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lapfog_1

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1. It's not that the patients were brought to the US

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Mon Feb 24, 2020, 10:03 PM

Feb 2020

That should have been done some time ago.

However, bringing people who have yet to test positive in the same airplane with the people who already tested positive (14 of them) was absolutely criminal. Apparently some bright person thought that draping some plastic between first class (infected) with coach (non-inflicted) would do the trick.

The CDC said that this was a stupid idea and that TWO charter planes should be used.

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I retract my negative reaction to the news that coronavirus patients [View all] Baitball Blogger Feb 2020 OP

It's not that the patients were brought to the US lapfog_1 Feb 2020 #1

Oh, I agree here completely. Baitball Blogger Feb 2020 #2

SOMEBODY made that decision shanti Feb 2020 #3

I haven't heard who lapfog_1 Feb 2020 #4

Or they were too cheap to spring for two planes. Crunchy Frog Feb 2020 #5

3% mortality rate SDANation Feb 2020 #6

You clearly know nothing of infectious diseases. 3% is really high. Coventina Feb 2020 #8

This is what happens mercuryblues Feb 2020 #7