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#EXCLUSIVE: VP Pence vowed that all Grand Princess cruise passengers would be tested for #COVID19 after arriving at Travis AFB. But 2/3 of 858 passengers there have declined to be tested & they say federal health officials are actually DISSUADING testing
sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…
Spoke to passengers who declined testing & they say would have done it if available when 1st arrived. But there were not enough tests, not enough trained personnel & not enough protective gear...getting tested now, they say, could jeopardize release date
sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…
White House said they offered #COVID19 testing to all passengers, but can’t force testing. Two law professors disagree. Say feds have legal power to compel testing based off Supreme Court ruling about forced vaccinations during smallpox outbreak in 1908
sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl…
Meanwhile, as many passengers are set for release next week, ambulances are routinely plucking passengers from quarantine as they have medical issues. On Tuesday, 6 passengers were whisked away.
sfchronicle.com/bayarea/articl… #COVID19 #coronavirus @sfchronicle
Pitch to passengers was: Quarantine is enough, #COVID19 test not needed, don’t delay your release

But actually, federal official told me, they didn’t have enough protective equipment to test everyone, and that’s why dissuading #coronavirus tests
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Matthias Gafni
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Welp, one of the big takeaways from #PGE new wildfire mitigation plan is: Many more people will likely be impacted by power shutdowns during dangerous fire weather conditions...and not just people in high threat areas mercurynews.com/2019/02/06/big… $PCG
Under last year's power shutdown policy, 570K customers could have been impacted by deenergization event; new plan would widen to 5.4M customers, about a third of #PGE entire system who could be impacted mercurynews.com/2019/02/06/big… $PCG
That increase in affected customers is because in past #PGE refused to shut down transmission lines 70,000 volts or higher because it would impact wider swaths of customers than area in fire danger; but now open to turn off anything up to 500,000-volt line mercurynews.com/2019/02/06/big…
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Matthias Gafni
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Big day for #PGE in court today as federal judge will weigh harsh sanctions against the utility as part of the company’s probation terms following the San Bruno explosion mercurynews.com/2019/01/30/fed…
Packed courtroom this morning for #PGE hearing; Cal Fire, CPUC, electrical worker union, even Sonoma and Napa counties filed briefs telling judge his probation strengthening proposals go too far; we'll see what judge says to that mercurynews.com/2019/01/30/fed…
#PGE interim CEO John Simon is seated in first row
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Thomas Wood 🌊
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FWIW, I for one no longer believe the numbers of new cases being reported by the Republic of China, or the claim that the country has succeeded in suppressing #COVID-19.

I no longer find the numbers being reported (typically one of two new cases per day) to be believable. 1/17
The novel #coronavirus has a high transmission factor: is apparently mutating rapidly; and has a pathological profile that makes case tracing *very* difficult. (As for the latter factor, see Osterholm at 3:30+) 2/17 tinyurl.com/rp3ajaw
Furthermore, the Chinese numbers have always differed from the finding outside China that a significant number of young people become seriously ill from the virus, and that a large percentage of carriers are asymptomatic. 3/17
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Matteo Villa
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🦠🇮🇹 Molte persone si sono convinte che #Covid-19 uccida il 7% di chi si ammala.
Altre sostengono che in realtà muoiano in pochissimi, meno dell’influenza.

Com’è possibile?
E chi ha ragione?

Oggi vi parlo di un iceberg, che però forse è una piramide.
Nel corso di un’epidemia non sappiamo esattamente chi si sia infettato. Sì, qualcuno può presentare sintomi più evidenti. Ma molti altri, magari, no.
Come facciamo a sapere che abbiano #COVIDー19? Facciamo test!

I casi confermati dai test sono un sottoinsieme dei contagi totali.
(En passant, non è esattamente così. Va più come rappresentato da @RosaTron qualche giorno fa.
Il numero dei deceduti non si sovrappone in maniera perfetta a quello delle persone testate: ci sarà sempre qualcuno, contagiato, che muore senza aver fatto il tampone.)
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Amy Maxmen
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I asked leaders @CDC @WHO & @jeremyfarrar how badly coronavirus is spreading under the radar in cities around the world. Spoiler: It’s bad. Here’s how they get a handle on community transmission when many people aren’t tested & how to lessen disaster. nature.com/articles/d4158…
Epidemiologists have a few tricks for making ballpark estimates – important when true case # is unknown. Because estimate is uncertain, they look at several lines of evidence & see if results align. These models assess death tolls, genome sequences, travel routes & much more.
CDC dangerously dropped the ball w/testing but it employs incredible researchers who work overtime to investigate covert #COVID spread w/@trvb among many others. CDCs Armstrong: "Health departments will tell you this is the most complex public health emergency we have dealt with"
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LizaYuzda
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Six new #COVIDー19 in bc
2 related to Iran travel
2 in 60s from princess cruise 11-21 feb trip - Fraser health region - stable but in hosp for observation
More may test positive who were on that cruise
2 most concerning - residents of Lynn valley care centre
#bcpoli
Dr Bonnie Henry says the two positive tests in the care home leading to large investigation into residents and workers and what contact they’ve had.
And there are restrictions on that facility now for who is in and out.
#bcpoli #COVIDー19
Four recovered
The icu patient stable
2 I
All others in isolation
Also those with contact in isolation
“We are in an extraordinary situation” - Henry says - if you are sick stay home, keep your kids home.
But know that not everyone who is sick has #COVIDー19
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Daniel Sinclair
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A really heartbreaking sight. The sacrifices from health workers in China have been immense.
This is the context of that video, reportedly related to the death of hospital director Liu Zhiming.
This is making the rounds, claiming to be Chinese escaping the country into Vietnam. I'm almost certain that it is misrepresented, and that this is not true.
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Paula Chertok🗽
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VP #Pence’s role in extorting Ukraine is now firmly in the #ImpeachmentInquiry >> Pence aide testified that Trump’s July 25th call with Ukraine was political, NOT a normal diplomatic call. #Impeachment #UkraineGate
NO way #Pence was outside the extortion loop. Recall Trump bailed on Warsaw Poland trip. Hurricane Dorian was a pretext. He played golf! And sent Pence as more pressure, reminding Zelensky that NO Trump meeting or aid unless Ukraine acquiesced on investigations. #UkraineGate
#Pence has been all in on Trump's disinformation campaign against Biden. He couches it as "corruption," but explicitly names Biden & 2016 election as the only corruption Ukraine should investigate. If he's saying this on Sept 25, he likely said it to Zelensky on Sept 1 in Warsaw.
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