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Throck

Throck's Journal
Throck's Journal
March 11, 2020

CDC Travel Health Notices

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices

Personally I'm not going to wander past the end of the street until at least August 31. Duct tape and plastic, shelter in place. Leftovers from the old Shrub Bush era.

February 3, 2020

Unbelievable (documentary; mini series)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbelievable_(miniseries)

https://www.netflix.com/title/80153467



Saw this on Netflix over the weekend. Based upon true events. I was horrified as to the injustice and maltreatment of the rape victim. I always knew rape victims were treated unjustly, this series-documentary pulls everything together.

January 28, 2020

China built a lab to study SARS and Ebola in Wuhan - and US biosafety experts warned in 2017 that a

Source: Dailymail (UK)

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7922379/Chinas-lab-studying-SARS-Ebola-Wuhan-outbreaks-center.html

Scientists warned in 2017 that a SARS-like virus could escape a lab set up that year in Wuhan, China, to study some of the most dangerous pathogens in the world.

Now, a SARS-like coronavirus has infected more than 800 there, spread to at least 10 other countries and killed 25 in Wuhan and nearby provinces.

China installed the first of a planned five to seven biolabs designed for maximum safety in Wuhan in 2017, for the purpose of studying the most high-risk pathogens, including the Ebola and the SARS viruses.

Tim Trevan, a Maryland biosafety consultant, told Nature that year, when the lab was on the cusp of opening, that he worried that China's culture could make the institute unsafe because 'structures where everyone feels free to speak up and openness of information are important.'

Read more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7922379/Chinas-lab-studying-SARS-Ebola-Wuhan-outbreaks-center.html



Remember Bird Flu, Swine Flu? Two in my lifetime I've lived thru.


Spanish flu..................

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