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[MetalSlimeHunt]

Jesus fucking christ, it's even worse than I thought.

[TamerVirus]

First case in Washington DC.
Let’s see if the government changes its time now that the virus is at its doorstep
Who am I kidding, they’ll just keep on saying ‘the risk to the public remains low’
Meanwhile, apparently the CDC has decided to throw their hands up in the Seattle area and say that the virus is now endemic there.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Reelya]

The best bit is this:

ACU assured that the patient did not make contact with President Trump or Vice President Mike Pence, and never attended the events in the main hall. However, the organization did not provide any other details about the patient or what events at the conference they attended.

Make sure not to mention where they actually went or people may panic and demand to be tested, and a rush of CPAC attendees to be tested would be a bad look for the the President.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

We can only hope that some asymptomatic White House staffer is currently carrying the salvation of America in his lungs.

[ChairmanPoo]

BTW: In Spain we had a number of smaller outbreaks that were more or less controlled... and then there was a huge one this week after a massive infection in a Roma Gypsy funeral, which was further compounded by the attendants refusing to quarantine themselves. Last news we have is that some have been forcefully quarantined in an apartment block, while a couple are still on the run.

[Folly]

We can only hope that some asymptomatic White House staffer is currently carrying the salvation of America in his lungs.

Trump IS within the most at-risk age group...but his very wonderful doctor says that Trump is the healthiest president ever, so he'll probably be fine.

[delphonso]

On a positive note, the city I was living in now has zero active cases of Covid19. 53 infected, 53 recovered.

[ChairmanPoo]

BTW: In Spain we had a number of smaller outbreaks that were more or less controlled... and then there was a huge one this week after a massive infection in a Roma Gypsy funeral, which was further compounded by the attendants refusing to quarantine themselves. Last news we have is that some have been forcefully quarantined in an apartment block, while a couple are still on the run.

Update: as they kept refusing to stay quarantined, the goverment ended up deploying the special forces (GAR) to the area

[Reelya]

WaPo headline: "Trump ‘didn’t know people died from the flu.’ It killed his grandfather"

Here's a non-paywalled copy
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/world/donald-trump-didnt-know-people-died-from-the-flu-it-killed-his-grandfather/

Oh man the comedy gold never ends.

At the same news conference Friday where Trump appeared unaware of his grandfather's cause of death, he cited another family member - a "super-genius uncle," his grandfather's youngest son - as having given him the family genes to understand the science of the coronavirus outbreak.

"People are really surprised I understand this stuff," he said. "Every one of these doctors said, 'How do you know so much about this?' Maybe I have a natural ability."

I'd say he has a natural ability at lying.

As for the coronavirus, I have a theory that the numbers of deaths attributable to the virus are highly under-estimated, but they're hidden in the influenza deaths. But here's the catch: influenza deaths are also down because people are taking precautions against the coronavirus. So, what could well happen is this stuff festers until next winter, then you got a big breakout happening, since people won't stay in over-self-protection mode forever.

[King Zultan]

I'd say he has a natural ability at lying.

That's the super power of every politician, just some are more skilled with its use than others.

[martinuzz]

Italy just ordered 16 million people (one quarter of the national population) to go into home quarantine.
The entire Lombardy region, and 14 provinces in the north have been locked down.
Travelling in and out of the quarantine regions is also forbidden.
The lockdown will last until at least the 3d of april.
All political parties, including the opposition unanimously decreed this has to be done, to protect the vulnerable south.Italy's economy is expected to come to a full stop this coming month.

Additionally, supermarkets will have shorter opening hours starting today, pubs and bars will be closed unless they can guarantuee a minimum distance of 1m between their customers, all schools, gyms, universities, movie theatres, musea, ski areas and sports stadiums are closed.
Weddings and funerals are also forbidden.

[Reelya]

Now you'd wish you got in first with that toilet-paper stockpiling thing.

Just kidding, the idiots who only bought toilet paper will be wondering what boiled toilet paper tastes like.

[martinuzz]

The extreme measures were decided upon when the number of infections increased by 1100 in the past 24h.
Even though the incubation time is about 14 days, and 14 days ago Italy started taking serious preventive measures, the disease spread keeps increasing exponentially.
Friday, 600 new cases were reported, saturday, 1100.
The leader of Italy's governing party PD, Nicola Zingoretti, has also been tested positive for the virus yesterday.
He left the signing of the quarantine decree to the minister of cultural affairs because of this.

[scriver]

Projected headlines of the soon future: Italy surrenders to the virus, joins Corona's side in surprise attack on Germany