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2013-06-22 Arabia

WHO calls emergency meeting to respond to coronavirus outbreak

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Posted by Steve White 2013-06-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 WHO calls emergency meeting:

The sky is falling ----oooooooohhhh !

Global Warming ------ oooooooohhhh !

My dog has fleas ------ oooooooohhhh !

This one turns out to be serious. Sometimes the WHO gets it right.

AoS

Posted by Shomp Glert7500 2013-06-22 00:44|| 2013-06-22 00:44|| Front Page Top

#2 The key question is how long before an infected person becomes infectious?

Posted by phil_b 2013-06-22 01:48|| 2013-06-22 01:48|| Front Page Top

#3 The team was alarmed to find MERS only spread within hospitals, even though some hospital patients were not close to the infected person.

Some lunatic with a syringe?

Posted by Harry the Rasher1329 2013-06-22 09:45|| 2013-06-22 09:45|| Front Page Top

#4 Hmmm. Does anybody in the saudi hospital system actually wash their hands, or is that unislamic? We know they won't use hand sanitizer since it contains alcohol.

Posted by Barbara 2013-06-22 10:15|| 2013-06-22 10:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Who gets it right?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-06-22 10:17|| 2013-06-22 10:17|| Front Page Top

#6 Everyone is very aware of the fact that Ramadan begins next month and that there will be a large, large movement of people in a small crowded spaces

Dralm moves in mysterious ways.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-06-22 10:33|| 2013-06-22 10:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Who gets it right?

What gets it second.

As for Prepare for the Saoodi medical system to be modestly over-stressed this Ramadan..., as long as the medical system wears a burka and only goes out in the company of a male relative...

Posted by SteveS 2013-06-22 11:48|| 2013-06-22 11:48|| Front Page Top

#8 Nothing a good milk and camel urine won't cure.

Posted by swksvolFF 2013-06-22 12:26|| 2013-06-22 12:26|| Front Page Top

#9 Barbara, of course washing is Islamic, but sand can sometimes be used as a substitute for water.

Posted by James 2013-06-22 16:23|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com 2013-06-22 16:23|| Front Page Top

#10 Airborne, Harry. Correlate airflow ductwork venting with carrier and new infections.

Posted by Skidmark 2013-06-22 17:27|| 2013-06-22 17:27|| Front Page Top

#11 What gets it second.

Slowly I turned....

Posted by Shipman 2013-06-22 17:50|| 2013-06-22 17:50|| Front Page Top

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