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U.S. declares coronavirus public health emergency after imposing quarantines

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A man in Santa Claram California was confirmed to have coronavirus on Friday, bringing the US total case count to seven
US health officials on Friday declared the outbreak of coronavirus a public health emergency in the US
Foreign nationals - except the immediate family of Americans - will be blocked from entering the US if they've visited China in the last two weeks beginning 5pm ET on Sunday
All flights from China will be funneled through seven airports: JFK, Chicago O'Hare, Seattle, San Francisco, Atlanta, Honolulu and LAX
People who have been in Hubei province - where Wuhan is located - within two weeks of returning to the US will be under mandatory quarantine for up to 14 days
People coming back from any part of China will be asked to self-quarantine at home for up to 14 days
CDC officials have issued a 14-day federal quarantine for all 195 passengers who were evacuated from Wuhan
It's the first time in 50 years that the agency has had to issue a federal quarantine
Since Thursday, cases of the new coronavirus have increased by 26%, sickening nearly 10,000 people worldwide
The CDC said it is possible that someone could test negative for the coronavirus before developing symptoms, but become ill later
The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak to be a global health emergency on Thursday
The 'public health emergency of international concern' is the highest warning the UN health agency can give
Just one week ago, WHO officials said it was too early to declare the outbreak an emergency
It comes the same week that the sixth US case of coronavirus was confirmed in a Chicago man in his 60s
This marks the first case of human-to-human transmission of the virus in America, and it's now suspected that people can infect others even if they don't have symptoms
Currently, there are 168 possible cases are under investigation in the US, 21 of which are in Illinois
Worldwide, well over 11,000 people have been infected and 258 people - all in China - have died

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Airlines suspend China flights because of coronavirus outbreak
 
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[quote="CMA TIME" post=375023]
Worldwide, well over 11,000 people have been infected and 258 people - all in China - have died[/quote]
11,000,000 in Wuhan
258 deaths
.002% of the population (assuming all deaths are in Wuhan, and they’re not)
Seems to me to be kind of a severe overreaction to quarantine Wuhan based on those numbers. But that wasn’t the only city quarantined, was it?
I think the “well over 11,000 infected” statement is accurate
I think the 258 number is probably extremely understated.

I agree with what everyone has posted thus far about not worrying too much at this point. That said, wash your hands frequently, take your vitamins, probably not a bad idea to make sure you have some canned goods in the house, because it seems to me like the cat’s already out of the bag on this one and IF things escalate better to be prepared on the home front than not.

If you never saw the movie Contagion, here’s a clip that you may find interesting




Here’s hoping life does not imitate art... and if it does, I’ll see you all in the Boulder Free Zone.
 
[quote="Spocky Ramone" post=375030][quote="CMA TIME" post=375023]
Worldwide, well over 11,000 people have been infected and 258 people - all in China - have died[/quote]
11,000,000 in Wuhan
258 deaths
.002% of the population (assuming all deaths are in Wuhan, and they’re not)
Seems to me to be kind of a severe overreaction to quarantine Wuhan based on those numbers. But that wasn’t the only city quarantined, was it?
I think the “well over 11,000 infected” statement is accurate
I think the 258 number is probably extremely understated.

I agree with what everyone has posted thus far about not worrying too much at this point. That said, wash your hands frequently, take your vitamins, probably not a bad idea to make sure you have some canned goods in the house, because it seems to me like the cat’s already out of the bag on this one and IF things escalate better to be prepared on the home front than not.

If you never saw the movie Contagion, here’s a clip that you may find interesting




Here’s hoping life does not imitate art... and if it does, I’ll see you all in the Boulder Free Zone.[/quote]

One question I got is, WTF DIDN'T WE STOP FLIGHTS GOING TO AND COMING FROM CHINA?
Because it wasn't that serious, and had to wait until it became serious before stopping flights?
That's some f'ing straight up bs. This really pisses me off before this could have been avoided.
But oh well, it's to late now. Lets just pray that this doesn't become an all out problem in this country where thousands die.

Yeah, we stopped Ebola.
People that look healthy but has it before the symptoms show can affect others, how can you stop that???
You can't.
 
[quote="CMA TIME" post=375032][quote="Spocky Ramone" post=375030][quote="CMA TIME" post=375023]
Worldwide, well over 11,000 people have been infected and 258 people - all in China - have died[/quote]
11,000,000 in Wuhan
258 deaths
.002% of the population (assuming all deaths are in Wuhan, and they’re not)
Seems to me to be kind of a severe overreaction to quarantine Wuhan based on those numbers. But that wasn’t the only city quarantined, was it?
I think the “well over 11,000 infected” statement is accurate
I think the 258 number is probably extremely understated.

I agree with what everyone has posted thus far about not worrying too much at this point. That said, wash your hands frequently, take your vitamins, probably not a bad idea to make sure you have some canned goods in the house, because it seems to me like the cat’s already out of the bag on this one and IF things escalate better to be prepared on the home front than not.

If you never saw the movie Contagion, here’s a clip that you may find interesting




Here’s hoping life does not imitate art... and if it does, I’ll see you all in the Boulder Free Zone.[/quote]

One question I got is, WTF DIDN'T WE STOP FLIGHTS GOING TO AND COMING FROM CHINA?
Because it wasn't that serious, and had to wait until it became serious before stopping flights?
That's some f'ing straight up bs. This really pisses me off before this could have been avoided.
But oh well, it's to late now. Lets just pray that this doesn't become an all out problem in this country where thousands die.

Yeah, we stopped Ebola.
People that look healthy but has it before the symptoms show can affect others, how can you stop that???
You can't.[/quote]
Winner winner chicken dinner!

I agree about the airport closures been too late, but with the incubation period (8-14 days, depending on the source) being adequately long before symptoms, closing the airports immediately a week or so ago would also probably have been too late.
 
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