Tennessee, Nevada, New Jersey Confirm 1st Coronavirus Cases; Pentagon "Tracking" 12 Possible Covid-19 Patients: Live Updates

Source: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/new-jersey-reports-1st-case-switzerland-reports-1st-death-global-coronavirus-cases
Published: Mar 5, 2020
Author: Tyler Durden
Post Date: 2020-03-05 10:47:19 by Horse
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Two newest cases confirmed in NYC are of "unknown origin," meaning they could have caught the virus in the city.

Tennessee has confirmed is first case, according to media reports.

FIRST CONFIRMED CASE OF CORONAVIRUS IN TENNESSEE: WKRN-ABC

The reports were almost immediately confirmed by the governor.

Arianna Poindexter @AriannaWMC5 ·

#Breaking Gov. Bill Lee announces first confirmed case of #Coronavirus in Tennessee

The patient is a 44-year-old man in Williamson County.

Tennessee Department of Health commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercy said he is currently being quarantined in his home.

Authorities said the patient did not travel internationally, but they did travel within the country. Doctors did not confirm where the patient specifically traveled.

Piercy revealed the Department of Health became aware of the case Wednesday night. The patient returned from travel about four to five days ago. He DID NOT travel internationally.

Another doctor working with the patient, Dr. Mary Mararet Phil, said the patient has mild symptoms. He took appropriate precautions by staying home when he developed symptoms.

Chief medical officer, Tim Jones, said no more than a handful of Tennesseeans have been tested for the virus so far.

Poster Comment:

This county is just south of Nashville. (In case you are wondering I posted this because I live in Tennessee. I didn't expect a local to get it for another 6 weeks. No school closures here because they get out in May and go back in August. Maybe August or September. Kids don't learn anything in school nowadays anyway.

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#1: NeoconsNailed    To: Horse (#0)

Governments Are Using the Coronavirus to Distract From Their Own Failures

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"The Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Global Cases Monitor shows that the mortality rate of the epidemic is very low. At the writing of this article,1 there have been 92,818 cases, 3,195 deaths, and 48,201 recoveries. It is normal for the media to focus on the first two figures, but I think that it is important to remember the last one. The recovered figure is more than ten times the deceased one. This should not make the reader ignore the epidemic, but it is worth reading the scientific study that shows that the death rate in citizens under age 60 is less than 1.3 percent, 0.2 percent in the young population, and a maximum of 4 percent on average.2"

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#2: Horse    To: NeoconsNailed (#1)

People still talk about the Spanish flu. It only killed 550,000 Americans out of 106 million. I met two men whose childhoods were ruined because they lost their mothers.

Horse posted on 2020-03-05 19:40:08   Reply   Private Reply