Wuhan virus (coronavirus) arrives in the USA

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Anonymous wrote:The patient in Seattle is doing well, per radio news.

Yeah, they have said that so far, the deaths are among the populations you would expect, and not, for example, like how the 1918 influenza killed healthy young adults.

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Anonymous wrote:Student at Texas A & M is suspected to have it. Did travel to Wuhan. Appears to be a mild case.

There's no mild case, you either have it or don't. Same thing as saying somebody is mildly pregnant.

Well, he's alive. So it's not serious yet.

You are ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:The patient in Seattle is doing well, per radio news.

Does that mean he’s recovering, or hasn’t died yet?

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Anonymous wrote:Well you really have to recognize the benefits of a strong authoritarian government when you see this kind of thing in China. They just locked down two cities and canceled all chinese new year celebrations in beijing. There will be special procedures to travel to and from those regions. I wouldn't be surprised if the merchants selling the wild meat in the Wuhan market are in reeducation camps as I write this. Compare this to America where our sissy government begs and pleads with sick people not to travel. We can't even get kids to get vaccinated lol!

And the kicker is, this would all be so the government can save face. Because the virus did not originate in a market.

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Anonymous wrote:The man who came here was not symptomatic until days after he arrived. That's a positive. He also lives alone and took himself to the hospital quickly.

The bad part is that he changed planes somewhere in the US and took public transportation to get to his house from SEATAC. So it really depends on when the virus is contagious.

The good news is that we have a President who will slam doors, unlike with Obama/Ebola.

Um, that means I’m locked in here with y’all, even if I think my chances are better off leaving.

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Anonymous wrote:The man who came here was not symptomatic until days after he arrived. That's a positive. He also lives alone and took himself to the hospital quickly.

The bad part is that he changed planes somewhere in the US and took public transportation to get to his house from SEATAC. So it really depends on when the virus is contagious.

The good news is that we have a President who will slam doors, unlike with Obama/Ebola.

Um, that means I’m locked in here with y’all, even if I think my chances are better off leaving.

Hurry up and go! I’ll hold the door for you!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Why should it be illegal to eat bats? We eat chicken everyday in the US. Seems rather ethnocentric to say bats are off limits just because it's not our cuisine. I hate all Chinese food, but I can recognize that just because something doesn't appeal to me doesnt make it wrong to eat.

I'm Chinese and here's my input. The types of foods that are being associated with this virus are bats, rodents, raccoons, and snake. With the exception of snake, all these animals are not considered "typical" Chinese cuisine and most Chinese locals would consider them "exotic" as you would think eating a squirrel here in America. The problem is many had thought the government learned its lesson with SARS by needing to broadcast the message that eating these non-traditional exotic animals carry risk of animal-borne viruses. The government has obviously not learned that lesson.

On a side note, you have a pretty close-minded pallet to say you hate "all Chinese food." Chinese food has many region-specific cuisine and it's really not limited to your typical shrimp lo mien and fried rice, which most likely are the one dishes you know.

I'm not Chinese but if a poster starts with I hate "all Chinese food" you can pretty much dismiss the rest of the comment. Have they seen China on a map? It's a big country; how could they have tried all Chinese food? Or, have they not tried it and say they don't like it because... foreign.

Not trying to stick up for this guy, but “Chinese food” in America is different than Chinese food in China. I’m very well traveled and I hate American Chinese food. I can’t stand the typical dishes. In DC we can get better Chinese food, but to most Americans with only one Chinese restaurant, Chinese food is orange chicken, General tso, etc. Nearly every Chinese restaurant in the US has the same dishes too.

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Anonymous wrote:Why should it be illegal to eat bats? We eat chicken everyday in the US. Seems rather ethnocentric to say bats are off limits just because it's not our cuisine. I hate all Chinese food, but I can recognize that just because something doesn't appeal to me doesnt make it wrong to eat.

I'm Chinese and here's my input. The types of foods that are being associated with this virus are bats, rodents, raccoons, and snake. With the exception of snake, all these animals are not considered "typical" Chinese cuisine and most Chinese locals would consider them "exotic" as you would think eating a squirrel here in America. The problem is many had thought the government learned its lesson with SARS by needing to broadcast the message that eating these non-traditional exotic animals carry risk of animal-borne viruses. The government has obviously not learned that lesson.

On a side note, you have a pretty close-minded pallet to say you hate "all Chinese food." Chinese food has many region-specific cuisine and it's really not limited to your typical shrimp lo mien and fried rice, which most likely are the one dishes you know.

I'm not Chinese but if a poster starts with I hate "all Chinese food" you can pretty much dismiss the rest of the comment. Have they seen China on a map? It's a big country; how could they have tried all Chinese food? Or, have they not tried it and say they don't like it because... foreign.

Not trying to stick up for this guy, but “Chinese food” in America is different than Chinese food in China. I’m very well traveled and I hate American Chinese food. I can’t stand the typical dishes. In DC we can get better Chinese food, but to most Americans with only one Chinese restaurant, Chinese food is orange chicken, General tso, etc. Nearly every Chinese restaurant in the US has the same dishes too.

That’s America. Hard to get authentic Italian, Mexican, etc in most of the US. The stereotypical American likes meat-heavy dishes smothered in non-subtle sauces. That’s what is provided.

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Many many of the Chinese students that study at Johns Hopkins in DC had masks on today- which made me think, some of them probably went home over the holidays and just got back. Good for them for wearing masks as a precaution.

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Off topic but the Chinese food in DC is awful. Most of the Chinese students won’t eat at any of the Chinese places here but will go to the Pho places.

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The thinking is that they are not contagious.
They couldn't go to school (or their host families) because of an uprising by the host families.

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Anonymous wrote:The thinking is that they are not contagious.
They couldn't go to school (or their host families) because of an uprising by the host families.

I guess I don’t understand why rhe US would take a risk that they are contagious, here in DC. Is it extreme? Who knows — but I would counter that their entire country shut down national activities, quarantined cities, and have a quick global warning of a health crisis. We couldn’t allow special CDC approved incubation stations? We don’t have procedures for travelers that protect public health safety? I don’t know how this stuff works, so maybe these are stupid questions. If these students coming from the province are contagious, sending them to the monuments, museums, subways is going to exponentially increase the risks for not just our metro area, but many other states since this is a pretty popular travel hub and tourist city.

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Anonymous wrote:The thinking is that they are not contagious.
They couldn't go to school (or their host families) because of an uprising by the host families.

I guess I don’t understand why rhe US would take a risk that they are contagious, here in DC. Is it extreme? Who knows — but I would counter that their entire country shut down national activities, quarantined cities, and have a quick global warning of a health crisis. We couldn’t allow special CDC approved incubation stations? We don’t have procedures for travelers that protect public health safety? I don’t know how this stuff works, so maybe these are stupid questions. If these students coming from the province are contagious, sending them to the monuments, museums, subways is going to exponentially increase the risks for not just our metro area, but many other states since this is a pretty popular travel hub and tourist city.

What you should be asking is why a bunch of government education wonks are making public health decisions.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The thinking is that they are not contagious.
They couldn't go to school (or their host families) because of an uprising by the host families.

I guess I don’t understand why rhe US would take a risk that they are contagious, here in DC. Is it extreme? Who knows — but I would counter that their entire country shut down national activities, quarantined cities, and have a quick global warning of a health crisis. We couldn’t allow special CDC approved incubation stations? We don’t have procedures for travelers that protect public health safety? I don’t know how this stuff works, so maybe these are stupid questions. If these students coming from the province are contagious, sending them to the monuments, museums, subways is going to exponentially increase the risks for not just our metro area, but many other states since this is a pretty popular travel hub and tourist city.

What you should be asking is why a bunch of government education wonks are making public health decisions.

I'm glad you aren't.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The thinking is that they are not contagious.
They couldn't go to school (or their host families) because of an uprising by the host families.

I guess I don’t understand why rhe US would take a risk that they are contagious, here in DC. Is it extreme? Who knows — but I would counter that their entire country shut down national activities, quarantined cities, and have a quick global warning of a health crisis. We couldn’t allow special CDC approved incubation stations? We don’t have procedures for travelers that protect public health safety? I don’t know how this stuff works, so maybe these are stupid questions. If these students coming from the province are contagious, sending them to the monuments, museums, subways is going to exponentially increase the risks for not just our metro area, but many other states since this is a pretty popular travel hub and tourist city.

What you should be asking is why a bunch of government education wonks are making public health decisions.

Let me give you an example. My SIL is a retired nurse at a public school in NY. This was when they were using actual RNs. One day, on the way to school, one of the buses had a bat flying around. They opened the back door and let it out. My SIL gets to school, hears about it and asks the principal about it, who tells her "well, the kids say no one came in contact with the bat". My SIL looked at her and said "I would like to talk to every child on the bus individually". When she was done, turned out 8 kids had personal physical contact with the bat. They admitted they lied because they were afraid they were going to get in trouble. They told my SIL because she explained the health risk. Those kids were then properly treated for possible rabies exposure. Moral of this story? Teachers and administrators should not be making health decisions of any kind without consulting actual health professionals.