Emergence of a Deadly Coronavirus

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Hey, Trump told them it would work. It couldn't have been that Trump didn't know what he was talking about, could it? Trump is a very stable genius after all, the MOST STABLE GENIUS IN THE WORLD!



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I think either panic or ignoring is wrong right now. The polarisation between the two seems especially unhealthy.

My family of three has been constantly sick since last December. My six year old has been coughing for weeks. Sometimes constantly, all day. He’s been treated several times for different things but he keeps coughing anyway. The last time they said he has walking pneumonia. We’re taking him back in this morning. I just don’t know what to do.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued an executive order mandating a 14-day self-quarantine or isolation period for travelers coming to Florida from airports in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The order marks the first large-scale attempt by a state to impose a self-quarantine period for domestic travelers and underscores the expansive measures elected officials are attempting -- and willing -- to enact as the outbreak spreads. The move raises questions about how the state of Florida could enforce such an order and whether it will be a constitutional issue because the federal government regulates interstate business, such as air travel.
"I hereby direct all persons whose point of departure originates from outside the State of Florida in an area with substantial community spread, to include the New York Tri-State Area (Connecticut, New Jersey and New York), and entering the State of Florida through airports to isolate or quarantine for a period of 14 days from the time of entry into the State of Florida or the duration of the person's presence in the State of Florida, whichever is shorter," the executive order says.

Explaining the move at a press conference Monday, DeSantis, a Republican, said, "Today there's over 190 direct flights from the New York City area to the state of Florida, and I would reckon, given the outbreak there, that every single flight has somebody on it who's positive for Covid-19," DeSantis, a Republican, said at a press conference Monday explaining the order.

He said travelers will be met on board planes by local or state law enforcement, as well as personnel from the Florida Department of Health, adding that passengers going to stay with family in Florida would not be exempt from the executive order.

"They'll have to meet on the flight, there will be some information taken, and I think they're going to do temperature checks, and they're going to be told you have to self-quarantine," DeSantis said.
The order states that violating "any isolation or quarantine directed by the Department of Health" is a second degree misdemeanor that could carry jail time, a fine or both.

While DeSantis has been active on some coronavirus measures in Florida, he's faced harsh criticism for avoiding a statewide mandate to close beaches, instead showing deference to local municipalities to make that decision.
The governor "doesn't want to be responsible if anything goes wrong," said a top Republican operative in the state, adding that DeSantis "is just kind of a step or two behind everyone. He is not being proactive, he is not being as public."

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will have to wait. Japan and the International Olympic Committee agreed on Tuesday to push the games to 2021. The decision came after multiple conversations between Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and IOC president Thomas Bach. This marks only the fourth time in the history of the modern Olympics (which dates back to 1896), that the Games are being postponed. The three other times the games had to be pushed back were due to World War I and World War II.

"In the present circumstances and based on the information provided by the WHO today, the IOC President and the Prime Minister of Japan have concluded that the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021, to safeguard the health of the athletes, everybody involved in the Olympic Games and the international community," a joint statement from Bach and Prime Minister Abe read.
It was the hope that the Olympics could still be held as a distraction for what is going on in the world in terms of the COVID-19 outbreak. However, it was decided that the health of everyone involved was paramount.

"The leaders agreed that the Olympic Games in Tokyo could stand as a beacon of hope to the world during these troubled times and that the Olympic flame could become the light at the end of the tunnel in which the world finds itself at present," Bach and Abe added. "Therefore, it was agreed that the Olympic flame will stay in Japan. It was also agreed that the Games will keep the name Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020."

The solution lies in community spread. If you kill off the coronavirus throughout the rest of the world, those with autoimmune disorders will never get this coronavirus because it is not resident in the community.

This is going to be for a while. The tri-State area is the hotbed for COVID-19.