COVID-19 News Snippets

I am in the mood to post a bunch of COVID-19 tweets that I won't even begin to attempt to attribute. I find TW to be a good source for quick news. The first one is a first-hand account of how contagious the virus is.

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Just so people know how contagious this is, here are some numbers for me personally, contrary to what I believed, I got it from someone last week Friday night, and got symptoms on Tuesday (that’s when I locked myself down), and so far I gave it to my wife, kid, brother in law, and my plumber (who I met for exactly 5 minutes) and so far my sister and plumbers wife got it from them already. It’s insane.

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JUST IN: New York City reports 2,964 new cases of coronavirus and 31 new deaths.

A total of 8,115 cases and 60 deaths.

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People and businesses found breaking the new social distancing rules will be fined, Ontario [my province] Provincial Police said Friday.

Individuals could be fined up to $1,000 while corporations could face fines of up to $500,000, OPP [Ontario Provincial Police] said in a news release.

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• 59 new cases, total 377
• OPP to issue fines for gatherings of 50+ people
• Trudeau: working w/ airlines to help stranded Canadians
• world hockey championships cancelled
• EB Games closes
• Starbucks: drive-thru only
• US-Canada border closes

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Social distancing measures in Canada could be in place for months, Canada's health minister said today. Patty Hajdu warned that not following the measures in place now could lead to more strict measures later to confine people to their homes.

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The US just passed #Spain to become #3 in total #Covid19 cases & is #2 in active cases. We will overtake #China & possibly #Italy by next weekend in total cases. We will, hopefully, remain in much better company w/r/t to CFR/deaths. Testing is our hope & it is growing quickly.

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Trump: Nobody ever imagined this.

FACT:  “The Obama-Biden Administration set up the White House National Security Council Directorate for Global Health Security and Biodefense to prepare for future pandemics like #COVID19. Donald Trump eliminated it—now USA paying the price.”

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Sorry, Anvilcloud breaking in. I can't resist. But my question which arises from this is very serious. Is America broken? I can't imagine Trump lasting for 4 years in any other first world country.