what is the CDC?
CDC is the nation's premier health promotion, disease prevention and emergency preparedness agency and a global leader in public health.
as information comes in the CDC has been updating DAILY since this started. Unfortunately, citizens get their information from the media and political figures neither of whcih have done a good job of relaying CDC's info
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/201...avirus/2019-ncov/summary.html#situation-in-us
[h=2]What May Happen[/h][FONT="]More cases of COVID-19 are likely to be identified in the United States in the coming days, including more instances of community spread. CDC expects that widespread transmission of COVID-19 in the United States will occur. In the coming months, most of the U.S. population will be exposed to this virus.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Widespread transmission of COVID-19 could translate into large numbers of people needing medical care at the same time. Schools, childcare centers, and workplaces, may experience more absenteeism. Mass gatherings may be sparsely attended or postponed. Public health and healthcare systems may become overloaded, with elevated rates of hospitalizations and deaths. Other critical infrastructure, such as law enforcement, emergency medical services, and sectors of the transportation industry may also be affected. Healthcare providers and hospitals may be overwhelmed. At this time, there is no vaccine to protect against COVID-19 and no medications approved to treat it. Nonpharmaceutical interventions will be the most important response strategy to try to delay the spread of the virus and reduce the impact of disease.[/FONT]
[h=2]CDC Response[/h][FONT="]Global efforts at this time are focused concurrently on lessening the spread and impact of this virus. The federal government is working closely with state, local, tribal, and territorial partners, as well as public health partners, to respond to this public health threat.[/FONT]
[FONT="]CDC is implementing its pandemic preparedness and response plans, working on multiple fronts, including providing specific guidance on measures to prepare communities to respond to local spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. There is an abundance of pandemic guidance developed in anticipation of an influenza pandemic that is being adapted for a potential COVID-19 pandemic.
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health agencies seeing what Italy is going through , what china did and have decided its best to shut down. The decision was given the okay from the President.[/FONT]
CDC is the nation's premier health promotion, disease prevention and emergency preparedness agency and a global leader in public health.
as information comes in the CDC has been updating DAILY since this started. Unfortunately, citizens get their information from the media and political figures neither of whcih have done a good job of relaying CDC's info
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/201...avirus/2019-ncov/summary.html#situation-in-us
[h=2]What May Happen[/h][FONT="]More cases of COVID-19 are likely to be identified in the United States in the coming days, including more instances of community spread. CDC expects that widespread transmission of COVID-19 in the United States will occur. In the coming months, most of the U.S. population will be exposed to this virus.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Widespread transmission of COVID-19 could translate into large numbers of people needing medical care at the same time. Schools, childcare centers, and workplaces, may experience more absenteeism. Mass gatherings may be sparsely attended or postponed. Public health and healthcare systems may become overloaded, with elevated rates of hospitalizations and deaths. Other critical infrastructure, such as law enforcement, emergency medical services, and sectors of the transportation industry may also be affected. Healthcare providers and hospitals may be overwhelmed. At this time, there is no vaccine to protect against COVID-19 and no medications approved to treat it. Nonpharmaceutical interventions will be the most important response strategy to try to delay the spread of the virus and reduce the impact of disease.[/FONT]
[h=2]CDC Response[/h][FONT="]Global efforts at this time are focused concurrently on lessening the spread and impact of this virus. The federal government is working closely with state, local, tribal, and territorial partners, as well as public health partners, to respond to this public health threat.[/FONT]
[FONT="]CDC is implementing its pandemic preparedness and response plans, working on multiple fronts, including providing specific guidance on measures to prepare communities to respond to local spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. There is an abundance of pandemic guidance developed in anticipation of an influenza pandemic that is being adapted for a potential COVID-19 pandemic.
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health agencies seeing what Italy is going through , what china did and have decided its best to shut down. The decision was given the okay from the President.[/FONT]