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Originally Posted by CashGap
I'm in the US, and I'm shocked some people here are taking this so seriously.
“The immediate health risk from 2019-nCoV to the general public in the United States is thought to be low at this time,” says Gabor Kelen, a medical doctor and director of the Johns Hopkins Office of Critical Event Preparedness and Response.
But, with 100 24 hour news stations, they have to beat SOME drum loudly.
57 cases in the United States. Zero deaths.
We have three times as many cases of leprosy in the United States, and I think folks understand we have that under control.
San Francisco declares a state of emergency after... zero... cases.
The motivation is not humanitarian.
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Agree.
It’s a big CYA. For just in case.
We live in an era of finger pointing and everyone is terrified of losing their job if they didn’t handle it all correctly.