At what point did you / will you take the coronavirus epidemic seriously?

[Omaha 680]

The rumor is wrong:
https://twitter.com/NYPDnews/status/...250847233?s=20

NYPD is city and the MTA is state. The order would come down from Cuomo through the agency heads and the trains would just stop. No police needed. So I agree the rumor that the police department will shut down the subway is wrong.

The rumor that service will be stopped could be true. I heard it from colleagues who spent previous careers at the MTA railroads and still have connections. So I give it much more credence than Twitter rumors but it would still surprise me if it actually happened.

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[wuapinmon]

Ohio and Maryland close schools statewide. Justin Trudeau's wife tests positive: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/13/soph...ronavirus.html

[myboynoah]

Ohio and Maryland close schools statewide. Justin Trudeau's wife tests positive: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/13/soph...ronavirus.html

Sad.

Even sadder.

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[Uncle Ted]

Well, there goes the neighborhood...

Dallas County declares public health emergency following community-spread case of coronavirus

Dallas County has issued a public health emergency disaster declaration after its first case of community-spread COVID-19 coronavirus.


Health officials announced Friday night that Dallas County has an additional five presumptive positive cases of the virus. One of the new cases did not have any travel history, meaning it was spread within Dallas County.
[...]

https://www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-county-declares-public-health-emergency-following-community-spread-case-of-coronavirus

Well, good thing we are in Utah... we might be here for a while. As long as we stay way from those Jazz players we should be good.

[myboynoah]

Hmmmmm, looks like someone in the White House has the COVID.

Brazilian president's press secretary tests positive for coronavirus, days after meeting Trump

Australia minister contracts virus after D.C. meeting with Ivanka Trump, as country bans gatherings of 500 or more

[myboynoah]

Yikes, this is not good.

Coronavirus can be transmitted before symptoms arise, scientists find

[Pelado]

Yikes, this is not good.

Coronavirus can be transmitted before symptoms arise, scientists find

Didn't we already know that?

[Northwestcoug]

Didn't we already know that?

Yes.

[myboynoah]

Didn't we already know that?

I think it was suspected, but seems to be being confirmed. Also, the latency, even after seemingly recovered, is concerning.

[myboynoah]

Well here's an arguement that this is all an overreaction. Crazy overwraught Americans.

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[jay santos]

It feels like an overreaction to me though I'd rather not be in the same company as Jerry Falwell. If you look at the number of cases and deaths in China and then make guesses in the US, it seems like this is to prevent < 1,000 deaths, which would be mostly people age >70. I guess it's callous way to look at it, but is that worth the reaction? If we applied similar resources in terms of $ spent and $ lost to some other issue like vehicle safety, I bet we save a lot more lives. This is going to wreck the economy.

[Jeff Lebowski]

It feels like an overreaction to me though I'd rather not be in the same company as Jerry Falwell. If you look at the number of cases and deaths in China and then make guesses in the US, it seems like this is to prevent < 1,000 deaths, which would be mostly people age >70. I guess it's callous way to look at it, but is that worth the reaction? If we applied similar resources in terms of $ spent and $ lost to some other issue like vehicle safety, I bet we save a lot more lives. This is going to wreck the economy.

WTH?

China took draconian measures well beyond what we are currently doing. Would have been a hell of a lot worse had they not done that. We are taking measures to ensure that it is a few thousand deaths - not a few million.

[jay santos]

WTH?

China took draconian measures well beyond what we are currently doing. Would have been a hell of a lot worse had they not done that. We are taking measures to ensure that it is a few thousand deaths - not a few million.

OK, that's my misunderstanding. I didn't realize China did anything like that.

[wuapinmon]

Well here's an arguement that this is all an overreaction. Crazy overwraught Americans.

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If the government were to restrict freedom of movement due to public health reasons, I think the National Guard would have to be summoned to enforce it. The police have enough to do without battling well-regulated "sovereign" citizens in gunfights.

[old_gregg]

OK, that's my misunderstanding. I didn't realize China did anything like that.

they put a city 30% bigger than nyc on lockdown