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nCoV 2019-2020 Outbreak

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Japan just closed schools for a month. If you're a parent with school-aged children: think for a second about how massively disruptive this would be. This is the kind of thing that Dr Messonier told Americans to prepare for and it's also totally at odds with the President's tone.</p>— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) <a href="https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1233016080643317762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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She’s gonna be fired. This could be start of a cdc purge as closeted veep and his prayer beads move in

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I’m told the president’s anger about the CDC briefing yesterday is focused on Dr. Nancy Messonnier, who said it’s not whether, it’s when the virus will hit the US. “She never should have said that,” a senior administration official told me. “it’s bad.”</p>— Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) <a href="https://twitter.com/EamonJavers/status/1232748385628807169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
She’s gonna be fired. This could be start of a cdc purge as closeted veep and his prayer beads move in

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I’m told the president’s anger about the CDC briefing yesterday is focused on Dr. Nancy Messonnier, who said it’s not whether, it’s when the virus will hit the US. “She never should have said that,” a senior administration official told me. “it’s bad.”</p>— Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) <a href="https://twitter.com/EamonJavers/status/1232748385628807169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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No big deal. This is totally normal.
 
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Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
She’s gonna be fired. This could be start of a cdc purge as closeted veep and his prayer beads move in

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I’m told the president’s anger about the CDC briefing yesterday is focused on Dr. Nancy Messonnier, who said it’s not whether, it’s when the virus will hit the US. “She never should have said that,” a senior administration official told me. “it’s bad.”</p>— Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) <a href="https://twitter.com/EamonJavers/status/1232748385628807169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Stop being hysterical. There's nothing to worry about. It's the flu.
 
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J.D. said:
I mean, you can mock that but the flu still is a bigger concern

https://www.livescience.com/new-coronavirus-compare-with-flu.html

We shouldn't be taking the coronavirus lightly though.
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It's not mocking. Yes, the flu kills more people at this point. That doesn't address the problem. Coronavirus is new. We have no vaccine. We don't know how contagious it is. We don't know what the kill rate is. See the difference?

We shouldn't be taking it lightly?

Well the President of the United States is sure taking it lightly. He gutted all that Obama did during and after Ebola that would have been there to respond and contain new viral threats such as these. He did it with impunity. His press conference was a blatant attempt to bolster the stock market.

There are two things you do NOT CUT in government right now. Cyber security and the CDC. You don't do it. Period. He slashed them both.
 
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Clearly trumps admin isn’t going to take this seriously.

To see how adults act, watch how Minnesota, Washington, Mass, CA handle it who have actual scientists with brains employed in public health.
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
Yes. It will take over a year to develop one. I'm sure the budget cuts are really helping them out.
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Aren't flu vaccines created by private entities? You know, Big Pharma, and corporations in general, the two primary targets on your hit list?
 
SJHovey said:
Aren't flu vaccines created by private entities? You know, Big Pharma, and corporations in general, the two primary targets on your hit list?
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Yes, and the one working on this already said they’ll try to keep it affordable but no guarantees.
 
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SJHovey said:
Aren't flu vaccines created by private entities? You know, Big Pharma, and corporations in general, the two primary targets on your hit list?
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These have been around how long now?

Huge difference (huuuuuuge)
 
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SJHovey said:
Aren't flu vaccines created by private entities? You know, Big Pharma, and corporations in general, the two primary targets on your hit list?
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A better question- should they be? Should we rely on companies who must make a profit to save the lives of a large chunk of the world population?

Why is it that we have to make everything we do profitable?

Pay the researchers, for sure. But once it gets beyond that, it should be open to the public for security reasons.
 
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