Current Events > Coronavirus 6: A National Emergency

(+) Yeah! (+)

You just had a regular illness then, since this wasn't infecting people until December.

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Fauci is recommending a US national lockdown

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/15/politics/anthony-fauci-national-lockdown-bars-restaurants-cnntv/index.html

I have no idea how this would play out logistically in a country like ours

Anyone else notice more sirens and emergency vehicles in their city? This is way more than average and I live in the projects,

this is all gonna feel like a weird dream when it's over


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21WIVES_CHILL posted...

Anyone else notice more sirens and emergency vehicles in their city? This is way more than average and I live in the projects,

DUDE WTF I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY THAT. literally heard sirens 1 minute ago, and been hearing them often these last few days.

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21WIVES_CHILL posted...

Anyone else notice more sirens and emergency vehicles in their city? This is way more than average and I live in the projects,

Yes, I live across the street from a hospital and was just thinking of that just now.

MN just closed all K-12 schools

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https://twitter.com/Narrowthefield/status/1238969032528855041

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I hear it's like a light bulb turning on. One minute you are up and fine and the next you are just in rough shape
Would not wish it on anyone

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Lombardy update (NOT ALL ITALY, JUST LOMBARDY)

1187 new cases and 252 new deaths

Full Italy update coming soon.

https://www.bing.com/covid

Ww tracker


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Corrik7 posted...

Lombardy update (NOT ALL ITALY, JUST LOMBARDY)

1187 new cases and 252 new deaths

Full Italy update coming soon.

https://www.bing.com/covid

Ww tracker

How good is that cause it doesn't show anything for ontario

Cuomo just said in live press conference NY won't not close the public schools because they are a child care system.

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KinjiMuto_3 posted...

How good is that cause it doesn't show anything for ontario

They just got it up and running. Expect some links. For example states aren't localized yet and countries just all revert to single dots for now.

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Corrik7 posted...

They just got it up and running. Expect some links. For example states aren't localized yet.

My bad thanks

NY up to 729 confirmed cases
https://twitter.com/Tom_Winter/status/1239234524594257920

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Anyone here with school age kids? Trying to figure out how to explain things to mine, like isolation and lockdowns when they happen.

https://twitter.com/bnodesk/status/1239237647031242752?s=21

It gets worse every single daily update for Italy. My heart breaks for them man..

6_7__8910 posted...

https://twitter.com/bnodesk/status/1239237647031242752?s=21

It gets worse every single daily update for Italy. My heart breaks for them man..

Sadly its looking like we in the US are on the same exponential growth path.

Corrik7 posted...

Lombardy update (NOT ALL ITALY, JUST LOMBARDY)

1187 new cases and 252 new deaths

Full Italy update coming soon.

https://www.bing.com/covid

Ww tracker

From what I've heard 2853 new cases 368 dead 369 recovered.

Newhopes posted...

From what I've heard 2853 new cases 368 dead 369 recovered.

Yeah.

https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1239237647031242752?s=20

Lombardy alone was the numbers I was citing in Italy.

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Resaix posted...

Sadly its looking like we in the US are on the same exponential growth path.

Yep. US is probably a week behind. From the numbers being confirmed that the situation is as bad as Italy. I think US already has 24k cases walking around in US just been lack of testing that hasn't made it confirmed.

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Austria bans gatherings of more than five people over coronavirus
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/coronavirus-austria-update-symptoms-gatherings-ban-latest-a9402866.html

Nike is closing all of its stores in the US because of the coronavirus
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/15/nike-is-closing-all-of-its-stores-in-the-us-because-of-coronavirus.html

After the Netherlands closing their schools today, the UK and Sweden become the ONLY countries in Europe where schools remain open.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/12/how-do-coronavirus-containment-measures-vary-across-europe

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DundiesAward posted...

Austria bans gatherings of more than five people over coronavirus

this would be hilarious if it wasn't serious

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Choco posted...

this would be hilarious if it wasn't serious

Basically you can't even go to public transport, shops, or be at home with family, if you think about it

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https://www.instagram.com/p/B9w1J-NnobC/?igshid=1pe9g6jqwrr2o

I follow Humans of NY on Instagram and I loved this post so much I wanted to share it in here

Yeah Im sure even if it be over in a week it has already changed us.

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FF_Redux posted...

Yeah Im sure even if it be over in a week it has already changed us.

I fucking hope so, because people need to stop being dumb when it comes to preventing epidemics. Being a dumbass and saying "it's just a flu" kills people.

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36 confirmed cases in Ohio with another 250+ suspected cases.

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Strider102 posted...

36 confirmed cases in Ohio with another 250+ suspected cases.

I thought they quarantined Ohio like a month ago?

There is not enough reporting on Audrey Tang's AI vs. coronavirus in Taiwan.

This article from ABC News is the closest thing to discussing her contribution:

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/taiwan-sets-world-fight-coronavirus/story?id=69552462

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After the SARS outbreak, Taiwan established the National Health Command Center with a branch that specifically focuses on large outbreak responses and acts as a central command post for direct, transparent communications.
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Taiwan officially activated its Central Epidemic Command Center, a branch within the NHCC, by Jan. 20, which allowed coordination with various ministries to enact policies and strategies already in place.

For the past two months, the CECC, led by the minister of health, has swiftly implemented 124 actions, said Wang. They did so "in a span of five weeks."

"That's three or four actions every week; some of this requires cross-agencies cooperation," Wang said.
Actions included border control from the air and sea, identifying cases, quarantine of suspicious cases, managing resource allocation, daily press briefings, identifying false information and formulating economic policies to relieve families and businesses.
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Audrey Tang, Taiwan's digital minister and the youngest minister without portfolio to hold office, utilized artificial intelligence to harness data and created real-time digital updates to alert citizens of risky areas to avoid and a live map of local supplies of face masks.

Taiwanese Vice President Chen Chien-Jen praised Tang in a Facebook post, calling her "not only a key figure in our national disease prevention efforts but also set an example of application of artificial intelligence in disease prevention."

Enough cannot be said about Audrey Tang and I highly recommend everyone to Google her.

38-year old transgender who dropped out of middle school in Taiwan, became an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, worked as consultant for Apple on computational linguistics, and was given the job of Digital Minister in Taiwan despite having zero political portfolio.

Her main contribution was developing numerous apps and policies that, by utilizing big data and digital innovation, helped Taiwan control the coronavirus outbreak. The key was offering the necessary transparency that enabled the access to medical care for all civilians in the country.

So far, there are only roughly 60 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Taiwan, a number that is much lower than far away countries like Denmark and Finalnd, despite Taiwan being literally right to China with millions of travelers between the two countries.

One more take away is that Taiwan is a democratic country that is just as bipartisan as the USA. Yet, they were able to come together during this crisis and responded in the best way possible. It really shows the difference strong leadership can make, even in a democracy where people often believe would take too long to properly implement any policies.

I guess that last point is why so few Western media are willing to report on Audrey. Luckily, I am here to spread this information so everyone can be more educated on this topic. Upon request, I can provide more links to news articles that go into further detail about how Taiwan handled this coronavirus outbreak.

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Geiki Ganger posted...

38-year old transgender who dropped out of middle school in Taiwan, became an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, worked as consultant for Apple on computational linguistics, and was given the job of Digital Minister in Taiwan despite having zero political portfolio.

Her main contribution was developing numerous apps and policies that, by utilizing big data and digital innovation, helped Taiwan control the coronavirus outbreak. The key was offering the necessary transparency that enabled the access to medical care for all civilians in the country.

meanwhile german politicians still don't know what a computer is

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Geiki Ganger posted...

There is not enough reporting on Audrey Tang's AI vs. coronavirus in Taiwan.

This article from ABC News is the closest thing to discussing her contribution:

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/taiwan-sets-world-fight-coronavirus/story?id=69552462

Enough cannot be said about Audrey Tang and I highly recommend everyone to Google her.

38-year old transgender who dropped out of middle school in Taiwan, became an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, worked as consultant for Apple on computational linguistics, and was given the job of Digital Minister in Taiwan despite having zero political portfolio.

Her main contribution was developing numerous apps and policies that, by utilizing big data and digital innovation, helped Taiwan control the coronavirus outbreak. The key was offering the necessary transparency that enabled the access to medical care for all civilians in the country.

So far, there are only roughly 60 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Taiwan, a number that is much lower than far away countries like Denmark and Finalnd, despite Taiwan being literally right to China with millions of travelers between the two countries.

One more take away is that Taiwan is a democratic country that is just as bipartisan as the USA. Yet, they were able to come together during this crisis and responded in the best way possible. It really shows the different strong leadership can make, even in a democracy where people often believe would take too long to properly implement any policies.

I guess that last point is why so few Western media are willing to report on Audrey. Luckily, I am here to spread this information so everyone can be more educated on this topic. Upon request, I can provide more links to news articles that go into further detail about how Taiwan handled this coronavirus outbreak.

Amazing what a country can do when they dont treat politics as a competition

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https://twitter.com/markpalexander/status/1239109620683202560?s=21

Forgive me if this was posted already, but this is wild.

Noraneko_Vel posted...

I fucking hope so, because people need to stop being dumb when it comes to preventing epidemics. Being a dumbass and saying "it's just a flu" kills people.

People in my town were out last night drinking and dining in public even tho we have several infected at the hospital couple blocks away.

Miami-Dade mayor advises residents to assume everyone is infected with coronavirus
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/03/15/miami-dade-mayor-advises-residents-to-assume-everyone-is-infected-with-coronavirus/


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305 Mi yayo

https://twitter.com/davcarretta/status/1238791068071661568?s=21

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LameFAQs posted...

https://twitter.com/davcarretta/status/1238791068071661568?s=21

:(

LameFAQs posted...

https://twitter.com/davcarretta/status/1238791068071661568?s=21

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fucking ten pages of obituaries

DundiesAward posted...

Miami-Dade mayor advises residents to assume everyone is infected with coronavirus
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/03/15/miami-dade-mayor-advises-residents-to-assume-everyone-is-infected-with-coronavirus/

Isn't that what everyone's doing already?

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Malcrasternus posted...

Isn't that what everyone's doing already?

Not really Korona Katie was a meme last night.


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DundiesAward posted...

Korona Katie

?

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https://i.redd.it/yxmpld57jum41.jpg
This looks bad.

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mach25687 posted...

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This tweet went viral last night.
https://twitter.com/realkatiejow/status/1238937001463877632

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I'm unemployed after 9pm. But it was my boss' decision. The surrounding bars and restaurants are still allowed to open but must close by 9pm.

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DundiesAward posted...

This tweet went viral last night.
https://twitter.com/realkatiejow/status/1238937001463877632

I would face palm, but it wouldn't be a good idea right now due to the virus

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Thompson posted...

https://i.redd.it/yxmpld57jum41.jpg
This looks bad.

It's fucking insane and evil and I hope people are seeing that. Hopefully enough people will rebel against the government's plans and be more vigilant and careful than they want us to be.

SpaceBear_ posted...

I'm unemployed after 9pm.

it sucks. gotta put the health of the nation first despite losses of wages.

edit: now i see where that corona katie meme is from.
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DundiesAward posted...

This tweet went viral last night.
https://twitter.com/realkatiejow/status/1238937001463877632

Yassss hunty, nobody is going to tell me how to live my life. Times sq tonight!

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Sucks that I have a salary job that is completely doable from home yet they insist on forcing us to go in still.

They sent an email on Friday stating that if we call out (we get 40 hours sick time) that we would need to provide a doctor's note or else we cannot come back to work.
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https://twitter.com/jasmineminortv/status/1239280010655141890

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