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...and especially the response of the health care system.
originally posted by: fleabit
...and especially the response of the health care system.
And that is the elephant in the room people are choosing to ignore. Your health care system can only respond if not overwhelmed with cases. There are cities with a finite # of hospitals, and they are having to refuse care. When some cases require weeks of help to breath, that's a massive problem. People are overestimating the U.S. health system if they think it can manage ICU beds and required hospital care for a large # of pneumonia cases.
That's why containment is needed. Countries are having to build emergency hospitals to help with the outbreaks. The preventive measure is to help contain the spread. They mangled this badly during the Spanish Flu outbreak. It would be a sad thing if we as a country were to repeat that.
www.nytimes.com...
Senator Tom Cotton Repeats Fringe Theory of Coronavirus Origins
Scientists have dismissed suggestions that the Chinese government was behind the outbreak, but it’s the kind of tale that gains traction among those who see China as a threat.
U.S. Officials Link COVID-19 Disinformation Campaign To Russian Proxy Accounts
foreignpolicy.com...
Russia Knows Just Who to Blame for the Coronavirus: America
Conspiracy theories are all over state media, following past patterns of disinformation.
www.globalresearch.ca...
Russian news portal mk.ru, on January 27, 2020, with Igor Nikulin, a former member of the UN Commission on Biological and Chemical Weapons (1998-2003).
Those countries that consider themselves victims of bioterrorism should investigate all these cases and bring them up for international discussion. For example, to the UN Security Council. To raise the issue of the activities of American biolaboratories outside the United States. We have to do something. Because a lot of people are already suffering from it. And in general, it is necessary to strengthen the biosecurity of the country.
www.cnbc.com...
China accuses US of spreading fear and panic over coronavirus outbreak
www.xilu.com...
The new crown comes from the United States. China is the hot pot. The United States is the source of poison!
gizadeathstar.com...
It's that latter idea that, in fact, one finds clearly outlined in the US Air Force document, on page 15 in the actual document, and page 26 if you're searching in the pdf file:
Stealth Viruses: The basic concept of this potential bioweapon is to “produce a tightly regulated, cryptic viral infection that can enter and spread in human cells using vectors” (similar to the gene therapy) and then stay dormant for a period of time until triggered by an internal or external signal. The signal then could stimulate the virus to cause severe damage to the system. Stealth viruses could also be tailored to secretly infect a targeted population for an extended period using the threat of activation to blackmail the target.
State of the Bioweapon: Stealth viruses just like the gene therapy, require a vector to be inserted in the body and lay dormant until a trigger mechanism is activated either internally or externally. Imagine having a cancer causing virus enter a human cell and lay dormant until an external signal triggers the disease. When the signal gets activated the cells become abnormal and could rapidly generate abnormal cell growth leading to a tumor and ultimately, death. Now, apply this concept to a population where an HIV virus gets disseminated within a target population. At a specific time chosen by the perpetrator, the signal would be triggered to harm an entire population all at once. Although this bioweapon is futuristic it is not improbable and deserves to be examined. (italicized emphasis added)
South Australian health authorities will have expanded powers to detain and quarantine people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus under new laws being proposed by the State Government.
Key points:
Under the proposed laws the chief public health officer would have the power to have a person detained
originally posted by: burdman30ott6
Asia markets and US futures are up. Maybe some good news we plebs either haven't seen or haven't listened to whilst circumnavigating our rooms crying about the sky's sudden adherence to gravity.
Manufacturing activity in the country fell to record lows last month, according to a closely watched private survey. The media group Caixin said Monday that China's manufacturing purchasing managers index sank to 40.3 in February, down from January's 51.1 and the lowest reading since the survey began in 2004. It was also well below the 45.7 that analysts polled by Reuters expected.
The Caixin survey came days after the Chinese government reported that its official manufacturing PMI plunged in February to an all-time low of 35.7, down from January's reading of 50.
The official non-manufacturing PMI survey, which measures the services sector, skidded to 29.6 in February from 54.1 in January. Caixin's services survey will release later this week.
originally posted by: celltypespecific
originally posted by: clay2 baraka
a reply to: pasiphae
They'll lock down Seattle followed by Portland once cases start spiking here..
Why do you think Nike is closing down and deep cleaning all of their facilities in Portland?..
PLEASE STOP THE nonsense about lockdowns and quarantines... its not going to happen this early.
lets please think rationally......
originally posted by: cirrus12
it's not silly at all to consider - it's already a reality in some parts of the world - e.g. in Italy.
If someone had told me before this situation that some parts of Italy would be on a forced lockdown with a 3 month prison sentence for non compliance, I would have NOT believed it! But it is happening.
I think it's easier to lock down smaller zones, much harder for bigger cities with multiple roads in and out.
I believe the tweet could be real, but I would expect some build up or hints to it in the mentioned places e.g. San Fran which is huge. Unless the army could just roll up super quick and start blockades...
A question to military people here - is that possible? Would the military have to give notice for these types of things for the public to prepare or can it be done without warning? I have no idea about that.
a reply to: pasiphae