OT Coronavirus: America in chaos, News and Updates. One million Americans dead and counting

I also cancelled my travel plans to Austin later this week.

 

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762689

Taiwan is 81 miles off the coast of mainland China and was expected to have the second highest number of cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to its proximity to and number of flights between China.1 The country has 23 million citizens of which 850 000 reside in and 404 000 work in China.2,3 In 2019, 2.71 million visitors from the mainland traveled to Taiwan.4 As such, Taiwan has been on constant alert and ready to act on epidemics arising from China ever since the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic in 2003. Given the continual spread of COVID-19 around the world, understanding the action items that were implemented quickly in Taiwan and assessing the effectiveness of these actions in preventing a large-scale epidemic may be instructive for other countries..........

.......On December 31, 2019, when the World Health Organization was notified of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan, China, Taiwanese officials began to board planes and assess passengers on direct flights from Wuhan for fever and pneumonia symptoms before passengers could deplane. As early as January 5, 2020, notification was expanded to include any individual who had traveled to Wuhan in the past 14 days and had a fever or symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection at the point of entry; suspected cases were screened for 26 viruses including SARS and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). Passengers displaying symptoms of fever and coughing were quarantined at home and assessed whether medical attention at a hospital was necessary. On January 20, while sporadic cases were reported from China, the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) officially activated the CECC for severe special infectious pneumonia under NHCC, with the minister of health and welfare as the designated commander. The CECC coordinated efforts by various ministries, including the ministries of transportation, economics, labor, and education and the Environmental Protection Administration, among others, in a comprehensive effort to counteract the emerging public health crisis........

......Taiwan’s government learned from its 2003 SARS experience and established a public health response mechanism for enabling rapid actions for the next crisis. Well-trained and experienced teams of officials were quick to recognize the crisis and activated emergency management structures to address the emerging outbreak.

In a crisis, governments often make difficult decisions under uncertainty and time constraints. These decisions must be both culturally appropriate and sensitive to the population. Through early recognition of the crisis, daily briefings to the public, and simple health messaging, the government was able to reassure the public by delivering timely, accurate, and transparent information regarding the evolving epidemic. Taiwan is an example of how a society can respond quickly to a crisis and protect the interests of its citizens.

 

Too bad US government didn't take this as seriously as Taiwan did.

 

Well if I lived next door to China I sure would, as well. Obviously, Taiwan learned from being their neighbor. Good on them.

 

If only the previous administration tried to prepare the incoming one for this issue...

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/16/trump-inauguration-warning-scenario-pandemic-132797

 

WTF does that have to do with Trump dropping the ball?

 

Really good point. Continuity is very key in this scenario.

 

Nothing to do with you, that's for sure.

 

lol...don't you ever get tired of being wrong?...n/m, no need to answer really.

 

How are they going to handle Homeless City within the County?

 

And for anyone who advocates for bigger government is naive.

 

Waiting for people in here to start trash talking the Italian government for how hard their country got hit by coronavirus.

Oh wait, I forgot that’s not how it works.

Orange man bad.

 

Either hotels or temporary shelters.

Im thinking that's why they are closing vegas casinos and hotels....

 

If the police are already occupied with handling the normal everyday shit that goes on there, who the hell is going to be handing out tickets for COVID19 violation jail time/fines ? ...unreal.

 

They’re not, like usual. There’s no money to be made off of the homeless. They will only write fines to those with shitty jobs struggling to keep a roof over their head. You cant garnish a homeless person, they don’t have bank accounts.

 

Yeah, that oughtta curb the spread of the virus. [sarcasm]

 

You're rather insidious. Thanks for playing.

Oh, wait! You're blatant as all get-out! LOL

 

I think they will forcibly lockdown quarantined individuals.

Its gonna get ugly.