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China quarantines Wuhan amid coronavirus outbreak: reports
Fox News ^ | January 22nd, 2020 | By Alexandria Hein

Posted on 01/22/2020 12:10:14 PM PST by Mariner

The Chinese government has quarantined the city of Wuhan and plans to shut down the airport and public transportation within hours amid an outbreak of the coronavirus, according to reports on the country’s social networks. The virus has been linked to at least 17 deaths and has sickened over 500 others.

Other countries' health agencies and governing bodies have issued warnings to travelers including the U.K., which advised against "all but essential travel" to Wuhan, which is where the virus was first detected. Several countries have implemented enhanced screening measures at airports for flights arriving from the Wuhan region as China faces scrutiny over what officials knew about the outbreak and when they discovered it. Deadly contagion in China spreads to the US.

For weeks the country's health officials maintained that the number of people infected remained at 41, with minimal fatalities, but as more cases emerged and the death toll spiked fears of a cover-up began to surface. Top officials in China have reportedly warned lower-level officials to not cover up the spread of the virus, which is now said to be transmissible between humans.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; chinavirus; coronavirus; kag; maga; outbreak; publichealth; trump; wuhan
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Quarantine a city of 11 million.

At least China is now taking this seriously, but the cat is already out of the bag.

1 posted on 01/22/2020 12:10:14 PM PST by Mariner
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To: Mariner

why do these weird sars or whatever-like viruses originate in china?


2 posted on 01/22/2020 12:12:08 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: Mariner

This is not going to be well received during the Chinese New Year’s celebration that starts Saturday, January 25.


3 posted on 01/22/2020 12:12:38 PM PST by BuffaloJack ("Security does not exist in nature. Everything has risk." Henry Savage)
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To: Mariner

Just in time before the Chinese New Year this Saturday.


4 posted on 01/22/2020 12:12:58 PM PST by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENTLY)
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To: Mariner

The cat is already on a jet airplane flying all over the globe.


5 posted on 01/22/2020 12:13:44 PM PST by Pelham (RIP California, killed by massive immigration)
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To: Mariner

How dangerous is this virus? wow


6 posted on 01/22/2020 12:14:00 PM PST by DEPcom
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To: Mariner

The horses are gone, better lock the barn door.


7 posted on 01/22/2020 12:14:25 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Mariner

China is dirty and polluted... a lot of raw meat & seafood consumption...they need to stop eating cats & dogs over there.


8 posted on 01/22/2020 12:15:19 PM PST by sheehan (DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS.)
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“17 deaths and has sickened over 500 others.”

City of 20 million.

Hyped up scare, always appears with regularity.


9 posted on 01/22/2020 12:15:24 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Do you really need the answer to that?


10 posted on 01/22/2020 12:18:10 PM PST by miliantnutcase
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Western countries separate the animal pen (feces and earth and all other body fluids), from slaughter. And further separates slaughter from market consumers.

And the people involved in each process rarely have contact. And there are fairly strict regimes and record keeping along the way, along with spot inspections for verification.

In China it’s all mixed together in the same place and there are no inspection, and fewer rules.

China is the perfect soup for zoonotic viral evolution and refinement.

None better could be designed by the best scientists.


11 posted on 01/22/2020 12:18:57 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: ifinnegan

UK experts estimate 10,000 are infected, a doubling of 3 days ago.

Currently the virus is killing about 2% of those infected.

Do the math.


12 posted on 01/22/2020 12:20:54 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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Do you really need the answer to that?

Forgive me(?)

13 posted on 01/22/2020 12:23:25 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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Terrible. And while I know diseases like Ebola originate in Congo and whatnot...but I don’t seem to hear the same about other countries, even 3rd world ones...


14 posted on 01/22/2020 12:25:07 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I could think of lots of factors, lack of basic sewer, sanitation and overcrowding.


15 posted on 01/22/2020 12:26:40 PM PST by miliantnutcase
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

why do these weird sars or whatever-like viruses originate in china?

= = =

1. Take the population of the United States and quadruple it.
2. Take all those people and cram them all in to the east of the Mississippi River.
3. Fertilize your food with human waste
4. Put the more liberal elements of the New York State legislature in charge of the government.
5. Eliminate food standards and replace them with quotas


16 posted on 01/22/2020 12:26:48 PM PST by kidd
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To: miliantnutcase

Yeah I understand, but i thought China was more developed than that and other than African countries I don’t hear of disease outbreaks *originating* in other poor or poor-ish countries?


17 posted on 01/22/2020 12:27:35 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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“UK experts estimate 10,000 are infected, a doubling of 3 days ago.
Currently the virus is killing about 2% of those infected.
Do the math.”

So, about 200 people. Chump change in terms of China. They shoot that many political prisoners before 10:00.


18 posted on 01/22/2020 12:27:45 PM PST by setter
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3. Fertilize your food with human waste

???! oh my.

Well I'm sure diseases like this must be rampant in places like India then but I just don't hear about India as a place where global outbreaks are born.

19 posted on 01/22/2020 12:30:15 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: setter

The big issue is the rate of transmission and ease of transmission even though 2% is only about the same fatality rate of the Spanish Flu of 1918.


20 posted on 01/22/2020 12:31:40 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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