Yesterday’s
very important update from CDC for anyone who missed it:
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/t0225-cdc-telebriefing-covid-19-update.mp3
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Media Advisory
For Immediate Release: Tuesday Feb. 25, 2020
Coronavirus Disease 2019
Direct link to Audio:
Coronavirus Disease 2019
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/t0225-cdc-telebriefing-covid-19-update.mp3
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This is an emerging, rapidly evolving situation and CDC will provide updated information as it becomes available, in addition to updated guidance.
Updated February 25, 2020
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Snippet / more at link:
“What May Happen
“More cases are likely to be identified in the coming days, including more cases in the United States. It’s also likely that person-to-person spread will continue to occur, including in the United States. Widespread transmission of COVID-19 in the United States would translate into large numbers of people needing medical care at the same time. Schools, childcare centers, workplaces, and other places for mass gatherings may experience more absenteeism. 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 transportation industry may also be affected. Health care 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 interventionswould be the most important response strategy.
CDC Response
Global efforts at this time are focused concurrently on containing spread of this virus and mitigating the 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. The public health response is multi-layered, with the goal of detecting and minimizing introductions of this virus in the United States so as to reduce the spread and the impact of this virus. CDC is operationalizing all of its pandemic preparedness and response plans, working on multiple fronts to meet these goals, including specific measures to
prepare communities to respond local transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19. There is an abundance of
pandemic guidance developed in anticipation of an influenza pandemic that is being repurposed and adapted for a COVID-19 pandemic.”