More on the virus

I think this may explain the foot dragging on the part of the US govt:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fire-pandemic-team/?fbclid=IwAR1LxfnG6T8p7s-kNmydIcO_KU5R2fv4sQz8ysMqlgB5-M4SDBioeMa9Kgg

If your strategy is to shoot from the hip, then be prepared to shoot yourself in the foot.

The latest from Mexico News Daily. 

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-cases-at-53/

With the lackadaisical attitude in this country it is going to be like Italy and China.

CanuckBob wrote:The latest from Mexico News Daily. 

https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-cases-at-53/

With the lackadaisical attitude in this country it is going to be like Italy and China.

I suspect you're right, hope you're wrong!

Malaysian man working in Tampico is first corona case in Tamaulipas.

https://thefederalist.com/2020/03/16/mexico-is-dangerously-unprepared-for-the-inevitable-wuhan-coronavirus-outbreak/

Interesting article, CB, but isn't The Federalist a right-wing publication?

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-federalist/

Could be but they sound bang on to me.

They could have said the same of the US but I’ll bet they wouldn’t.

Yup.

Things are really starting to heat up in the US.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/us-coronavirus-sweeping-restrictions-take-effect-as-health-officials-warn-us-is-at-a-tipping-point/ar-BB11jnHn?li=AAggFp4

Canada and Mexico should consider shutting the borders to travellers from the US.

As the saying goes “when America sneezes Mexico catches a cold”

They say this is firecracker up Trump’s butt that got him worried.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/17/health/coronavirus-uk-model-study/index.html

More promising news from Australia.

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/coronavirus-australia-queensland-researchers-find-cure-want-drug-trial/news-story/93e7656da0cff4fc4d2c5e51706accb5

Could it be the HIV drugs that were mentioned some time ago?

It could be. I also remember reading the article that China was using a combo of HIV meds and something else (which I can't recall) to good effect but it was in January and I saw no further info on it.

Yes. The Chinese started using Kaletra on January 18th...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/07/china-trials-anti-hiv-drug-coronavirus-patients

FYI
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/health/coronavirus-surfaces-aerosols.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Thank you, good article. Bad news.

Talking with my gardener today he doesn't believe it is real.......that is where we are at around here. Buckle up........

Yup. Buckle up is right.

Saw an article and pics of Italian army trucks convoying hundreds of bodies to overwhelmed crematoriums during the night. Very sobering.

Trump did a lot of damage by casting doubt about our news media. It’s hard to mobilize people when they don’t know who or what to believe.

AMLO isn't doing much either. Setting very bad examples for the Mexican's

How short sighted can they be. They are so focused on the economy but can't seem to understand that it's healthy and productive ordinary PEOPLE who make the economic wheels turn.

Almost better off to have the steep infection curve and sharp drop off versus dragging it out for a year. China is reporting no new cases and now have an 87% recovery rate.

https://www.businessinsider.com/china-no-new-local-coronavirus-cases-first-time-during-outbreak-2020-3?r=MX&IR=T

China's healthcare workers are also volunteering their services to other countries.

Absolutely! China's "imported" cases now outnumber home grown but there are still very, very few.
I am sincerely hoping for short term drastic measures whereby it's kinda over in two or three months after they're put in place. An 18 month slog will be hell on everyone.