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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In Italy the hospitals are near the breaking point. It is spreading like wild fire. Wake up. 
A first step to stem the tide of this virus is to close schools. People need to start preparing for this, and the local government needs to put a plan in place for parents who need help with food and child care.
We can?t just bury our heads in the sand.[/quote]

There are so so many old people in Italy though, and they largely live at home and move around a lot.  Here in the US they are mostly in nursing facilities and not very mobile.[/quote]

No. This is a pandemic. In a pandemic, the differences you mention are non-existent.

We are just as much at risk as the Chinese and the Italians. Why? Because the age pyramids in all these countries, including the USA, is the same - there are many elderly and people with pre-existing conditions, due to our nations' wealth and healthcare systems. Third world countries don't have as many sick and elderly people (they die off much sooner because they don't have good healthcare or living conditions!), and may ironically not have as many deaths per infected people.

The point is: learn what not to do from China and Italy. Learn what to do from South Korea. In no particular order (because it all needs to happen now):

1. Do not visit the elderly without protection. [b]Prevent them from attending church services[/b], concerts and any group setting where they can be easily contaminated, especially by kids. 
2. Close schools now, because they are hotbeds of viral spread. 
3. Encourage telework for those who can, to protect the workers who cannot. 
4. Cancel large group gatherings. 
5. Block entry to people coming from hotspot countries, and quarantine US citizens returning from hotspots. 
6. Disembark all cruise passengers into mandatory quarantine, and discourage all large cruises during the pandemic. You've seen that cruises have been responsible for the dissemination of the virus all around the globe.
7. Accelerate production of hand sanitizer, disinfectant, gloves, gowns and masks for medical personnel.
8. Create drive-through testing locations, or walkable testing locations in cities, with adequate protection for staff and people waiting in line.
9. And continue to wash hands frequently, sanitize hands while out and about, and not touch your face.
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your suggestions are an under reaction.
1. [b]Those gatherings should be canceled.[/b]
2. yes
3. yes
4. yes 
5. any country with more than 2 cases instead of hotspot. Any country with 8 cases can become Wuhan 2.0 in 2 weeks.
6. yes, and ban not discourage 
7. citizens need masks too
8. yes
9. yes
10. Each State must show its work in how it is preparing as best it can to provide intensive care 1% of its entire population over less than a month.[/quote]

You people are SICK!   You want to deny elderly people the right to worship?  [/quote]

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