42-year-old man with ties to Miami-Dade County. Officials said that his is a travel related case.
http://www.floridahealth.gov/diseases-and-conditions/COVID-19/
Positive Cases of COVID-19
41 – Florida Residents
5 – Florida Cases Repatriated*
3 – Non-Florida Residents
Deaths
2 – Florida Residents
Number of Negative Test Results
301
Number of Pending Test Results
147
Number of People Under Public Health Monitoring
476 – currently being monitored
1230 – people monitored to date
.
41 – Florida Residents
5 – Florida Cases Repatriated*
3 – Non-Florida Residents
Deaths
2 – Florida Residents
Number of Negative Test Results
301
Number of Pending Test Results
147
Number of People Under Public Health Monitoring
476 – currently being monitored
1230 – people monitored to date
.
March 13, 2020
US stock futures point to healthy opening
DJIA F
815 3.89%
S&P F
97.50 3.97%
NASDAQ F
331.00 4.60%
Europe off to a good start
FTSE 100 4.66%
DAX 3.66%
CAC 40 4.49%
FTSE MIB 8.94%
IBEX 35 6.52%
Stoxx 600 4.34%
Meanwhile in Asia...
Asia Dow -1.10%
Nikkei 225 -6.08%
Hang Seng -1.14%
Shanghai -1.23%
Sensex 4.04%
Singapore -1.67%
March 13, 2020
President Petulant Man-Child
And as the petulant man-child winds his day down, after the worst market performance in 33 years, US Covid cases having doubled over the last two days, the entire country virtually shutting down, Covid test kits still woefully lacking, a pathetically ineffective travel ban in place, a plan for an idiotic tax cut that will only hurt programs that need it now more than ever, what’s he do?
He tweets 3rd-grade insults and vainly boasts about some approval rating from some unnamed poll about his handling of this situation.
He’s all about the optics. He’s all about the stroking of his immensely fragile ego
I’ve never seen nor have any knowledge of anyone lacking more in empathy than the narcissistic asshat taking up residence in the White House.
March 13, 2020
Research team has isolated the COVID-19 virus
https://sunnybrook.ca/research/media/item.asp?c=2&i=2069&f=covid-19-isolated-2020A team of researchers from Sunnybrook, McMaster University (opens in a new window) and the University of Toronto (opens in a new window) has isolated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the agent responsible for the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19.
Thanks to nimble collaboration, the team was able to culture the virus from two clinical specimens in a Level 3 containment facility.
“We need key tools to develop solutions to this pandemic. While the immediate response is crucial, longer-term solutions come from essential research into this novel virus,” said Dr. Samira Mubareka, microbiologist and infectious diseases physician at Sunnybrook.
The isolated virus will help researchers in Canada and across the world develop better diagnostic testing, treatments and vaccines, and gain a better understanding of SARS-CoV-2 biology, evolution and clinical shedding.
Thanks to nimble collaboration, the team was able to culture the virus from two clinical specimens in a Level 3 containment facility.
“We need key tools to develop solutions to this pandemic. While the immediate response is crucial, longer-term solutions come from essential research into this novel virus,” said Dr. Samira Mubareka, microbiologist and infectious diseases physician at Sunnybrook.
The isolated virus will help researchers in Canada and across the world develop better diagnostic testing, treatments and vaccines, and gain a better understanding of SARS-CoV-2 biology, evolution and clinical shedding.
March 13, 2020
"trump's travel ban was and is genius"
An indirect reply from a MAGAt on a FB discussion
Not sure which one but the topic was Covid so I’m guessing he meant the China travel ban?
I replied that South Korea banned travel before the US and still got hit hard
March 13, 2020
Got an email that we could work from home starting tomorrow but then I see this online
EDIT: https://twitter.com/fox35orlando/status/1238535723227193346
Now we're closed. Walt Disney World closing Mar 15. Universal too! SeaWorld/Busch Gardens now, too
https://twitter.com/WFTV/status/1238260414485536769Got an email that we could work from home starting tomorrow but then I see this online
EDIT: https://twitter.com/fox35orlando/status/1238535723227193346
March 12, 2020
Impeach again!!
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MORE
https://twitter.com/nprfreshair/status/1238154702539423745
TRANSCRIPT
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/12/814881355/white-house-knew-coronavirus-would-be-a-major-threat-but-response-fell-short
BREAKING-NPR Source Says Trump Blocked Coronavirus Testing in January to Aid His Reelection Chances
NPR Source Says Trump Blocked Coronavirus Testing in January to Aid His Reelection Chances By Keeping US Infection Figures Low
https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1238216578161926145
MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: NPR Source Says Trump Blocked Coronavirus Testing in January to Aid His Reelection Chances By Keeping US Infection Figures Low
NOTE: Please RETWEET this—America needs to know what this monster did. Thousands of future deaths will rightly be laid at his feet.
Fresh Air
✔
@nprfreshair
Replying to @nprfreshair @ddiamond
A previous tweet of this quote did not make it adequately clear that it is Trump who did not push for adequate testing, not Secretary of Health and Human Services Azar. Here is the whole quote for context. @ddiamond
View image on Twitter
NOTE: Please RETWEET this—America needs to know what this monster did. Thousands of future deaths will rightly be laid at his feet.
Fresh Air
✔
@nprfreshair
Replying to @nprfreshair @ddiamond
A previous tweet of this quote did not make it adequately clear that it is Trump who did not push for adequate testing, not Secretary of Health and Human Services Azar. Here is the whole quote for context. @ddiamond
View image on Twitter
Impeach again!!
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MORE
https://twitter.com/nprfreshair/status/1238154702539423745
Listen: White House Knew Coronavirus Would Be A 'Major Threat' — But Response Fell Short
@ddiamond
White House Knew Coronavirus Would Be A 'Major Threat' — But Response Fell Short
Politico reporter Dan Diamond says infighting at the Department of Health and Human Services and the need to flatter Trump impeded the response to the coronavirus.
npr.org
@ddiamond
White House Knew Coronavirus Would Be A 'Major Threat' — But Response Fell Short
Politico reporter Dan Diamond says infighting at the Department of Health and Human Services and the need to flatter Trump impeded the response to the coronavirus.
npr.org
TRANSCRIPT
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/12/814881355/white-house-knew-coronavirus-would-be-a-major-threat-but-response-fell-short
March 12, 2020
Universal Studios Hollywood following Disneyland. Will close
https://deadline.com/2020/03/coronavirus-universal-studios-closes-disneyland-comcast-1202881756/“The health and safety of our team members and guests is always our top priority,” said a spokesperson for Universal Studios Hollywood this afternoon. “Out of an abundance of caution and in response to the guidance provided by the California Department of Public Health, Universal Studios Hollywood will temporarily close beginning Saturday, March 14,” they added. “The theme park anticipates reopening on March 28 as we continue to monitor the situation.”
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