Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Health Ministry: Don't leave home for non-essential reasons
Israel's Health Ministry on Tuesday issued new guidelines which
require Israelis to remain at home other than for necessary outings.
These guidelines include:
1. Do not leave home, other than for situations which require it
(work in accordance with the guidelines, purchasing food, medication,
medical services, and other necessary services).
2. Do not leave home to visit parks, playgrounds, beaches, pools,
libraries, museums, nature reserves and parks, or other public spaces,
other than children leaving with their families only, or with pets (in
an individual fashion).
3. Do not hold extracurricular activities, even with a minimum number
of participants. This includes sports and gyms, as well as group
activities publicly or privately provided. Unorganized exercise
activities of up to five people are allowed, so long as participants can
keep a distance of two meters from each other.
4. Keep in contact with friends via technology, and avoid hosting friends and family who do not live in your home.
5. Those who are at increased risk of complications, such as the
elderly or those who suffer chronic illness or long-term respiratory
issues, including: asthma, autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular diseases,
immune disorders or diseases, cancer patients and patients who are
immunocompromised, must avoid leaving their homes as much as possible,
other than for necessary services. Instead, they should request the aid
of family and friends in keeping their homes supplied with what they
need.
6. The following tools should be used to limit outings:
1. Telecommuting, including video calls and conference calls
2. Each employer must be sure to provide a space of two meters between employees and ensure personal and environmental hygiene.
3. Deliveries will be placed outside the door.
4. Dentist appointments should be delayed as much as possible, and only crucial and emergency situations should be handled.
1. Telecommuting, including video calls and conference calls
2. Each employer must be sure to provide a space of two meters between employees and ensure personal and environmental hygiene.
3. Deliveries will be placed outside the door.
4. Dentist appointments should be delayed as much as possible, and only crucial and emergency situations should be handled.
7. While leaving home due to situations which require it, contact
between people should be limited, and a distance of two meters between
people should be kept.
As coronavirus suspends life in America, Fox changes its tone
Why Fox's coverage is so important
Given
that Republicans largely turn to Fox for their news, it's likely the
network's previous dismissive coverage has affected how Republicans view
the crisis. A Gallup poll published Monday found that "political party identification reflects the starkest differences in levels of worry about coronavirus exposure."
According
to the poll, "Democrats (73%) are the most worried of any group, and
their level of worry has increased the most out of any group. Meanwhile,
less than half of Republicans (42%) report having this level of concern
-- the lowest of any group Gallup measured." Hopefully things will
change with the network's shift in tone...
Coronavirus: UK changes course amid death toll fears
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51915302
Change course or a quarter of a
million people will die in a "catastrophic epidemic" of coronavirus -
warnings do not come much starker than that.
Trump, finally, takes the coronavirus emergency seriously
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/17/politics/white-house-donald-trump-coronavirus-emergency/index.html
This version of Donald Trump will save lives.
The President offered Americans something they have rarely seen from him in his latest and most somber press conference yet on the coronavirus pandemic on Monday.
He
dispensed unimpeachable information based on fact. He called for
national unity and seemed like he meant to help forge it. And he ditched
his normal habit of hyping the best possible outcome to a situation
with improbable superlatives -- instead communicating the gravity of a
fast-worsening crisis.
Entire Dead Sea Scroll Fragment Collection at Washington, D.C.'s Museum of the Bible Is Fake, Investigation Reveals
https://www.newsweek.com/entire-dead-sea-scroll-fragment-collection-washington-dc-museum-bible-fake-1492470
"After an exhaustive review of all the imaging and scientific
analysis results, it is evident that none of the textual fragments in
Museum of the Bible's Dead Sea Scroll collection are authentic," Loll
concluded in a report describing the findings
of the investigation. "Moreover, each exhibits characteristics that
suggest they are deliberate forgeries created in the twentieth century
with the intent to mimic authentic Dead Sea Scroll fragments."
New White House Coronavirus Guidelines Tell Older People to Stay Home, All Ages to Avoid Groups of More Than 10
https://time.com/5804402/white-house-coronavirus-guidelines/
President Donald Trump, employing a newly somber tone about the
crisis enveloping the globe, urged all older Americans to stay home and
everyone to avoid crowds and eating out at restaurants. The president
for the first time acknowledged that the pandemic may send the economy
into a recession and suggested that the nation may be dealing with the
virus until “July or August.”
Monday, March 16, 2020
The conspiracy theories about the origins of the coronavirus, debunked
https://www.vox.com/2020/3/4/21156607/how-did-the-coronavirus-get-started-china-wuhan-lab
Meanwhile, on Fox News and social media, a dangerous conspiracy theory about the origin of the health crisis won’t die.
There are two main versions of the rumor, and they have
one common thread: that the coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, originated in a
level 4 (the highest biosafety level) research laboratory in Wuhan.
In one version of the rumor, the virus was engineered in
the lab by humans as a bioweapon. In another version, the virus was
being studied in the lab (after being isolated from animals) and then “escaped” or “leaked” because of poor safety protocol.
The U.K.’s Coronavirus ‘Herd Immunity’ Debacle
There was a time when it seemed possible for the world to contain
COVID-19—the disease caused by the new coronavirus. That time is over.
What began as an outbreak in China has become a pandemic, and as a
growing number of countries struggle to control the virus, talk of
“flattening the curve” is increasing. That is, a lot of people are going
to get sick, and delaying infections as much as possible is imperative,
so that cases occur over a long period of time and health systems
aren’t suddenly inundated. Almost every country is trying to achieve
this goal through the standard arsenal of public health—testing people
and tracing contacts—and through more restrictive measures that include
instituting quarantines, closing public spaces, banning mass gatherings,
and issuing strong advice about social distancing.
White House advises public to avoid groups of more than 10, asks people to stay away from bars and restaurants
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/16/politics/white-house-guidelines-coronavirus/index.html
The guidelines -- and
specifically the recommendation that people don't gather in groups of
more than 10 -- marks a notable escalation from the guidance put out by
the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sunday recommending
that no gatherings with 50 people or more take place for the next eight
weeks to slow the spread of the virus.
Striking
a far more somber tone than previous press conferences, Trump
acknowledged that the coronavirus is not under control in the US or
internationally just one day after saying the virus is "something we
have tremendous control of."
Asked
by CNN to revisit that statement, Trump claimed he was "not referring to
it" -- meaning the virus -- when he talked about the situation being
under control.
"When I'm talking
about control, I'm saying we are doing a very good job within the
confines of what we're dealing with," Trump said, adding that the virus
is "not under control for any place in the world."
The
President also predicted the coronavirus outbreak could start to
subside in July or August of this year, although he conceded that it
could continue to be a threat even longer.
Trump claims coronavirus is under control -- contradicting reality and his own top expert
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/16/politics/coronavirus-us-president-donald-trump-fauci-politics/index.html
America's
top infectious diseases expert is warning that hundreds of thousands of
Americans could die unless every citizen joins an effort to blunt the coronavirus pandemic -- only to be contradicted by President Donald Trump, who insists the virus is under "tremendous" control.
The
fresh sign of Trump's unwillingness to accept the full, sobering
reality of the outbreak came as an anxious America knuckles down to its
new self-isolating reality. The country is bracing for the full fury of
the virus that is already escalating sharply and is set to subject the
foundations of basic life — the nation's health care, economic and
political systems — to a fateful test.
Dr. Siegel warns people not to go to bars and concerts as coronavirus spreads in US
https://www.foxnews.com/media/dr-siegel-bars-concerts-coronavirus-highly-contagious
https://www.foxnews.com/media/dr-siegel-bars-concerts-coronavirus-highly-contagious
Fox News medical correspondent Dr. Marc Siegel said on Monday that it is important to cancel large social gatherings because the coronavirus is classified as “highly contagious.”
“For every person that has it, two or two-and-a-half more people get it,” Siegel told “Fox & Friends.”
“If you’re at a bar drinking with your buddies, which everybody is still doing, unfortunately — it’s a free-for-all. It’s going to spread from one person there who has it to two to three or more people,” Seigel said.
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