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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Coronavirus Roundup: Head of Port Authority Rick Cotton has coronavirus
2020-03-10

[NYPOST] The head of the Port Authority ‐ who has been visiting local airports and other transit facilities ‐ has the coronavirus, Gov. Cuomo said Monday. Cuomo said he himself "could have been in contact" with infected PA Executive Director Rick Cotton but hasn’t been tested because he’s an "improbable positive," meaning he isn’t likely to have the virus.
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Father, sister of coronavirus patient violate self-quarantine to attend school event
[NYPOST] The father and sister of a 20-year-old woman presumed to be the first person in Missouri to have the coronavirus disregarded a quarantine and went to a school function, according to reports.

The St. Louis County woman returned from Italy on March 2, arriving in Chicago and then taking an Amtrak train to St. Louis two days later after staying with a friend, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The woman, who had been studying abroad, called local health authorities when she started to feel ill, then stayed at home and did not have any contact with anyone before being instructed to be tested at a hospital, the news outlet reported.

Dr. Randall Williams, head of the state Department of Health and Senior Services, said he received a phone call about the positive test result at 1 p.m. Saturday, KMOV reported.



Disneyland Paris worker tests positive for coronavirus, park remains open
[NYPOST]

I heard on the teevee that all of Italia is now under quarantine.

De Blasio says a citywide quarantine a ’possibility’ - as are limited school closures
[NYPOST]


Gov. Inslee weighs mandatory measures as coronavirus outbreak continues
[MYNORTHWEST]

It seems to be ignoring kids under twelve, and to be particulaarly hard on over-60, especially with high blood pressure.


Posted by:Fred

#3  >No mention, as far as I scrolled down, of the per capita number of Third World migrants who lack the usual inoculations, and where they are clustered.

That would be why the MSM seems incurious as to why Italy has been hit so hard.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2020-03-10 06:57  

#2  Bubba Guelph6895, note this from your Twitter thread:

haresfur
@haresfur
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Replying to
@jasonvanschoor
My heart goes out to the people there, especially the health workers.

Does anyone have any idea why the death rate in Italy appears to be around 5% while it is around 1-2% in the rest of the world, according to the Johns-Hopkins website?
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Kara
@Eurocitizen8
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We have a higher than average aged population here in Italy , many many elderly .

There is also a comment about a relatively low number per capita of ICUs (I assume that means intensive care units) in all of Italy. No mention, as far as I scrolled down, of the per capita number of Third World migrants who lack the usual inoculations, and where they are clustered.
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-03-10 03:57  

#1  I'd be grateful for any informed assessment (a ferocious, convincing dismissal would be nice ;-)) of the disconcerting twitter thread (from one Jason van Schoor, quoting a friend) linked below, mentioned in #27 of this freerepublic.com post. Intro follows:
From a well respected friend and intensivist/A&E consultant who is currently in northern Italy: 1/ ‘I feel the pressure to give you a quick personal update about what is happening in Italy, and also give some quick direct advice about what you should do.
3:27 PM - 9 Mar 2020

Posted by: Bubba Guelph6895   2020-03-10 02:31  

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