zeppelin128
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Certainly. You didn't think our politicians would change, did you?We’ve got a jacked up situation in the Senate. McConnell is the majority leader but basically has no mandate because 5 Senators can’t get to the Capitol to vote. Schumer/Pelosi can hold the world hostage and everybody knows something has to happen fast. I can hear the pigs from both sides running to the biggest trough in the history of the world.
Here’s what I don’t get about this story...
Not sure I buy the premise that we knew about the issue 27 cases in, but somehow we’d have known sooner if a certain position was filled?The U.S. CDC said it first learned of a “cluster of 27 cases of pneumonia” of unexplained origin in Wuhan, China, on Dec. 31.
Why would you think that? It's not like they created the virus and tried to cover up some accident. China seems to be a hot spot for outbreaks and having someone working with them is not a bad thingHere’s what I don’t get about this story...
Not sure I buy the premise that we knew about the issue 27 cases in, but somehow we’d have known sooner if a certain position was filled?
I doubt there were only 27 cases the Chinese knew about and I seriously doubt they were willing to share with anybody.
By that strictest definition and the report you attached that uses the word plausible it is possible to maybe squeeze it in but the WHO says it can’t be spread through the air and even the CDC says basically someone would have to sneeze or cough on you. Think about it, if this could live in the air then this thing would spread way more quickly. Walmart, grocery stores, none of it would be safe.It meets the definition: An airborne disease is any disease that is caused by pathogens that can be transmitted through the air by both small, dry particles, and as larger liquid droplets.
WHO is adjusting guidance based on reports about the aerosol nature of the virus and there’s also the following report.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.10...tm_campaign=newsletter_axiosvitals&stream=top