Emergence of a Deadly Coronavirus

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You do realise there are sociopathic kids, the type that start bushfires, who would actually want to infect older people, right?
I remember a recent video of a French guy (I think he was French), on a train or bus who took off his mask, wet his fingers, and spread the saliva on the steadying pole.

Don't give the little buggers any ideas.

How to keep safe: stay the **** away from anyone under 35. Or quarantine everyone under 35.

Not in Texas. They're illegal.

Don't tell me.
*Trump* made them illegal, right?
Bloody, no fun conservatives.

I’m sure he fully stocked his own private collection before banning them.
That’s true conservatism

Tom Hanks and wife are reportedly doing well in isolation and are recovering well.

The total number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus worldwide has now surpassed 200,000, according to Johns Hopkins University, while the death toll has topped 8,000.

The Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering's online tally showed 201,436 cumulative cases by 11:13 GMT (7:13 a.m. EST) on Tuesday, with 82,032 listed as recovered.

It also recorded 8,006 deaths.

The countries with the most confirmed cases were China, Italy, Iran, Spain and Germany. At least 81,102 people in China, 31,506 people in Italy, 16,169 people in Iran, 13,716 in Spain and 9,877 people in Germany were infected.

The countries with the most confirmed deaths were China, Italy, Iran, Spain and France. At least 3,122 people died in China, compared to the 2,503 deaths in Italy, 988 deaths in Iran, 558 deaths in Spain and 148 deaths in France.

Last week, the World Health Origanization declared Europe the new epicenter of the global pandemic of the coronavirus, which originated in the city of Wuhan in China's Hubei province.

The European Union announced Tuesday it was sealing its borders for its 26 member states as well as as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, banning travel from the bloc for 30 days, the BBC reported. That came the same day France announced a nationwide lockdown, following suit from countries like Italy and Spain, as part of an effort to curb the spread of infection.

Italy entered its second week of a natiowide lockdown by implementing new measures Tuesday that require Italians to fill out a police-issued self-declaration form before going outside. Residents must state who they are, where they intend to go, and for what reason. The form also requires residents disclose that they have not tested positive for COVID-19 and are not currently taking part in a 14-day quarantine.

Though the number of cases remains high, Italy on Tuesday recorded its slowest daily increase rate in the number of those infected since the first cases were first reported in the country on February 21, UK's The Telegraph reported.

An expert from the government's scientific committee, Franco Locatelli, said the slow in contgion rate over the past few days suggests that the lockdown measures are working.

Maybe that will convince people some that covid-19 doesn't equal instant death.

The U.S.-Canada border — the longest undefended border in the world — will shut down "by mutual consent," President Trump said on Wednesday, the latest in a long series of actions aimed at reducing the spread of the coronavirus.

The pandemic has shut down travel around the world. Trump made his announcement on Twitter. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had not yet made the same announcement, and details were not available.

Trump said he would have a news conference on Wednesday about "some very important news" from the Food and Drug Administration about the coronavirus — a pandemic he is increasingly referring to as "the Chinese Virus."

Details about the announcement were not immediately available. The White House scheduled a briefing to provide an update on its response at 11:30 a.m. ET

Trump has pivoted to using the term "Chinese virus" to describe the pandemic in tweets and statements. For example, on Tuesday, he used the term in a meeting with CEOs from the hotel industry — a sector ravaged by the pandemic.

Donald J. Trump
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For the people that are now out of work because of the important and necessary containment policies, for instance the shutting down of hotels, bars and restaurants, money will soon be coming to you. The onslaught of the Chinese Virus is not your fault! Will be stronger than ever!

Asked on Tuesday whether he would continue using the term "Chinese virus," Trump rejected criticism that he was creating a stigma and said he was hitting back at China for statements about the U.S. military.

"China was putting out information, which was false, that our military gave this to them. That was false. And rather than having an argument, I said I have to call it where it came from — it did come from China. So I think it's a very accurate term," he said.

Trump also is scheduled to talk to doctors, nurses and business executives on Wednesday about how his administration is responding to the coronavirus pandemic that continues to spread across the country, paralyzing the economy.

The White House is scrambling to help states and cities ramp up testing sites and bolster hospitals expecting to see a surge in patients with the respiratory illness caused by the virus. The task force leading the response plans to meet on Wednesday with academic experts who have modeled the spread of the disease. Trump will hold calls with a group of physicians and a group of nurses.

Separately, Trump will talk to airline CEOs, the second time this month he has talked to an industry that has seen its traffic grind to a halt as people stay home. The industry says the pandemic has had a more deleterious effect on business than the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and has sought a government bailout.

"We don't want airlines going out of business. We don't want people losing their jobs," Trump said at a press conference on Tuesday. "We're going big."

Trump also was set to join a conference call with the Business Roundtable, CEOs from the country's largest companies.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration is asking Congress for $45.8 billion in emergency money that includes resources for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, funding for states' public health needs, and research resources at the National Institutes of Health. The request comes as the Senate is expected to vote Wednesday on a separate House-approved package that provides economic relief to those affected and resources for testing.

The White House is also pitching Congress on an economic rescue package worth about $1 trillion. That's 45 percent more than federal defense spending in 2019, and would eclipse the former Obama administration's 2009 stimulus package of $787 billion.