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James48

(4,416 posts)
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 09:16 PM Feb 2020

The Federal Government Should Go to War With the Coronavirus, Today

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Source: http://Govexec.com

A bipartisan federal effort, leading to a military-style assault, is necessary to contain the virus that has the potential to infect 40%-70% of the world’s population within a year.

BY CARL HENN | FEBRUARY 27, 2020 04:00 PM ET


On Monday, Harvard University epidemiology professor Marc Lipsitch predicted that within a year, 40% to 70% of the world’s population would get the novel coronavirus and COVID19, the disease that it causes. With a world population of 7.5 billion, that means 3-5 billion people globally would get the novel coronavirus, and COVID19 would kill up to 60-100 million. This would make the new coronavirus the worst pandemic in history, surpassing even the Spanish Flu of 1918-1919 that killed 50 million people.

More relevant to us, here in the United States, we would have up to 130-230 million cases of coronavirus, and up to 2.5-3.5 million people would die of COVID19. These numbers are simply mind-boggling.

We obviously cannot stand by and allow this worst-case scenario to play out in America. For this reason, President Trump held a news conference Wednesday on the federal government’s response efforts, during which he named Vice President Mike Pence to lead the virus fight. But it’s unclear what level of anti-virus effort the Trump administration has in mind. President Trump said he would be happy to work with whatever level of anti-virus funding Congress deems appropriate.

Read more: https://www.govexec.com/defense/2020/02/federal-government-should-go-war-coronavirus-today/163387/



Here you go- forecasting disease worse than the 1918-19 Spanish flu- and Herr Twitter sits and says all is well.

This article is a good read about what we are and are not doing-
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The Federal Government Should Go to War With the Coronavirus, Today (Original Post) James48 Feb 2020 OP
some scientists are saying that it will never go away, it will be a lingering illness that pops up yaesu Feb 2020 #1
And the smart ones will get the vaccine when it becomes available. truthisfreedom Feb 2020 #3
That would mean the government licensing the vaccine for wide distribution Warpy Feb 2020 #2
viruses mutate & limits to how many they can isolate bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #4
After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING Omaha Steve Feb 2020 #5

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
1. some scientists are saying that it will never go away, it will be a lingering illness that pops up
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 09:19 PM
Feb 2020

every year like the flu.

truthisfreedom

(23,113 posts)
3. And the smart ones will get the vaccine when it becomes available.
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 09:26 PM
Feb 2020

And the Darwin Awards will be ordering award plaques by the millions.

Warpy

(110,900 posts)
2. That would mean the government licensing the vaccine for wide distribution
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 09:23 PM
Feb 2020

(6-8 months from now, when there is one) and that would mean Big Dummy's pharma bros wouldn't get to make a financial killing with it.

Plus, it looks like by then, most of us will have had it and a few unlucky people will get relapses, if that lady in Asia is telling us anything.

bucolic_frolic

(42,663 posts)
4. viruses mutate & limits to how many they can isolate
Thu Feb 27, 2020, 09:57 PM
Feb 2020

Omaha Steve

(99,061 posts)
5. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 08:37 AM
Feb 2020

Feature opinion story, not LBN.

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