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  1. Wuhan Coronavirus Looks Increasingly Like a Pandemic, Experts Say - via ⁦

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    Big jump in numbers. Up nearly 2,600 cases, 45 more deaths. Total confirmed cases & deaths are now 14,380 & 304.

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  3. Important on seriousness of flu. But re: , NIH’s Dr Fauci said y’day: “There’s a certainty with flu. As we get into March, April flu cases go down and we can predict pretty accurately what mortality is. The issue (w/ nCoV) is a lot of unknowns.”

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  4. sets price of peanut allergy drug at $890/month (wholesale acquisition cost)

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    Strategies to prevent entry of into U.S. are smart critical steps. But we should also work from posture that assumes some index cases already arrived undetected and virus now circulating. Key to limiting outbreaks will be broadening screening guidance to physicians.

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  7. Last time CDC imposed a quarantine order was in 1960s for a smallpox evaluation, official says. Clarifies "isolation" applies to people who are already sick, "quarantine" is for those exposed but not yet sick.

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  8. CDC says this is the first time in more than 50 yrs it has issued a quarantine order. : "We would rather be remembered for overreacting than under-reacting."

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    THIS IS NOT ACCURATE. There are still ZERO confirmed cases of novel in NYC.

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    Packed show on ! - & Matt Maley on market selloff - on Coronavirus latest - on charts / technicals - Paul Meeks on - etc PLUS to 1p ET

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    BREAKING: and to suspend flights to due to

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  12. You know you’ve listened to too many CDC calls this week when the pre-call hold music is stuck in your head as you’re trying to fall asleep. 😴 🎶

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    Jan 30

    A dozen #2019-nCoV vaccine development programs have been announced, five efforts to discover and develop therapeutic antibodies.

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  16. CDC: Still no new cases in U.S. of novel since Sunday. Case count here remains at 5 (all traveled from Wuhan China). 92 samples are pending test results at CDC. 68 have been found negative.

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  17. The biggest piece of public health advice we’re hearing re: novel AND is to wash your hands properly - that means for 20 seconds! W/ soap. 20 seconds feels like a long time, but I have consciously been trying to do this. (Two rounds through of “Happy Birthday”)

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  18. So well-done, from the great & . So many threads saying is NBD vs flu. Flu is “a mild-mannered serial killer. The aggressive response to the coronavirus is meant to stop the new pathogen from becoming a deadlier copycat.”

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    Jan 28

    A third company, AbCellera, has joined the hunt for antibodies to treat #2019-nCoV. AbCellera has DARPA funding for rapid response to viral pathogens.

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    Jan 29

    If you're interested in knowing more about the guy who is overseeing the day-to-day emergency response to , it's this guy. Profile from a few months ago by .

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