CDC warning @ coronavirus today: "Americans should brace for the likelihood that the coronavirus will spread to communities in the US"
Not if, but when & they have no idea how extensive the outbreak will be. Trump better STOP his bs. Now. #TuesdayThoughts nytimes.com/2020/02/25/wor…
Not if, but when & they have no idea how extensive the outbreak will be. Trump better STOP his bs. Now. #TuesdayThoughts nytimes.com/2020/02/25/wor…
2-“‘It’s not so much of a question of if this will happen in this country any more but a question of when this will happen,’ said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. She said that public health officials have no idea
3-"whether spread of the disease to the United States would be mild or severe, but that Americans should be ready for a significant disruption to their daily lives.
“‘We are asking the American public to prepare for the expectation that this might be bad,’ Dr. Messonnier said.”
“‘We are asking the American public to prepare for the expectation that this might be bad,’ Dr. Messonnier said.”
4-"The secretary of health and human services delivered an equally sobering message on Tuesday. The secretary, Alex M. Azar II, told a Senate committee, “This is an unprecedented, potentially severe health challenge globally.” “We cannot hermetically seal off the United States
5-"to a virus,” Mr. Azar said. “And we need to be realistic about that.” Federal and local health departments will need as many as 300 million masks for health care workers and additional ventilators for hospitals to prepare for a major outbreak of coronavirus, he said.
6-"On Monday, the Trump administration requested $2.5 billion to help stop the spread of the virus. Lawmakers from both parties made it clear they were unconvinced the Trump administration was prepared. When Senator John Kennedy, Republican of Louisiana, pressed for an exact
7-"number on people expected to be infected, the acting secretary of Homeland Security Department, Chad F. Wolf, could not answer. “I’m all for committees and task forces but you’re the secretary,” Mr. Kennedy responded. “I think you ought to know that answer.
8-"Trump, speaking earlier in the day from India, said that the United States was well able to protect itself against the spread of the coronavirus and offered an optimistic outlook.“I think the whole situation will start working out,” Mr. Trump said during a news conference"~NYT
