U.S. takes steps to prepare for pandemic

NBC ^ | Feb. 21, 2020 | Erika Edwards

[gandalftb]

As global concerns over the coronavirus outbreak grow, the U.S. is taking steps to prepare for the possibility of a pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. ........... "We are reviewing all of our pandemic preparedness materials and adapting them to COVID-19," Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said Friday during a media briefing ................... "The materials will serve as a blueprint for the community interventions that we will use here in the U.S." ................ "That means ................."making sure health care workers have enough supplies"

[gandalftb]

Enough supplies? ........... Yesterday I was at FedEx dropping off. There was a lady shipping off 25 double-box cases of 1,000 "Procedure masks", that is, medical face masks. ........... Curious, I asked where they were going. She said "Back to China." She explained that she was collecting face masks from "all over town" and shipping them back to China. ............ I asked what our hospitals would be doing for face masks. She said that the hospitals and clinics in the area were "asked" to send back all their inventory except for a 6 months supply. ............ She said that she had already made 4 trips to FedEx that day and as I left FedEx after some time I saw her arrive with another load. The clerk at FedEx said their trucks were all busy making pick ups of masks. ............... Hmm...... Who "asked" our medical businesses to give up their supplies? With such urgency? ............ Is this happening all over the US? ............. If the bug spreads here, will our remaining "6 month" supply be enough? ........... I don't trust the CDC statement.

[blam]

Trump Furious Americans Infected With Coronavirus Flew Back To US Without His Permission: Report

[gandalftb]

If my small town shipped back to China over 150,000 masks, what is happening all over the US?

[Eleutheria5]

Yuh. Trump is always furious about something, and the fake news is the first to know./s

[lasereye]

In South Korea, officials said cities were facing an "unprecedented crisis" as the number of cases doubled in a single day, rising to more than 200. Many of the infections diagnosed in Korea are linked to a single church service, said officials who urged residents to stay indoors as much as possible.

If more cases start popping up here, this makes me think I shouldn't go to church until this has run its course. For now I'll continue to go.

[janetjanet998]

here is todays live thread

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3818597/posts?q=1&;page=1

for all you “what about the flu types” I suggest you start reading up..starting wit the 3 week old threads

[gandalftb]

From my tiny little corner of the world, this looks very disturbing.

[janetjanet998]

by the way..the CDC has only testing 414 people so far

they want to test many more but many of our test kits are defective

[Lurker]

“but many of our test kits are defective”

Made in China?

L

[janetjanet998]

Made in China?

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That is what I don’t understand..no other country seems to have defective test kits..

[Menehune56]

It’s almost like there’s a covert nternational effort to create a pandemic die-off of the the human species starting with urbanized areas.

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3818531/posts

[Black Agnes]

Because it’s supposed to become an epidemic in the US.

How else to mandate the vaccine?

(cui bono...)

[gandalftb]

Clearly what I saw yesterday doesn’t jive with what the government and media are saying.

[Black Agnes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG3WkiL0d_U&feature=youtu.be

Watch that video, starting at 6:00 in particular. Yes, it’s madonna...persevere. It’s an ‘elite’ telling you exactly what they’ve got planned...

What’s that on her head? What’s another word for that(the spanish word)? Who won’t be coming to the future? (those lyrics alone are absolutely chilling even w/o the satanic skit on stage)

[janetjanet998]

It’s almost like there’s a covert nternational effort to create a pandemic die-off of the the human species starting with urbanized areas.

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oops...

Japans let 21 people off that cruise ship without even being tested

doesn’t matter anyway..some that tested negative on the ship and released are now positive

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Ring around the rosie,
pockets full of posies...
upstairs, down stairs...
all fall down!!!

[goldstategop]

Amy Cross’s Mass Extinction Event thriller comes to mind.

Flesh-eating zombies haven’t emerged.... yet.

[Vaquero]

Don’t pop that bubble wrap. It was made in China

[null and void]

'bout time.

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.

[PIF]

from another thread post:

U.S. Marines and Navy Prepare to Execute Pandemic Plan
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“On Feb. 1, 2020, an executive order was issued by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), including the Joint Chiefs of Staff, directing the U.S. Northern Command to implement the DoD’s Global Campaign Plan for Pandemic and Infectious Diseases.

“On Feb. 12, 2020, orders were sent to the U.S. Marine Corps and Navy directing “geographic combatant commanders to execute their pandemic plans in response to the NCOV outbreak.” The U.S. Marine Corps directive told combat commanders to “review, update and validate existing disease containment plans and policies in order to implement procedures for response, isolation, quarantine, restriction of movement and community-based intervention” and to “become familiar with authority to declare a public health emergency, restrict movement, quarantine and isolate [and[ coordinate with Federal, State, local, and military treatment facilities and public health emergency officials...” The U.S. Navy directive stated, “DoD will continue to follow CDC guidance and comply with local public health authorities during this outbreak.”