It is to enforce the quarantine. They would not have to be deployed if people weren't stupid enough to leave quarantine
All exercises are cancelled yes. And we are always working with ROK. I am part of the only Combined Division in the Army.
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China Wuhan Virus Pandemic
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It is to enforce the quarantine. They would not have to be deployed if people weren't stupid enough to leave quarantine
Well, it finally happened. Schools and the University in Malta were closed today after a new spate of cases were found, some of which hadn't self quarantined. I guess Corona chan's late birthday present finally arrived.
Duke Nukem
Hail to the king baby
So. There's doubt about the flu not being as bad as Corona since an official said COVID-19 is 10x more lethal
Arch Dornan
Oh, lovely. They've sent me a mo-ron.
Sounds fun it's only war games with the ROK and no one else?
Arch Dornan
Oh, lovely. They've sent me a mo-ron.
Trudeau's wife is in diagnosis.
Oh la la.
Shipmaster Sane
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That's just generally something you should do
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The stories of dogs contaminating people may come from dogs physically carrying contaminants on their fur.
Spktr Alpha
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Blame China for the initial response to COVID-19. Trump though still has to be accounted for his actions or lack thereof.
foreignpolicy.com
www.businessinsider.com
The National Security Council had a unit to handle global health security which he had shutdown in 2018.
Also around that time period the CDC was underfunded enough that it had to cut down on operations in other countries.
www.theatlantic.com
In the same year he had withdrawn money set aside for Ebola, money intentionally left to help nip future outbreaks in the bud.
www.theatlantic.com
www.whitehouse.gov
His administration is also still planning to go ahead with cutting the funding for the CDC as well as an emergency fund for infectious disease.
thehill.com
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Trump Has Sabotaged America’s Coronavirus Response
As it improvises its way through a public health crisis, the United States has never been less prepared for a pandemic.
foreignpolicy.com
Trump spent the past 2 years slashing the government agencies responsible for handling the coronavirus outbreak
The Trump administration has spent the past several years gutting the government programs responsible for combatting a global health crisis.
www.businessinsider.com
The National Security Council had a unit to handle global health security which he had shutdown in 2018.
Also around that time period the CDC was underfunded enough that it had to cut down on operations in other countries.
The CDC Is About to Fall Off a Funding Cliff
It's already planning to pull back on work that protects the world from pandemics.
www.theatlantic.com
In the same year he had withdrawn money set aside for Ebola, money intentionally left to help nip future outbreaks in the bud.
Ebola Returns Just as Trump Asks to Rescind Ebola Funds
Fortunately, the new outbreak is happening in the DRC, a country well versed in fighting the dreaded virus.
www.theatlantic.com
President Donald J. Trump is Protecting American Taxpayer Dollars | The White House
President Trump is requesting that Congress rescind billions of dollars in excessive spending.
His administration is also still planning to go ahead with cutting the funding for the CDC as well as an emergency fund for infectious disease.
Trump budget chief holds firm on CDC cuts amid virus outbreak
Russ Vought, the acting director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, on Tuesday doubled down on proposed cuts to health services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), despite the coronavirus outbreak.
Spktr Alpha
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That is what happens when you have no plan. All I see from Trump's people is that they are improvising when they shouldn't have to be in the first place.
Confirmed Cases inside of China - 80,981 (26 new)
Confirmed deaths inside of China - 3,173 (11 new)
Confirmed cases outside of China - 44,067 (6,703 new)
Confirmed deaths outside of China - 1,440 (310 new)
Mortality rates remain constant within a narrowing band, in addition average age of death outside of China has ticked upwards slightly once more (although still well within margin of error). As a note, in the United States, the last time a medical emergency was declared of this nature was for H1N1, after over a million cases in the US and over a thousand deaths. Projections at the time for H1N1 were just as catastrophic and panicked from the 'experts' as they are now for COVID-19.
In addition, the House is holding up negotiations on a COVID-19 response package due to Speaker Pelosi demanding that it include direct funding for abortions in contravention of the Hyde Amendment. How funding abortions is related to COVID-19 is well beyond me. This shows just how seriously officialdom is actually taking COVID-19. Ignore what they say, watch what they *do*.
Confirmed deaths inside of China - 3,173 (11 new)
Confirmed cases outside of China - 44,067 (6,703 new)
Confirmed deaths outside of China - 1,440 (310 new)
Mortality rates remain constant within a narrowing band, in addition average age of death outside of China has ticked upwards slightly once more (although still well within margin of error). As a note, in the United States, the last time a medical emergency was declared of this nature was for H1N1, after over a million cases in the US and over a thousand deaths. Projections at the time for H1N1 were just as catastrophic and panicked from the 'experts' as they are now for COVID-19.
In addition, the House is holding up negotiations on a COVID-19 response package due to Speaker Pelosi demanding that it include direct funding for abortions in contravention of the Hyde Amendment. How funding abortions is related to COVID-19 is well beyond me. This shows just how seriously officialdom is actually taking COVID-19. Ignore what they say, watch what they *do*.
The CDC and FDA actually got in the way of private actors trying to give out working tests.
On top of this, Trump's economic stimulus is a dumb idea. Really dumb. Think 1970's economic policy dumb. Basically, we have a supply shortage in that there is nothing to buy. In addition, absence of money in peoples pockets is not what is stopping purchases, but being scared of going outside. A stimulus cannot help with either of these things. Instead, it will just up the deficit and also can increase inflation. Fortunately, a supply side shortage will solve itself given time. Once the Coronavirus passes, the economy should undergo a V-shaped recovery, basically bouncing backs as people make purchases they have delayed.
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I will note that the million cases and over 1k deaths *in the US alone* was BEFORE Obama declared a state of emergency. At the time, according to many of the 'experts' who are opining now about about COVID-19, H1N1 was going to be the end of civilization as we know it unless drastic efforts were made and PANIC PANIC PANIC.
Nope, not even that. Businesses will naturally do this as there is demand for such a good, making them more profitable. And that's the invisible hand at work. If the FDA could get out of the way of private actors, though, that would help.
Doomsought
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My workplace is having each of their departments to a trial run of having everyone teleworker, so I get to work from home tomorrow. However my department rents office space in a building that also houses a hotel and is connected by sky-walk to the mall and convention center, so I'm just assuming I'm going to get infected if I haven't already.
They were willing to sabotage American foreign relations in order to attack Trump, so I don't think it is beyond them to consider either getting in abortion money or making Trump look bad of the bodies of American citizens to be a Win-win.
And with H1N1 the Chicom government got massive internal and external criticism over *not* shutting things down and a lack of a strong response, to the point that they were embarrassed and lost face.
If demand does collapse before the company can get the products to market, then the subsidy to get them to do it was a really bad idea, as now these companies are screwed. I really think letting individual companies decide what to do would be the optimal solution. Maybe just stop the price controls, so that there won't be a supply shortage/demand longage.
Spktr Alpha
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That is par the course. Both Rs and Ds have tried to sandwich in their little amendments to things. I remember in the Obama-era how they seemed so obsessed with demanding Obamacare be repealed every damn shutdown.
That said:
Senate Republicans poised to reject House coronavirus relief bill
Senate Republicans say they will not be rushed into accepting a House Democratic bill to provide paid sick leave and a variety of other safety-net aid to people affected by the coronavirus.“I don’t…
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The bill also includes items to provide cash for Food Banks, paid emergency sick days, and assistance to low-income pregnant mothers and the elderly. Which would help to alleviate some financial issues.
Good, the whole bill is crap. I kinda hope the whole thing just dies.That is par the course. Both Rs and Ds have tried to sandwich in their little amendments to things. I remember in the Obama-era how they seemed so obsessed with demanding Obamacare be repealed every damn shutdown.
That said:
Senate Republicans poised to reject House coronavirus relief bill
Senate Republicans say they will not be rushed into accepting a House Democratic bill to provide paid sick leave and a variety of other safety-net aid to people affected by the coronavirus.“I don’t…
The bill also includes items to provide cash for Food Banks, paid emergency sick days, and assistance to low-income pregnant mothers and the elderly. Which would help to alleviate some financial issues.