A second cruise ship has been quarantined with 10 confirmed cases.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/w...-hospital.html
quite impressive regardless of what facilities are inside...my bathroom renovation took that long.
A second cruise ship has been quarantined with 10 confirmed cases.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...cbc_story.html
Very sad story. A doctor in China who tried to sound the alarm on the disease and was detained by the police for "rumor mongering" died of the disease.
He was only 34.
41 more cases for 61 total.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-...-ship/11943302
Why is it every time I look at this thread title, I see PlaqueWatch and not PlagueWatch?
[redacted] them and the horses they rode in on.
Apparently there are locally transmitted cases in Hong Kong and Macau now, and there are rumors of roadblocks around Shenzhen. Hyundai is stopping production in Korea because it can't get parts. Commodity prices are dropping. The number of people in serious / critical condition in Hubei went from 3K to 4K in a single day, which suggests that some things are being undercounted.
In conclusion, I predict another record high for stocks tomorrow.
Many companies in China are refusing to accept shipments of raw materials at the port of entry, claiming acts of God.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...eure-quicktake
I read somewhere that 80-90% of Chinese manufacturing is currently offline due to quarantine efforts. If true, this has the makings of a global cluster fudge.
More on the measures being taken in Wuhan. I keep coming back to trying to quarantine a city of 11 million. It just seems like an impossible task but One that only China could conceivably pull off
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/w...gtype=Homepage
A lot of very interesting articles this morning on the Chinese public's backlash against the Chinese authorities...lots of social media calls for free speech...
I'll be coming through Dulles passport security in several hours. Count on me for an on-site report about health security. Will likely be slightly hungover so wish me luck!
Nothing incites bodily violence quicker than a Duke fan turning in your direction and saying 'scoreboard.'