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Sounds like an ineffective way to do things. They should stop travel completely if they are concerned. Letting in half the number of people 2 days from now will just hurt the economy and will not prevent or even slow down the spread.
Giving everyone a 48 hour head's up about changes in travel is very considerate. People who fear they may have been infected and may need hospital care should head to Hong Kong right away to ensure care in a non-crowded hospital.
I'm surprised that people see space-suit images like this, and claim that the virus is just another virus like any other virus.
Interesting. Canada is quietly working hard to develop a vaccine and sharing their progress worldwide, Canada developed AI software after SARS and sounded the alarm about this epidemic before the USA, yet the USA is making odd noises about not being allowed to go to China to do something about the virus.
From your link:
"The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had gotten the word out a few days earlier, on January 6. But a Canadian health monitoring platform had beaten them both to the punch, sending word of the outbreak to its customers on December 31."
But worries surround the Chinese lab, too. The SARS virus has escaped from high-level containment facilities in Beijing multiple times, notes Richard Ebright, a molecular biologist at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. Tim Trevan, founder of CHROME Biosafety and Biosecurity Consulting in Damascus, Maryland, says that an open culture is important to keeping BSL-4 labs safe, and he questions how easy this will be in China, where society emphasizes hierarchy. “Diversity of viewpoint, flat structures where everyone feels free to speak up and openness of information are important,” he says.
There have been accidental outbreaks of SARS related to labs. There was one in Singapore that resulted in one infection (in a medical student) and one in China that involved eight people.
Why on earth would there be deliberate release of a bioweapon for which there is no defense in your own country?
While I would rather not catch this virus, as a bioweapon it doesn't seem all THAT potent. I don't think we are looking at a "The Stand" type scenario here.
This is absurd and quite a stretch. Being vaccinated for the flu or whatever else won’t provide any protection at all from this coronavirus.
I think that it’s best to remember that we have immune systems. If this virus hits the US in large numbers the best thing a person can do is wash your hands, take care of your body, eat healthy foods, support your immune system and don’t stress.
It doesn’t even provide you protection from the flu. They are now saying that this year is another “mismatch.”
I heard Japanese airline was delayed many hours after tourist from Wuhan were need taking antipyretics and the other passengers wouldn’t get on the plane.
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