Excuse my bitterness, but I preferred it when WHO declarations came before the crisis was so completely out of hand that they barely matter anymore.https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1237780130602323968 …
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In contrast, look at Hong Kong. Government is unelected, unpopular and unresponsive. A lot of travel from mainland China. But the people stepped up immediately, in early January: hygiene, social-distancing, universal mask-wearing. Only three deaths, almost no new cases anymore.
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So terrible. China could have contained ALL OF IT back in December when Wuhan doctors were desparately trying to warn of the tiny, local outbreak. Chinese authorities sent the police to shut them up and unleashed the pandemic. Rest of the world could have gotten ready. Alas.
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Wonder if "what about the flu" crowd even understands that the places with better precautions will also have much less flu spread (hygiene/social distancing/masks) *plus* what flu they get, they can treat better because their hospitals won't be overrun with COVID-10 patients.
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SARS permanently damaged lungs of survivors so that's another concern. I hope this turns out to be seasonal and there's sustained immunity after exposure—and if and when anti-virals and vaccines are figured out, we don't also screw up scaling up production and distribution. Sigh.
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I'm going to end here: we didn't learn from SARS, so here we are. We should learn from this. That means: do not absolve the Chinese government, they unleashed this pandemic through a cover-up—just like SARS. Do not absolve our governments. Do not absolve institutions that failed.
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I hear you! Even last week, I got these bemused reactions when I told folks that I wasn't shaking hands "for the duration".
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Artik 'survival of the fittest' noktasindayiz sanirim... Amerika'da insanlar evlerde yalniz basimiza kaderimize birakilmis durumdayiz. Supermarketler ve ER'in fonksiyon disi kalmasi an meselesi.
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Yes, and spring breaks are happening. College kids traveling and then returning to their dorms where they can make viral soup and then spread it into the community. I haven’t heard from either of my kids’ colleges about their doing anything about this.
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The lesson here is never depend on government when your ass is on the line. It's a national shame what's going on, sure. But it's also our own damn fault if we didn't see this coming and prepare. As much as one can, anyway.
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I'm sure the gov will be cracker jack at shutting down our rights to assemble and travel freely tho. Hell they've been waiting with excitement since forever to put that show on.
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