Civil Defense Lessons of the Wuhan Coronavirus II

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Every crisis offers lessons for how to prepare for the next one. The Wuhan Coronavirus crisis offers many because it is global and some are reacting to it with rational planning while others are reacting with irrational fear.
I maintain this post as a grab bag of that reaction, a junk drawer if you will, of how we responded to it.
Many lessons are to be found there that I will mine later with perspective you can only gain from a distance from the event.
The American National Disaster Medical System is stress tested yearly. It will experience an actual test this year. I have every confidence they will succeed.
One experts opinion of what to do. Source
"For more than a year we’ve been relentlessly writing about how China has become so much riskier for manufacturing and how so many companies that manufacture in China are desperately looking to move their manufacturing elsewhere. I predict that at least 50 percent of the American and European companies that do all of their manufacturing in China today will have moved at least 50 percent of that manufacturing out of China within the next 2-3 years. As Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes Senior Reporter for Emerging Markets, put it in his recent article, Coronavirus Could Be The End Of China As A Global Manufacturing Hub: “The new coronavirus Covid-19 will end up being the final curtain on China’s nearly 30 year role as the world’s leading manufacturer.” Source

Strategies that are Used in Totalitarian Countries will not work in the U.S.
The CCP, through violence, intimidation, and total thought control over citizens and their social media, can enforce a total lock down of large cities. In contrast, South Korea, an open society, did not use a city lock down strategy and had great success containing the Wuhan Coronavirus. 
“The steady decrease in cases has been attributed to a variety of factors, including mass testing, improved public communications and the use of technology. Extensive testing of members of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, which was linked to more than 60 per cent of the country’s cases, has been completed. South Korean officials have shared their experiences in containing the outbreak, saying that citywide lock downs, as imposed by China in Wuhan, where the outbreak originated, are difficult to enforce in an open society. Without harming the principle of a transparent and open society, we recommend a response system that blends voluntary public participation with creative applications of advanced technology,” South Korea’s Vice Health Minister Kim Gang-lip told journalists.” Source
For market analysis of the Coronavirus market correction, see here.
For accurate information on the spread of the Wuhan Coronavirus in plain English from a doctor, see here and here.
For reference, this was an analysis of the Wuhan Coronavirus when it started. Source
What CDC Wants you to Know Source
China has alot splain to do Source
Unintended Impact: Japan is paying parents to stay with their at-home children. Source
CCP has been very good at hiring American talent to further its interests.
#KevinSheekey was fired by Senator Moynihan for lying about a deluxe vacation with a wealthy DNC donor.  Sheekey uses Blooomberg's billions to threaten critics and purchase silence and complicity. His ties to the #CCP should alarm voters
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Kevin Sheekey, @MikeBloomberg's campaign manager, met with deputy head of Publicity Department, CCP Central Committee on May 8, 2018, about 6 months before the midterm elections on which Bloomberg spent $80 million to flip the House to the #Democrats.  http://english.scio.gov.cn/aboutscio/2018-05/09/content_51190876_0.htm…
I highly recommend this doctor's YouTube Coronavirus Update 28 with pulmonologist Dr. Seheult of https://www.MedCram.com.  
Topics include what health care professionals and other citizens can do to prevent COVID-19 spread,  coronavirus case fatality rate based on patient age, and further discussion on coronavirus test kits. Source
See our first 27 videos on the novel coronavirus outbreak that began in Wuhan, China:
Why Does China Get a Pass Source
Using Force Majeure, most Chinese companies will fail to deliver product and then get away with it without consequences Source
Because the coronavirus is making it difficult for Chinese companies to fulfill their contract obligations, many Chinese companies have asserted force majeure in an effort to excuse their failures. The media has been all over this issue. See e.g., General Counsel Pondering How to Handle China’s Force Majeure Claims (Corporate Counsel), Chinese firms use obscure legal tactics to stem virus losses (The Economist), Chinese copper traders declare force majeure over coronavirus (Financial Times).
Wuhan Coronavirus blood tests are not dependable but A computed tomography (CT or CAT) scan allows doctors to see inside your body. It uses a combination of X-rays and a computer to create pictures of your organs, bones, and other tissues...as in your lungs, and are more dependable. Source
How Coronavirus Kills and How We Prevent That (from an Emergency Room Doctor)  here.
For current statistics on the outbreak, see here.
For accurate information on the spread of the Wuhan Coronavirus in plain English from a doctor, see here.
Some basic science about the Wuhan Coronavirus here
CDC Action Plan if Whan Coronavirus Hits U.S. Hard Source
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outlined Tuesday what schools and businesses will likely need to do if the COVID-19 virus becomes a pandemic.
Schools should consider dividing students into smaller groups or close and use “internet-based teleschooling,” Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, told reporters on a conference call.
“For adults, businesses can replace in-person meetings with video or telephone conferences and increase teleworking options,” Messonnier said.
She said local communities and cities may need to “modify, postpone or cancel mass gatherings.” Hospitals may need to triage patients differently, add more telehealth services and delay elective surgery, she said.
“We are asking the American public to work with us to prepare for the expectation that this is going to be bad,” she said. “Now is the time for businesses, hospitals, communities, schools and everyday people to begin preparing.”
Last week, U.S. health officials started warning businesses, schools and parents to start preparing for the deadly new coronavirus that’s infected more than 80,000 and killed at least 2,700 to become a global pandemic. The localized outbreaks in places such as Italy and Iran are fueling concerns among infectious disease experts and scientists that the virus is spreading too quickly and may be past the point of containment.
“I understand this whole situation may seem overwhelming and that disruption to everyday life may be severe. But these are things that people need to start thinking about now,” Messionnier said Tuesday. “You should think about what you would do for child care if schools or day cares closed.”
The CDC late Monday confirmed 53 cases in the U.S., a majority of which came from passengers repatriated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship that was quarantined off the coast of Japan. The data shows that 36 of the cases are attributed to the cruise ship, three patients were infected in Wuhan and later evacuated to the U.S., and the rest were largely infected while traveling overseas.
Just two cases were contracted through person-to-person contact in the U.S., the CDC said.
CDC Says we have 30 million surgical masks...but need 300 million Source
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said there will likely be more cases of coronavirus in the United States as he asked a Senate subcommittee to approve $2.5 billion in funding to fight the outbreak after proposing cuts to the department’s budget. Azar said the funding would help the U.S. expand surveillance systems for the fast-spreading virus, support state and local governments, help development of vaccines and therapies and expand stockpiles of protective equipment like surgical masks. He said the U.S. currently has a stockpile of 30 million surgical masks, but HHS estimates suggest the country needs 300 million masks. —Reuters
12:01 pm: CDC outlines what closing schools, businesses would look like in US pandemic 
The CDC outlined what schools and businesses will likely need to do if the COVID-19 virus becomes an epidemic outbreak in the U.S. Schools should consider dividing students into smaller groups or close and use “internet-based tele-schooling,” Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, told reporters on a conference call. “For adults, businesses can replace in-person meetings with video or telephone conferences and increase teleworking options,” Messonnier said. She said local communities and cities may need to “modify, postpone or cancel mass gatherings.” Hospitals may need to triage patients differently, add more tele-health services and delay elective surgery, she said. “We are asking the American public to work with us to prepare for the expectation that this is going to be bad,” she said. —Lovelace, Feuer
Dupont 500 acre Richmond VA Factory Runs 24/7 to Manufacture PPE Suits Source
South Korean Cult Proselytized in Wuhan and brought Virus back Source
Hong Kong Real Estate Prices Tumble Source
Pandemic hits Italy hard. Source
Cult in South Korea main cluster for pandemic spread due to close up prayer sessions Source
Western financial markets are realizing the impact of the spread of the Wuhan Coronavirus Flu. Source.
Johns Hopkins University maintains a worldwide spread of the Wuhan Coronavirus Flu map here.
The most current and accurate information about the Wuhan coronavirus flu pandemic is on Steve Bannon's War Room Pandemic podcasts. warroom.org  https://warroom.org/listen-live/
Amazon cracks down on fake Coronavirius cure companies. Source
With lockdown, online banking and purchasing surges. Source.
Wuhan Coronavirus is spreading to wider populations, like prisoners. Details here.
China Uses its Soft Power to get ASEAN Countries to Bend to its Will  Source
China Coronavirus financial costs to airlines. Source
On February 20, 2020, NASDAQ had the following listing of the economic impact of the Wuhan Coronavirus on various markets of the world economy. Source
"With today’s headlines dominated by COVID-19, a special briefing issued by Dun & Bradstreet concerning the global impact of the shutdowns across large parts of China ought to have investors’ attention. 
  • The areas affected with 100+ confirmed cases as of February 5 are home to over 90% of all the active businesses in China.
  • Just under 50% of the companies with subsidiaries in the impacted areas are headquartered in Hong Kong, 19% in the US, 12% in Japan and 5% in Germany.
  • At least 51,000 companies worldwide and 163 of the Fortune 1000 have one or more direct “tier 1” suppliers in the affected region. Nearly 1/10th or 938 of the Fortune 1000 have one or more “tier 2” suppliers in the affected region.
  • The impacted provinces of Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Beijing, and Shandong account for 50% of China's total employment and 48% of total sales volume. China as a whole generates around 20% of global GDP. If the containment continues beyond the summer, Dun & Bradstreet estimate that global GDP growth could be reduced by a full percentage point.
On Monday Moody’s revised its global growth forecasts down by 0.2%, forecasting G-20 aggregate growth of 2.4% in 2020 and China falling to 5.2%. China has experienced an averaged GDP growth rate of 9.5% from 1989 to 2019 with a record high of 15.3% in 1993 and a record low of 3.8% in 1990. It's last four quarters saw rates of 6.4% (Q12019), 6.2% (Q2), 6.0% (Q3) and 6.0% (Q4).
Japan’s economy shrank at an annualized rate of -6.3% in the December 2019 quarter, far faster than the expected 3.7% drop. We’d note this marks the first decline in five quarters for the country GDP, which is being attributed in part to the sales tax hike that hit consumer and business spending. Paired with the fallout of the coronavirus, we could see the country hit a technical recession during the current quarter. Japan is the top tourist destination for residents of Beijing.
The ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment for the Eurozone fell by 15.2 to 10.4 in February from 25.6 in January, substantially below the expected reading of 30 for the month. 
The February ZEW Indicator of Economic Sentiment reading for Germany fell to 8.7 from 26.7 in January, missing the 21.5 consensus, with the assessment of the economic situation component dropping to -15.7, down 6.2 points from January. The suspected reason behind the February tumble is the impact of the coronavirus on the German economy. China is Germany's third-largest export partner, accounting for 7.2% of all exports in 2018 with the United States and France accounting for 8.7% and 8.1% respectively.