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If the coronavirus hits America, who’s responsible for protecting you?
What the response to a Covid-19 outbreak in the US could look like.
By Brian Resnick
Feb 26, 2020, 2:00pm EST
The outbreak of the coronavirus — and Covid-19, the disease it causes — in mainland China has provoked a response the likes of which the world has never seen. Hundreds of millions of people in the country have had their travel restricted; many have not even been allowed to leave their homes. All of this is aided by the vast Chinese surveillance state.
Meanwhile, though the number of new cases in China dropped to 406 on Wednesday, bringing the total to 78,000, China is ramping up capacity to treat tens of thousands of sick people, with new hospitals going up nearly overnight. Many people still haven’t returned to work, though some of the restrictions are being eased.
Draconian restrictions on movement and the intensive tracking of people potentially exposed to the virus are just some of the ways China — a centralized, authoritarian state — has responded to its outbreak.
What would have happened if the outbreak had started in the US — or if it comes here next?...
Read more: https://www.vox.com/science-and-hea...rus-update-in-us-cdc-reponse-outbreak-prepare
What the response to a Covid-19 outbreak in the US could look like.
By Brian Resnick
Feb 26, 2020, 2:00pm EST
The outbreak of the coronavirus — and Covid-19, the disease it causes — in mainland China has provoked a response the likes of which the world has never seen. Hundreds of millions of people in the country have had their travel restricted; many have not even been allowed to leave their homes. All of this is aided by the vast Chinese surveillance state.
Meanwhile, though the number of new cases in China dropped to 406 on Wednesday, bringing the total to 78,000, China is ramping up capacity to treat tens of thousands of sick people, with new hospitals going up nearly overnight. Many people still haven’t returned to work, though some of the restrictions are being eased.
Draconian restrictions on movement and the intensive tracking of people potentially exposed to the virus are just some of the ways China — a centralized, authoritarian state — has responded to its outbreak.
What would have happened if the outbreak had started in the US — or if it comes here next?...
Read more: https://www.vox.com/science-and-hea...rus-update-in-us-cdc-reponse-outbreak-prepare