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It is a Pandemic |
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Kilt5
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Posted: March 03 2020 at 1:56am |
Good luck to all |
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nzdad
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im confused. has there been an official announcement ? [sorry if imissed it] just looking for more info here. |
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prepare for the worst,hope for the best.
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Kilt5
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Yes It is a Pandemic |
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ok then, thanks for the heads-up. |
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prepare for the worst,hope for the best.
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There is nothing on WHO in fact the opposite so no it is not officially a pandemic |
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Kilt5
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It qualifies in all but name It will soon be officially declared There is no containing this - its now global |
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Top CDC official tells Congress coronavirus almost qualifies as a global pandemic
The World Health Organization will likely deem the coronavirus a global pandemic once sustained person-to-person spread takes hold outside China, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official told Congress on Tuesday. The outbreak already meets two of the three main criteria under the technical designation of a pandemic, Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the CDC, said in prepared remarks to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. “It is a new virus, and it is capable of person-to-person spread,” she said. “If sustained person-to-person spread in the community takes hold outside China, this will increase the likelihood that the WHO will deem it a global pandemic.” On Monday, WHO officials said the number of new COVID-19 cases outside China was almost nine times higher than that inside the country in the previous 24 hours. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said health officials would not “hesitate” to declare the outbreak a pandemic if “that’s what the evidence suggests.” On Friday, he said the WHO hadn’t declared a pandemic in part because most cases of COVID-19 were still traced to known contacts or clusters of cases, and there wasn’t any “evidence as yet that the virus is spreading freely in communities.” |
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Albert
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Yes it is a pandemic. |
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One of the top infectious disease epidemiology faculty at Univ of IL wrote this to me (Feb 27th) in response to my query "Is this a pandemic?"
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p.s. Thanks, Kilt! You caught the brass ring! Watch the markets go down, down, down. Consumer confidence will plunge, purchasing for everything except prep supplies (cars, computers etc.) will tank, there will be NO spending on vacations & travel as we head into Easter, Spring Break and Summer Vacation, etc. |
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Coronavirus is now a 'worldwide pandemic,' German health minister saysHealth Minister Jens Spahn has warned that the outbreak of COVID-19 has "not yet reached its peak in Germany." The number of cases in the country rose to 240 on Wednesday. https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-is-now-a-worldwide-pandemic-german-health-minister-says/a-52634082 |
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CRS, DrPH
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Everyone I know says it is a pandemic. |
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(CNN)For the first time in 11 years, the World Health Organization has declared a pandemic as a top US health official calls for "all hands on deck" to fight coronavirus. |
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