Team members were not properly trained, lacked necessary gear and moved freely around and off military bases where Americans were quarantined, a complaint says.
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Trump Administration Can’t Promise You’ll Be Able To Afford Coronavirus Vaccine
“We would want to ensure that we work to make it affordable,” Azar said. “But we can’t control that price, because we need the private sector to invest. Price control won’t get us there.”
Source: Trump Administration Can’t Promise You’ll Be Able To Afford Coronavirus Vaccine
Coronavirus Live Updates: Trump Taps Pence to Lead Virus Response – The New York Times Neither has a clue what to do – ROTFLMAO and crying, praying for us all.
People with potential exposure are in quarantine around the world — including 83 in Nassau County, N.Y. The number of new infections outside China has outpaced those inside the country for the first time.
New China coronavirus data buttress fears about high fatality rate – STAT
A case fatality rate of between 2% to 4% rivals and even exceeds that of the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, which is estimated to have killed upwards of 50 million people. Even a case fatality rate of 0.7% — which means 7 out of every 1,000 infected people would die — is sobering. It is seven times the fatality rate for seasonal flu, which is estimated to kill between 290,000 and 650,000 people a year globally.
Source: New China coronavirus data buttress fears about high fatality rate – STAT
Indonesia’s child rights commissioner apologises for saying women can get pregnant by sharing pool with men – ABC News
A child rights commissioner in Indonesia is resisting calls for her sacking, after telling women and girls they risk becoming pregnant if they swim in the same pool as men.
— Read on mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-26/indonesian-child-rights-commissioner-warns-of-pool-pregnancies/11995768
She should resign or be asked to resign 😡
Coronavirus is China’s fastest-spreading public health crisis, President Xi Jinping says | South China Morning Post
Xi calls on government and military chiefs to work to overcome the epidemic.
— Read on www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3051988/coronavirus-chinas-fastest-spreading-public-health-crisis
Past Time to Tell the Public: “It Will Probably Go Pandemic, and We Should All Prepare Now” – Virology Down Under
by Jody Lanard and Peter M. Sandman NOTE FROM IAN: The expert risk communication team of Lanard and Sandman has given me permission to post their very well-considered reply to my question of them just
Opinion | Trump Makes the American Health Care System Even Worse – The New York Times
China’s failures on the coronavirus are distracting us from the mess we have at home.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2020/02/22/opinion/sunday/china-united-states-health.html
Health experts question coronavirus quarantine measures on cruise ship | World news | The Guardian
Keeping passengers on ship may have helped spread of coronavirus, says one lawyer
— Read on www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/18/global-health-experts-question-cruise-ship-coronavirus-quarantine-measures
The critics can self promote but they are not responsible for millions of people. If this becomes a pandemic, 2.3% of the world population (mostly someone’s grandparent) could die.
Coronavirus: top Hong Kong scientist claims community outbreak has already occurred as government prepares to quarantine mainland Chinese | South China Morning Post
Expert believes coronavirus spread has taken hold locally, with government set to quarantine incoming mainland Chinese in hotels and government centres from Saturday.
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