Coronavirus: US bars entry to foreigners travelling from mainland China, declares public health emer
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Source: South China Morning Post
The United States will deny entry to foreigners travelling from mainland China to prevent the new coronavirus from spreading after declaring a public health emergency on Friday.
President Donald Trumps order will require US citizens, permanent residents and immediate family members arriving in the country from Chinas Hubei province the epicentre of the contagion to be quarantined for 14 days starting Sunday at 5:00pm Eastern time.
The measures were announced by the White House task force on the coronavirus led by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. The order came as US health authorities confirmed the seventh case of the contagion officially known as the 2019 novel coronavirus in Santa Clara, California.
The move by Washington follows similar restrictions put in place by Japan and Singapore on incoming visitors from mainland China.
Read more: https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3048510/coronavirus-us-declares-public-health-emergency
Also saw this reported on CNN twitter feed. About fucking time.
James48
(4,440 posts)That this likely is a biological weapons release inside the Chinese lab on Wuhan.
If not an actual weapon, its growth patterns are mimicking a weapon. The good thing is that it is not very fatal- (about 2% of confirmed cases so far are dying, so its more than influenza, but considerably less toxic than smallpox).
Clearly their military/science community recognized the severity and thank GOD they communicated the seriousness of it right away to the outside world. THAT is different from any previous release.
Whether was intentional, or accidental, at this point doesnt matter. The only thing that matters is speed in getting it under control.
My calculations say its slightly more toxic (4.6% more fatal than my calculations last week), but also slightly slower in its spread. (Expanding 8% slower that my calculations last week).
That assumes the WHO numbers coming out of China are accurate. Unfortunately, we dont have checks of that, because there isnt any independent reporting of actual deaths. Only government reporting.
Some quick forecasts:
2/01- 330 dead. 16,000 confirmed cases.
02/07- 3,500 dead. 168000 confirmed cases.
02/14- 50,000 dead. 2.2 million cases
02/21- 1 Million dead, 57 million cases.
Cross your fingers that they can develop preventive measures quickly to slow the spread. Its going to quickly overwhelm the healthcare systems of the entire world.
NickB79
(19,258 posts)Stop spreading conspiracy theories.
And its not a conspiracy theory.
Its simple facts. It is indeed a biological disease of some kind; it came from the only city in China a lab capable of dealing with the most deadly diseases. It could have been part of a weapons research project; or a just plain disease research project.
Weapons dont have to be highly fatal- they can be lower level simply designed to overwhelm a countries resources. It is clear that China was able to identify the genome very quickly. I find that unusual for a virus in the wild.
But hey- well just have to see if they are able to get it under control. Cross your fingers.
Devil Child
(2,728 posts)I would not be shocked in the slightest if we receive news that this strain had origins in Wuhans dual use research center.
benld74
(9,909 posts)Flew into the US
They are confined at a base is CA
Where 1 of them attempted to leave,,,
JudyM
(29,270 posts)Dupe of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142426705 (no dupes permitted in LBN)
Please continue discussion in that thread.