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Alhena

(3,030 posts) Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:03 PM Mar 2020

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This is O'Hare airport today - pic

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This is O'Hare airport today - pic (Original Post) Alhena Mar 2020 OP

Is this all the universities deciding to shut down at the same time? meadowlander Mar 2020 #1

Seemed like it was people flying into the USA. Blue_true Mar 2020 #10

Are these arrivals from Europe? bullwinkle428 Mar 2020 #2

Yes. CNN was reporting on this. PA Democrat Mar 2020 #6

? denem Mar 2020 #3

People trying to get home from Europe fearing they would be stranded there. PA Democrat Mar 2020 #8

thank you denem Mar 2020 #9

He gave our citizens no more than a few hours notice. spanone Mar 2020 #17

I believe he enjoys it - denem Mar 2020 #19

The cruelty is the point musette_sf Mar 2020 #23

If there IS a sick person in that crowd PA Democrat Mar 2020 #4

Even worse, they don't even have to be symptomatic... GReedDiamond Mar 2020 #16

Odds are there probably is... llmart Mar 2020 #22

This scene alone will create a virus hot spot MLAA Mar 2020 #5

That doesn't look like a petri dish or anything. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #7

All the research I have read, and that's lots, states that closed borders littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #11

contagion AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #12

No. Words. nt Phoenix61 Mar 2020 #13

I was there one week ago coming home from Ohio. Aristus Mar 2020 #14

Brutal. MerryBlooms Mar 2020 #15

wow Demovictory9 Mar 2020 #18

This is not smart uponit7771 Mar 2020 #20

OMG, just checked a local news site and DFW is the same. tanyev Mar 2020 #21

meadowlander

(4,388 posts)

1. Is this all the universities deciding to shut down at the same time?

Reply to Alhena (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:05 PM

Mar 2020

Can't fathom why anyone would be flying this week who didn't absolutely have to.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

10. Seemed like it was people flying into the USA.

Reply to meadowlander (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:20 PM

Mar 2020

The line for US citizens at customs is typically short. The non citizen line is massive. Typically, there is more of a wait to get bags off an international flight, though six hours seems massively long.

bullwinkle428

(20,628 posts)

2. Are these arrivals from Europe?

Reply to Alhena (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:05 PM

Mar 2020

PA Democrat

(13,225 posts)

6. Yes. CNN was reporting on this.

Reply to bullwinkle428 (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:09 PM

Mar 2020

denem

(11,045 posts)

3. ?

Reply to Alhena (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:07 PM

Mar 2020

What is going on?

PA Democrat

(13,225 posts)

8. People trying to get home from Europe fearing they would be stranded there.

Reply to denem (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:10 PM

Mar 2020

denem

(11,045 posts)

9. thank you

Reply to PA Democrat (Reply #8)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:14 PM

Mar 2020

I hate him more and more and more, eom.

spanone

(135,793 posts)

17. He gave our citizens no more than a few hours notice.

Reply to denem (Reply #9)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:25 PM

Mar 2020

He. Doesn't. Care.

denem

(11,045 posts)

19. I believe he enjoys it -

Reply to spanone (Reply #17)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:28 PM

Mar 2020

the distress, the fear, the suffering - as long as it does not affect his precious Dow Jones - there should be more of it.

musette_sf

(10,199 posts)

23. The cruelty is the point

Reply to denem (Reply #19)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:40 PM

Mar 2020

PA Democrat

(13,225 posts)

4. If there IS a sick person in that crowd

Reply to Alhena (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:08 PM

Mar 2020

poor planning and poor execution just caused infection of more people.

That's what happens when you have a reactive impulsive idiot in charge who issues decrees without working out the logistics.

GReedDiamond

(5,310 posts)

16. Even worse, they don't even have to be symptomatic...

Reply to PA Democrat (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:24 PM

Mar 2020

...much less actually sick, to be carrying and transmitting the virus to others.

llmart

(15,533 posts)

22. Odds are there probably is...

Reply to PA Democrat (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:40 PM

Mar 2020

at least one sick person.

MLAA

(17,250 posts)

5. This scene alone will create a virus hot spot

Reply to Alhena (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:09 PM

Mar 2020

TwilightZone

(25,428 posts)

7. That doesn't look like a petri dish or anything.

Reply to Alhena (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:10 PM

Mar 2020

Remind me how the travel ban was supposed to help.

littlemissmartypants

(22,588 posts)

11. All the research I have read, and that's lots, states that closed borders

Reply to Alhena (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:21 PM

Mar 2020

Are contraindicated in this type of emergency. And here we see why. This will not help flatten the curve.

I feel sick for these people.

AlexSFCA

(6,137 posts)

12. contagion

Reply to Alhena (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:21 PM

Mar 2020

with crows this size, the chance that at least one has coronavirus is probably 100%.

Phoenix61

(16,993 posts)

13. No. Words. nt

Reply to Alhena (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:21 PM

Mar 2020

Aristus

(66,293 posts)

14. I was there one week ago coming home from Ohio.

Reply to Alhena (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:22 PM

Mar 2020

It was crowded enough then, but I'm glad I missed the throng...

MerryBlooms

(11,757 posts)

15. Brutal.

Reply to Alhena (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:23 PM

Mar 2020

Demovictory9

(32,421 posts)

18. wow

Reply to Alhena (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:26 PM

Mar 2020

uponit7771

(90,302 posts)

20. This is not smart

Reply to Alhena (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:29 PM

Mar 2020

tanyev

(42,516 posts)

21. OMG, just checked a local news site and DFW is the same.

Reply to Alhena (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 10:38 PM

Mar 2020

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