Americans should prepare for coronavirus spread in U.S., CDC says

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38. I flew into MIA airport yesterday

from the Caribbean. I was SHOCKED to see very little or no notice from CPB or Immigration about Coronavirus. I noticed they have drastically reduced their baggage searches, and I did not notice the little thermal scanners that I remember seeing during SARS outbreak. I think I only saw one sign (printed) mentioning it. They seem to be trying to use personnel to detect (as you were walking by) if you were very sick or not. I did not see very many of them using any kind of personal protection (gloves or mask). The only question about CV was whether I had visited China in the past 14 days, and that was done by the airline.

I remember coming back when SARS was active. There was much more warnings, notices everywhere and they had scanners and I remember them asking you multiple times if you were sick or where you had visited. They had the temperature scanners working then.

Maybe MIA is not under threat, I don't know if they are allowing Asian country flights, but again, I flew into MIA when SARS happened, and there was much more SARS preparation that you would think.

Because I also work at a company that provides systems for Airport security, my company has been affected by that, Trump has diverted money from upgrades and critical systems at DHS to fund his border wall. There's lots of chaos in DHS, not only at the top levels but the lower ones. We have to interact with what seems to be a new director every day there.