But I'd guess the rate would go exponentially higher. At a rate of 20 percent it would be a lot but it may go higher as tine goes on.
Yup, that happened.
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10% of the worlds population is now under quarantine.
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When someone is on quarantine, do they force someone to stay where they're told? Law enforcement?
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I think for now it would be forced hospitalized quarantine if tested positive.
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Here's a big number:
70,000 or seventy thousand movie theaters close in China. Schools close in Japan (all of or just cities isn't known yet.)
HERE'S MY QUESTION: Do you think the USA will be able to close movie theaters and other venues to slow the spread? Or will big business push back and make it worse?
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Only after they try all other options? Close as a last resort?
Masks, disposable gloves and disinfectant wipes WILL be issued at ALL events...at no charge.
Went to Costco yesterday (in Canada) they had a person at the entrance with Clorox wipes wiping the handle on your shopping cart as you entered the store..
THEN when I got to the checkout I handed my credit card to the cashier (who was not wearing gloves) wearing gloves ONLY works IF you don't touch something from another source, AND he didn't disinfect the credit card of the person before me) he handed it back to me and I put it in my wallet.....And of course I had to hold the device that reads my credit card.
There goes the purpose of wiping the handle on the shopping cart...
Waiting to see some politician at a rally shouting into a microphone while wearing a protective mask....While people in the audience are bare faced...
And the bare-faced liar is wearing a mask
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Without getting into the weeds here, this is what some doctors are telling us.
Masks (picture to follow) do little to protect you from catching a virus. They do however help in keeping those that are infected spreading it.
"But do face masks actually protect you?
"The fact is, your typical surgical mask is not going to protect or prevent infection," Erin Sorrell, a Center for Global Health Science and Security member and assistant research professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Georgetown University, told BuzzFeed News.
Sorrell said there's no reason to use a surgical mask if you're healthy and not infected.
"The virus itself is so small that it can penetrate the mask," she said. "So it literally does nothing for you.""
@JP Bill. You are correct about wiping down the surfaces with the sanitizing wipes. Also, washing hands works.
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M95 mask is the one they recommend
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...some were told to keep their mask on while eating in a restaurant. Uh, really?! Must be some odd way of doing that one. Hope your food preparer was so cautious. Many think that's how corona virus spread on the Die Monday Princess cruise ship.
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Back in the day...when I was working. I was required to wear a dust mask on occasion.
I used to make a hole in the dust mask and poke my cigar though the hole...walking along wearing a dust mask with a cigar stuck in my cakehole.
AND the cigars I smoked were "Corona Cigars".
What were the odds?
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