Before Trump’s inauguration, a warning: ‘The worst influenza pandemic since 1918’
In a tabletop exercise days before an untested new president took power, officials briefed the incoming administration on a scenario remarkably like the one he faces now.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/1 ... mic-132797
“Senator Rand Paul has tested positive for COVID-19. He is feeling fine and is in quarantine,” the account tweeted Sunday afternoon. “He is asymptomatic and was tested out of an abundance of caution due to his extensive travel and events. He was not aware of any direct contact with any infected person.”
Yeah, I know. No big deal. He'll probably be just fine. Trouble is his "extensive travel and events". We know for sure that he's contacted lots of people --without even mind reading. Paul voted against the stimulus package, but he has lifetime health care as a senator
Another way of looking at it is a lot of people have contacted the senator.
windwalker wrote:I love you man, but you are spreading truly dangerous memes. You are literally increasing the number of people who will die.
You might try reading the article, if you can.
windwalker wrote:look at the time line. what the WHO said "its not human transferable" based on reports from China.
Then look at when the the time the travel restriction enacted, which many at the time
felt was the wrong move.
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Be that as it may, once the trend line is understood...we will know if mitigation efforts were enough
or in time
If you or any here feel the response was not right
would be very interested in what you or others would have done differently.
what can one say....
believe what you will
I would have listened to the experts. I would have ramped up production of surgical masks and promoting social distancing on TV. I would have been wearing a surgical mask on TV, like they were doing in China, to emphasize the seriousness. I would have cancelled political rallys and started talking about possibly locking down major cities so that it wouldn't be such a shock when it happened and people could stock up without freaking out and hording supplies. I would have been letting Dr. Fauci do the talking when speaking on the virus. I would have been pushing a natinwide educational campaign about the virus and working with industry to ramp up delivery services, and much more.
On January 13, the virus spreads beyond China's borders for the first time with a case emerging in Thailand, according to the WHO. The victim is a Chinese woman diagnosed with mild pneumonia who was returning from a trip to Wuhan.
On January 15 China's health commission says no human-to-human transmission of the virus behind the Wuhan outbreak has been confirmed so far, but the possibility "cannot be excluded".
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a statement that based on the preliminary information from the Chinese investigation team, “no evidence of significant human-to-human transmission and no healthcare worker infections have been reported”.
“Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.”
thanks very nice
you do understand what a federal republic is and how it works?
On January 13, the virus spreads beyond China's borders for the first time with a case emerging in Thailand, according to the WHO. The victim is a Chinese woman diagnosed with mild pneumonia who was returning from a trip to Wuhan.
On January 15 China's health commission says no human-to-human transmission of the virus behind the Wuhan outbreak has been confirmed so far, but the possibility "cannot be excluded".
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