It's easy to underestimate the potential of a new disease when you don't find out that it's been spreading for more than a month after it first breaks out.
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phillip9698
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San Antonio declares emergency after CDC released a woman infected with coronavirus: 'Totally unacceptable'
"We simply cannot have a screw-up like this from our federal partners," San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg said.
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Its embarrassing whats taking place here. Going beyond testing, we are failing on what to do with people who currently have the virus.
I'm sorry I was not clear. States want to get testing kits sent directly to them so tests can be done right then and there. If samples needed to be sent to the testing centers aka Atlanta then there would be a 48 hour runaround on the results. I'm thinking major cities will get them and force people in rural areas to travel to the city.
iowamomof4
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For example, I live in Iowa. I would expect that whichever labs in Iowa get permission to conduct testing will be accepting samples from across the state, not just at their specific hospital or in their specific city.
Donald Razorduck
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Again, not really free unless you are given your insurance and even then it is priced into your compensation package. My employer pays my premium, I have no deductions to my pay for my insurance. My wife's family plan offers better overall coverage for the kids but she has to carry me. I would be charged to cover the kids through my job and it is more expensive than her family plan that covers us all. I can not drop my free coverage and get the difference in regular pay. Nothing is free.
esskay
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In terms of how quick its going to spread obviously nobody really knows anything other than looking at what its done so far. Here in the UK the government did finally admit today that theres a high chance of it spreading significantly, to the point where they have mentioned new powers to put entire cities on lockdown and fine people for traveling to affected areas if needed.
Whats the likelyhood of the government in the US actually being willing (and able?) to put those kinds of restrictions in place though, as if it does spread like crazy I'd imagine its absolutely needed regardless of constitutional rights.
Whats the likelyhood of the government in the US actually being willing (and able?) to put those kinds of restrictions in place though, as if it does spread like crazy I'd imagine its absolutely needed regardless of constitutional rights.
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IanDLBZF
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Delta joins other airlines in waiving change fees amid coronavirus concerns
Delta Air Lines is waiving change fees for international travel due to coronavirus concerns, the airline announced Monday.
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So far, JetBlue, Alaska, AA, and now Delta are suspending cancellation and change fees due to this. No word if United, Spirit, Sun Country, Southwest, Allegiant, and Frontier will be doing anything similar.Delta joins other airlines in waiving change fees amid coronavirus concerns
Delta Air Lines is waiving change fees for international travel due to coronavirus concerns, the airline announced Monday.
Just an FYI the only airline offering cancelation waivers is Jet Blue (South West can be canceled anytime without penalty). American, Alaska, Delta are offering change waivers only meaning the the travel must be used within a year of modification. It also must be in the same ticketed cabin and if the flight is more expensive you pay the difference. Further the tickets must have been purchased within a specific window. If you purchased your ticket last year for example, you're SOL to get a change waiver. Of course you could plead your case to a customer service agent and wait on hold for a long time. It works more often than you think.
Horizons '83
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Those rates are skewed in that there were less people that contracted the virus at age 70 and above so any death will skew that %.
Crazydisneyfanluke
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When people heard about this around where I live in Manatee, you could see panic on their faces. I told them nothing to worry about if you wash your hands and don't have a weak immune system.
Chip Chipperson
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Wow, the part that I bolded seems absolutely backwards if I'm understanding it correctly. If you paid months in advance without any way of knowing that this virus would even exist then you're out of luck, but if you bought a ticket after the virus started making the news they'll let you change your flight to another future date? What a stupid policy and a terrible way to treat customers who made plans well in advance.
Reports of a third FL case awaiting confirmation tests in same area. The 2nd FL confirmed case - female who traveled FL to Italy and back to FL lived with her roommate in FL. Now the roommate is infected and awaiting confirmation tests.
JohnD
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Official stats here: http://www.floridahealth.gov/diseases-and-conditions/COVID-19/
Yes. There are two "confirmed" and one "presumptive positive".
Delta for example:
- Affected Customers: All international tickets (not including travel within the U.S. 50) issued between March 1, 2020 - March 31, 2020
Tickets purchased after 2/27
AA
Tickets purchased after 2/27
Nubs70
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Just a note on some manufacturing observations.
My customers make the material for boxboard/cardboard boxes. Their warehouses are full of product, have processed and stored product for April shipment, and are now taking downtime. We have yet to see the oncoming slowdown. Remarks from customers is this is showing the same pattern the preceded the 08 downturn.
My customers make the material for boxboard/cardboard boxes. Their warehouses are full of product, have processed and stored product for April shipment, and are now taking downtime. We have yet to see the oncoming slowdown. Remarks from customers is this is showing the same pattern the preceded the 08 downturn.
Squishy
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Guessing it got pushed back?
DisneyCane
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Rather than closing parks it would make more sense to do what China is doing for entry to certain areas and checking for fevers and not allowing entry to people with fevers.
Evidence from an interview that I think was posted in the other thread from an expert that went to China as part of a WHO mission suggests that asymptomatic transmission isn't happening typically. Therefore a sane containment strategy is to keep people with symptoms common to the virus away from uninfected people.
It seems the vast majority of transmission was found to be within families that are in close contact for long durations.
For an unknown reason this virus doesn't seem to have almost any serious cases amongst children. It has, by far, the most serious cases amongst the elderly. The elderly are definitely the smallest demographic at WDW (or any theme park). Perhaps just recommending that the elderly postpone trips would be enough of a precaution.
Evidence from an interview that I think was posted in the other thread from an expert that went to China as part of a WHO mission suggests that asymptomatic transmission isn't happening typically. Therefore a sane containment strategy is to keep people with symptoms common to the virus away from uninfected people.
It seems the vast majority of transmission was found to be within families that are in close contact for long durations.
For an unknown reason this virus doesn't seem to have almost any serious cases amongst children. It has, by far, the most serious cases amongst the elderly. The elderly are definitely the smallest demographic at WDW (or any theme park). Perhaps just recommending that the elderly postpone trips would be enough of a precaution.