Month: February 2020

Ten pandemics that shook the world | National Post

The corona virus is the next in a long line of pandemics that have shaken the world. Diseases and illnesses like the Spanish Flu, Zika, Cholera, Smallpox, the Bubonic Plague and Black Death have all wreaked havoc on societies and killed millions.
— Read on nationalpost.com/news/canada/ten-pandemics-that-shook-the-world

NBC/WSJ poll: Sanders leads by double digits as Biden sinks, Bloomberg rises

Bernie Sanders has opened up a double-digit lead nationally over his closest rivals in the Democratic presidential primary, where Michael Bloomberg’s rise has scrambled the race.
— Read on www.cnbc.com/2020/02/18/nbcwsj-poll-sanders-leads-by-double-digits-as-biden-sinks-bloomberg-rises.html

Top CDC official: US should prepare for coronavirus ‘to take a foothold’

“At some point, we are likely to see community spread in the U.S. or in other countries,” said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
— Read on www.cnbc.com/2020/02/12/cdc-prepares-for-coronavirus-to-take-a-foothold-in-the-us.html

Coronavirus deaths top 800, surpassing SARS, as China heads back to work – Reuters

China raised the death toll from its coronavirus outbreak to 811 on Sunday, passing the number killed globally by the SARS epidemic, as authorities made plans for millions of people returning to work after an extended Lunar New Year break.
— Read on www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-hubei/coronavirus-deaths-top-800-surpassing-sars-as-china-heads-back-to-work-idUSKBN2020SN