Hundreds have died, tens of thousands are infected, and the illness has spread to dozens of countries as officials try to contain the infection.
As I am making this thread news came that the first person in the US has died of the coronavirus, in Seattle.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020...-outbreak-latest-updates-200226003835539.html
In the US so far there've been 60 confirmed cases so far, with the latest person diagnosed on 2/26/20 having contracted the disease from an unknown origin. Donald Trump is undermining public health officials & more focused on containing any criticism of him than the threat. During the ebola crisis during President Obama's administration Trump made over 100 tweets vilely attacking the president & focusing on drawing attn. to himself, but has now done the same things he'd attacked the president for. In 2018 Trump fired an entire pandemic response team of command & failed to replace them. He's spread totally debunked anti-vaxxer myths so him wanting to now diminish the threat of the coronavirus outbreak bc of hopes of a vaccine for it - one that couldn't possibly come out in time to tackle the current outbreak - is audacious on an epic level. He's now spreading nasty myths that immigration is at fault & calling the crisis a hoax designed to make him look bad. He is the one who makes himself look bad.
Wanting to know thoughts on this from other zoomers. I'm hoping @Stanfordella will return if she gets the chance bc this is her exact area of study but she's been super hectic busy so Idk if that's gonna happen. @Zoii please tell me what u think
As I am making this thread news came that the first person in the US has died of the coronavirus, in Seattle.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020...-outbreak-latest-updates-200226003835539.html
At least 80,000 people worldwide have contracted COVID-19, a previously unidentified strain of coronavirus first detected in late December, likely at a since-closed seafood market in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Officials in China implemented travel restrictions in an attempt to stymie the spread of the disease, but confirmed cases of the illness have still been reported in at least 45 countries and territories outside mainland China to date, according to CNN. COVID-19, short for “coronavirus disease 2019,” is the disease caused by the “SARS-CoV-2,” according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC)’s summary of the situation.
The International Health Regulations Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern” on January 30, and on January 31, the U.S. followed with a declaration of a public health emergency from the Health and Human Services Department.
The 2019-nCoV infection is deadly. According to the CDC’s summary of symptoms, “reported illnesses have ranged from infected people with little to no symptoms to people being severely ill and dying. Symptoms can include fever, cough, and shortness of breath.”
In the US so far there've been 60 confirmed cases so far, with the latest person diagnosed on 2/26/20 having contracted the disease from an unknown origin. Donald Trump is undermining public health officials & more focused on containing any criticism of him than the threat. During the ebola crisis during President Obama's administration Trump made over 100 tweets vilely attacking the president & focusing on drawing attn. to himself, but has now done the same things he'd attacked the president for. In 2018 Trump fired an entire pandemic response team of command & failed to replace them. He's spread totally debunked anti-vaxxer myths so him wanting to now diminish the threat of the coronavirus outbreak bc of hopes of a vaccine for it - one that couldn't possibly come out in time to tackle the current outbreak - is audacious on an epic level. He's now spreading nasty myths that immigration is at fault & calling the crisis a hoax designed to make him look bad. He is the one who makes himself look bad.
Wanting to know thoughts on this from other zoomers. I'm hoping @Stanfordella will return if she gets the chance bc this is her exact area of study but she's been super hectic busy so Idk if that's gonna happen. @Zoii please tell me what u think