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⚠️INSANITY. Most #coronavirus tests will be conducted by commercial labs that can BILL for testing. Tests conducted by @CDCgov or public-health labs are free, but capacity is limited.

#COVID19 tests and treatment should be FREE for ALL.

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In the midst of this outbreak of the highly contagious #coronavirus, we as a nation are only as healthy as the sickest, infected patient among us.

#COVID19 testing and treatment should be FREE for ALL people.

#CoronavirusOutbreak
We cannot stop the spread of the #coronavirus, but we can contain it.

EARLY detection, aggressive contact tracing & quarantines are critical to containing the #CoronavirusOutbreak.

#COVID19 testing & treatment must be FREE, or people will not seek help.

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Dr. Dena Grayson
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🔥"#China’s errors–dating back to the very 1st patients–were compounded by political leaders who dragged their feet to inform the public of the risks and to take decisive control measures."

How It All Started: China’s Early #Coronavirus Missteps

#COVID19
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"When doctors did finally establish the (wildlife market) link in late Dec, they quarantined (a patient) & others & raised the alarm to their superiors. *But they were prevented by Chinese authorities from alerting their peers, let alone the public*.

Just like 1918 Spanish Flu.
Even though we *just* saw the #CoronavirusOutbreak EXPLODE in #China in real-time, the Trump Administration *refused* to alert healthcare/public-health personnel or the public.

This has DELAYED our response, just like #China did.🤬

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Dr. Dena Grayson
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⚠️I *hammer* Trump's #COVID19 task force for its "blunders in our #pandemic preparedness by not quickly deploying #coronavirus testing kits nor having sufficient testing capacity EARLY, when containment would've been much more feasible."

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As I warned, there will be a "massive surge" in #COVID19 cases thru March, initially due to increased testing, but also because #coronavirus has been spreading within US communities for ≥3 weeks with little/NO testing.🤬

The keys to containment are:

▶️EARLY detection
▶️Contact tracing
▶️Quarantines

Trump's #COVID19 "task force" TOTALLY FAILED and instead LIED about the seriousness of the #CoronavirusOutbreak and the availability of #coronavirus tests.🤬

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Dr. Dena Grayson
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🔥@BrianKarem:”With so few (#coronavirus) tests being done and the incubation rate being as much as 2 weeks, how can we accurately say that the risk is low, at this point?”

Pence:😳

More on Pence/Trump’s inept response to #COVID19 with quotes from me.👇🏼
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“Dr. Grayson...has overseen the development of broad-spectrum antiviral drugs against deadly viruses. She believes the Trump administration has badly fumbled its attempts to contain #COVID19: ‘We are behind the eight ball...This checks all the boxes for a global #pandemic’.”
“The government’s response to #COVID19 is ‘totally catastrophic. A total #fail’.” ~me, quoted in this blistering piece about #coronavirus task force “leader” Mike Pence’s disastrous press briefing on our nation’s response to the #CoronavirusOutbreak.

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jake
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Coronavirus Pep Talk! It’s hard to strike the balance between freaking out and under-reacting. It may help to remember a few things:

#coronavirus #seattlecoronavirus
1. Public Health and your personal health are not the same thing. The health of individuals and the health of the population are interdependent, but the strategies are different. The response to coronavirus (covid-19) in King County is a public health response.
The goal is to protect the community as a whole. Your role as an individual is to do your small part to cooperate in the larger project, for the good of the whole community. Think of it as part of your civic duty. A war effort without the war.
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Jillian Carmichael
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To bring some levity to the craziness that‘s been this week in #coronavirus news, here’s a thread of how I’m processing it all with Harry Potter gifs. 1/
How it felt sitting together after Monday meeting in the Microbiology department at Sinai, discussing the latest science and medicine regarding #SARSCoV2 2/
Me, when I see a tweet by the president indicating he cares more about the stock market and his image than human lives and preventing a pandemic. 3/
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Juliette Kayyem
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#coronavirus is a story of squandered time. This story here is perfect example. Our planning already had in place protections for first responders. And we had time. China gave us time. And we squandered it, failing to protect because there was no one to demand it or execute it.1/
Lost, squandered time will be how history writes about our preparedness. That is why there is this uptick in panic and surprise. The WH continued to hope and insist that China would succeed at containment. That was plan A. But we have a plan B for a reason. 2/
How do I know it was part of plan? Because we’ve done this before. The virus is new; pandemic preparedness is not. We knew border agents and other first responders would need additional protections; same true for public health workers. (See this thread on the plan ⬇️). 3/
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Tyler Young
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This is a roundup of what I found to be the most interesting & helpful sources on my journey into the void. #Coronavirus #Pandemic #Misinformation #CDC #CPP #WHO
This is for friends & family, but also to raise concern over media censorship & begin a discussion of what are best practices for both traditional & decentralized media outlets. This is a collection of sources to tell a larger story and spark interest.
Very few sources peer reviewed. Some behind paywalls. Some mainstream news. Some International News. Some in other languages (Use chrome). Some Harvard medical Journals. Some unverified. Some factually incorrect. Have some salt with your rice & beans.
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#coronavirus:

THREAD: How #Beijing kept the world in the dark as coronavirus spread

The govt's initial handling allowed the virus to gain a tenacious hold. Officials chose to put secrecy ahead of confronting the crisis to avoid political embarrassment
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The government's initial handling of the epidemic allowed the virus to gain a tenacious hold. At critical moments, officials chose to put secrecy and order ahead of openly confronting the growing crisis to avoid public alarm and political embarrassment
Authorities silenced doctors for raising red flags. They played down the dangers to the public, leaving the city's 11 million residents unaware they should protect themselves. They closed a food market where the virus may have started, but told the public it was for renovations.
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Health officials dressed in hazmat suits check passengers in Milan who arrived on a flight from Hong Kong for the deadly #coronavirus, which originated in #Wuhan.

The death toll in China has climbed to at least 106. More @business: trib.al/GY2JNmE #ChinaVirus #新型肺炎
@business Latest developments of the #CoronavirusOutbreak:
- At least 106 people dead
- Confirmed #coronavirus cases in China soar to 4,515
- #WHO chief heads to China
- U.S. raises travel alert
- Companies evacuate workers from hardest hit areas
More @business: bloom.bg/38JzLpd
@business 😷😷😷 Here's a look inside a hospital in #Wuhan, China, on #LunarNewYear Day #Coronavirus #WuhanCoronavirus #CoronavirusOutbreak
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