[BobL]

...yep, 10 confirmed on a cruise ship docked in Tokyo Bay, everyone else there put on 14 day lockdown. And that ship NEVER even went to China.

...and still flights from China continue to land in the US.

We, and the rest of the world, continue to be about 2 to 3 weeks behind in responding, and soon, very soon, the chance of stopping the virus will no longer even exist.

Sadly, it looks like Trump listened to people who were either TOTALLY INCOMPETENT, or wanted him to fail, and they’re about to succeed in doing just that.

[familyop]

Stock up enough for a couple of months, folks.

[familyop]

Fears of a HUGE spike in UK coronavirus cases as Foreign Office continues to allow thousands of passengers into Britain from China without checks - despite US, France, Australia and other nations BANNING travellers...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7966321/Fears-spike-UK-coronavirus-cases-thousands-continue-flooding-UK-China.html

[familyop]

And a search for thousands of people from another cruise ship...

Desperate search after coronavirus confirmed on cruise ships Diamond Princess, World Dream
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=12306259

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Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

[DouglasKC]

Get your emergency food supply laid in now...it’s almost too late. There already aren’t hardly enough truck drivers to deliver what we need now...if a major illness stops people from working for a week or two then we are in trouble. Stores will run out in two or three days...