Category Archives: pandemic

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

Trump says coronavirus under control in the U.S – Reuters

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the coronavirus was under control in the United States, and added that he thought the stock market, which tumbled on Monday on worries over the fast-spreading disease, was “starting to look very good to me!”

Source: Trump says coronavirus under control in the U.S – Reuters

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

Source: Past Time to Tell the Public: “It Will Probably Go Pandemic, and We Should All Prepare Now” – Virology Down Under

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.