I don’t think the senders lick the sticky tape used to seal the boxes that come from China! I would not worry about packages any more than I would worry about other non-licked objects. Plus, the travel time is much longer for those packages than less than a day it can take for our local mail to reach the destination.
( OTOH, an academic researcher can have a field day with those licked envelopes in WA - DNA samples of known origin and even political party affiliation There is a reason I don’t lick envelopes. )
The economy crashes every 15 years, its just how our economy works, it breaks down and we rebuild it, it has nothing to do with the corona virus.
And, the corona virus is not spreading that fast, if only 10 people are getting it per day in New york, than it is barely spreading. Corona is not a big deal.
I guess you haven’t read the dozens and dozens of threads on lack of testing in the US. The stock market has been affected because of the economic ramifications of the virus.
From other posts, it looks like you are currently a senior in high school. I would suggest doing more research before making statements like “and, the corona virus is not spreading that fast,”
From a reuter’s article re: Cuomo’s press conference today:
“The number will continue to go up,” Cuomo told a news conference. “The more you test the higher number you will have.”
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio urged the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to increase the supply of available test kits and expedite approval of testing by private companies.
“Our single greatest challenge is the lack of fast federal action to increase testing capacity - without that, we cannot beat this epidemic back,” he said in a string of Twitter posts earlier on Thursday.
“Right now, it is a challenge if you are a doctor wanting to get somebody tested,” U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told reporters following a briefing with lawmakers in Washington, adding that physicians could only reach out to a limited network of public health labs…
The U.S. Senate was expected later on Thursday to pass an $8.3 billion bill aimed at controlling the spread of the coronavirus after the House of Representatives voted 415-2 to pass it on Wednesday.
More than $3 billion of the funds would be devoted to research and development of coronavirus vaccines, test kits and treatments. There are currently no approved vaccines or treatments for the fast-spreading illness now in more than 80 countries and territories"
Well, I’ve been hyper vigilant about washing my hands, not touching my face, disinfecting areas around my seat on planes, etc, and I still have caught a bug. Good thing people isolate once they know they are sick, because it’s very, very hard to avoid all germs.
@suzyQ7 The lacking of testing just proves that the death rate is way exaggerated, lets say that only one out of ten people with the virus are detected, that the death rate is less that 0.3%
U.S. will be able to test 400,000 people for coronavirus by week’s end: officials
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials said on Thursday they expect to be able to get enough coronavirus tests to public laboratories this week to test about 400,000 people, and acknowledged the challenge for doctors seeking to get patients screened for the disease.
Officials expect to ship additional test kits to cover between 1.5 and 1.7 million people by the end of next week, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told reporters.
“Right now, it is a challenge if you are a doctor wanting to get somebody tested,” Azar said, following a briefing with lawmakers, adding that physicians could only reach out to a limited network of public health labs.
“That experience will get better over the next week, week and a half, two weeks. But do not be surprised if you hear concerns of doctors saying: ‘I have a patient. I don’t know how to get this done,’” Azar told reporters.
The private contractor that makes the test used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for public labs - privately held Integrated DNA Technologies Inc, or IDT - is seeking to get its test to hospitals and other labs for wider use in the coming days."
The Tennessee Coronavirus patient evidently has a child who goes to a local high school. This makes sense in light of that information:
FRANKLIN, TN (WSMV) - Williamson County Schools will be closed Friday and Monday districtwide as a precaution after the state announced a Williamson County resident had received a positive test result for coronavirus.
District officials said the School Age Child Care program will also be closed. All extracurricular activities will be cancelled until campuses can be deep cleaned. Schools will communicate if their events are cleared to occur.
Gov. Bill Lee and Tennessee Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey announced a 44-year-old man from Williamson County had tested positive for coronavirus. Officials are awaiting confirmation from the CDC.
“For the past several weeks, we have been working with the Williamson County Health Department and the Tennessee Department of Health as we all have been monitoring the rapidly changing coronavirus health issues in our country and across the world,” Williamson County Schools said in a statement.
Piercey has confirmed that the overall risk to the general public remains low and that the patient is isolated at home. She continued to encourage hand washing and other preventative measures.
WCS nurses are encouraging families to follow the recommendations of the CDC to prevent the spread of flu. Those include regular handwashing, cough etiquette and staying home if you are sick.
“We will continue to follow the guidance of our local and state health departments, and please know that we are committed to updating you with information as it becomes available to us,” the school system said.
It is interesting that the information about the connection to an infected individual has not been shared. Privacy concerns, maybe, or an attempt to prevent panic. Anyway, not sure how I feel about the nondisclosure. My information is secondhand, but I am pretty sure it is reliable.
Thank you, I am a senior, and according to my calculus book, 0.3% is not a lot. And according to the past hundred years of the US’s economy, the economy crashes every 15 years, and there is always an excuse, weather it be bad mortgages or the corona virus. And when you do your research, try to stay away from the mass media that has no obligation to tell you the truth.
I have a family bat mitzvah Saturday in Fairfield County, Ct - which is next door to Westchester County, NY - and family coming from Westchester, NYC, LI and other states. I’m expecting no kissing and hugging will be going on, passing challah around, etc.
First, China has been developing rapid building techniques for the last decade with their rapid modernization. The US does not have that capability.
Two, building a hospital consists of putting up a building into which existing beds, furniture, and other common medical material is moved, taken from other facilities. The US, nor anyone else, has spare mask manufacturing tooling sitting around, just waiting for a building.
Los Alamos site selection took place in November 1942 and construction was completed in March 1944.
I think “a few months” to build an entire production facility from scratch, which is what I stated, is very aggressive. When the manufacturing company I worked for built a new facility, it took about two years from decision to production start.
Got my results back, and it’s NOT corona, but have to wait for the flu results till tomorrow. Sorry for the anticlimax. I am SO glad our family won’t be responsible for sending three schools and two sports clubs into quarantine.
@homerdog, in trying to get this testing done, I have spoken to a lot of health care workers, both “front line” and officials. NO ONE expects this to be contained.
However, they are super worried about politicians (this refers to my country’s of course, but US has their own politicians downplaying things) being in denial about the strain on healthcare systems. They are already running out of masks and sanitizers. They don’t have enough testing capacity. Not enough hospital beds, not enough ICU places, not enough respirators.
They are not worried about the 80 percent who will recover, with or without medical attention. They can’t do anything about the very frail elderly, whom only containment would have saved. They are worried about the 10 percent who need intensive care and who may not survive because of the shortages. For those 10 percent (of whatever ratio of population will be infected) we need to slow the spread.
"In a rare show of bipartisanship, the Senate voted overwhelmingly today to approve a sweeping spending package to direct billions of dollars toward the US government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak as lawmakers scramble to fight the spread of the disease.
The measure passed by a vote of 96-1. The package will next be sent to the White House for the President’s signature.
It passed the House on Wednesday with broad, bipartisan support.
What the legislation says: The agreement provides $7.8 billion in appropriations to address the outbreak of coronavirus as well as an authorization for $500 million in mandatory spending to fund a telehealth program in an effort to expand access to health services for seniors for a total of $8.3 billion in all.
Lawmakers have been meeting for days to hammer out a package to respond to the coronavirus outbreak. The total funding package that will be allocated by the deal is an amount far higher than the $2.5 billion White House request. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer proposed $8.5 billion to deal with the outbreak."
(CNN)
How do I become a supermoderator, I would love to go around and tell people what to do. LOL, Im new to this but I have been reading posts for months, and it seems like the moderators are trying to just make life difficult. LOL
I would not worry about packages any more than I would worry about other non-licked objects. Plus, the travel time is much longer for those packages than less than a day it can take for our local mail to reach the destination.