Emergence of a Deadly Coronavirus

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A rise in domestic violence is a given.

The person living across from my bio mom was just hauled off to the hospital.He’d been coughing,now they are told they have a positive case in the apartment.He is the only one missing.She has diabetes and numerous open heart surgeries.
On the positive side she said she never liked him and cussed him because his dog was mangy.So I doubt they had close contact.

@eikonobridge and @skunk

Not that it really matters but what I posted was based on the current stance taken by both the Australian and UK governments.

Tiger at Bronx Zoo in New York City tests positive for COVID-19

Mainland China reported 39 new coronavirus cases as of Sunday, up from 30 a day earlier, and the number of asymptomatic cases also surged, as Beijing continued to struggle to extinguish the outbreak despite drastic containment efforts.

The National Health Commission said in a statement on Monday that 78 new asymptomatic cases had been identified as of the end of the day on Sunday, compared with 47 the day before.

Imported cases and asymptomatic patients, who have the virus and can give it to others but show no symptoms, have become China's chief concern in recent weeks after draconian containment measures succeeded in slashing the infection rate.

Of the new cases showing symptoms, 38 were people who had entered China from abroad, compared with 25 a day earlier. One new locally transmitted infection was reported, in the southern province of Guangdong, down from five a day earlier in the same province.

The new locally transmitted case, in the city of Shenzhen, was a person who had travelled from Hubei province, the original epicentre of the outbreak, Guangdong provincial authorities said.

The Guangdong health commission raised the risk level for a total of four districts in the cities of Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Jieyang from low to medium late on Sunday.

The country has closed off its borders to foreigners as the virus spreads globally, though most imported cases involve Chinese nationals returning from overseas.

Source: China sees rises in new coronavirus cases, asymptomatic patients

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About 1.6 million Chinese students were studying abroad when the coronavirus struck, and 1.4 million of them are still there, according to official figures. The largest single group of students was in the United States, it said, totaling about 400,000.

The government fears returnees who have been studying abroad could worsen the outbreak. But leaving them hanging risks making the authorities look like they can’t protect people.

For many people in China, the images from New York and other American cities look like a replay of Wuhan, the Chinese city where outbreak emerged. Their children, they fear, will be set adrift.

The coronavirus outbreak has stranded more than one million Chinese students in empty dormitories and fearful towns and cities around the world. Many of those overseas students want to flee back to China, where official numbers suggest that the authorities have made progress in containing the pandemic. Fear, politics and the competing priorities of the Chinese government stand in the way.

Virtually all flights to and from China have been canceled as Beijing tries to keep infected travelers from reigniting the contagion there. Remaining seats are breathtakingly expensive. For students trapped in the United States, their families worry that tense relations between Beijing and Washington will hinder Chinese-run evacuation efforts.

Source: Coronavirus Strands China’s Students, in a Dilemma for Beijing

I think when it comes to masks it's six of one and a half dozen of the other. People already wear face masks in the winter to keep warm. Especially those on bicycles and motorcycles. I don't think they are really going to harm or protect the wearer all that much. I think for a lot of people wearing a mask equals having control over the virus.

If it turns out that Trump was right in touting Hydroxychloroquine, there are going to be a lot of red-faced democrats.

How’s the saying go...
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile.

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