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1. LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2020 19:54:50 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
   7:30 pm: China's XI says country must fix loopholes exposed during coronavirus outbreak
   
   Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the ruling Communist Party to repair loopholes and weaknesses exposed during the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak, Reuters reported on Friday, citing state television.
   
   His reported comments come shortly after China's National Health Commission reported an additional 121 deaths nationwide, with 5,090 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus.
   
   The flu-like virus was found to have killed a total of 1,380 people in mainland China as of Thursday evening after the health commission said it had removed 108 deaths from the total figure due to a double-count in Hubei province — the epicenter of the global coronavirus outbreak.
   
   It is the second day in a row that the province's data changes have caused significant changes to a nationwide figure, fueling doubts many have about their accuracy. (See 1:15 p.m. update).
   
   The White House does "not have high confidence in the information coming out of China," a senior U.S. administration official told CNBC on Thursday.
   
   https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/14/coronavirus-latest-updates-chinas-hubei.html [cnbc]
   
   #COVID-19 #2019-nCoV #SARS-CoV-2 #coronavirus
   • GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2020 20:33:23 UTC GeniusMusing

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     @lnxw48a1 Do you want a really scary thought?
     What if something like this happened next year in (pick any large US city) while the below is going on.
     
     Amid coronavirus outbreak, Trump proposes slashing CDC budget Ars Technica
     https://nu.federati.net/url/262887
     
     >Heart disease, cancer, and diabetes are the leading causes of death and disability in the United States. Trump proposes cutting roughly $427 million in funding for the chronic disease category—a roughly 34.5 percent drop from enacted 2020 spending.
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     >The budget also cuts funding for infectious-disease responses, including a 13 percent cut to programs under the category of “emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases.” (Zoonotic infectious diseases are those that spread from animals to people, of which the novel coronavirus is one.) This category includes cuts to programs addressing antibiotic-resistant infections, food safety, and healthcare-associated infections.
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     >Additionally, Trump proposes a 10 percent cut to “public health scientific services,” which includes funding for health statistics, surveillance, epidemiology, and informatics activities. There’s also a 3 percent cut to “public health preparedness and response” programs and a nearly 7 percent cut to global health programs.
     LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} repeated this.
   • LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 15-Feb-2020 03:17:11 UTC LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     • GeniusMusing
     Not a fan of this. Can't we spend a little less hunting imaginary terrorists in local mosques and divert the money to public health?