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Post by Admin on Apr 9, 2020 8:22:53 GMT -7
Covid 19 News for Thursday April 9th, 2020
Governor Bullock - Extension of Stay at Home and Other Directives
Today I extended my Directives through April 24 to protect Montanans from COVID-19 by slowing the spread of the virus in Montana.
These extensions include my stay at home order, school closures, on-premises dining and beverage operations, eviction and foreclosure suspensions and service disconnections and the mandatory 14-day self-quarantine for travelers coming into Montana.
We don’t have to become like New York, Louisiana or Idaho. We know that staying home will help to flatten the curve. For every person we take out of the chain of transmission of this virus, the more likely our health care facilities can handle the capacity to respond, and the more likely we can beat back this virus sooner rather than later.
We stay at home to ensure that our health care workers and first responders have adequate time to receive the supplies to keep them, their patients, and their families safe. We stay home to protect Montanans in our rural communities and our rural health care workers who face long distances to access care.
Stay home. Avoid gatherings or hanging out with people outside of your household. Only go out if you are an essential worker, or to take a trip to the grocery store, or to enjoy some fresh air.
I would also encourage you to wear a cloth mask or face covering, consistent with CDC guidelines, in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain, such as at grocery stores or pharmacies. Please use cloth face coverings and not surgical masks or N95 masks which are desperately needed by our health care workers and first responders. It’s also important to know that while cloth masks do help protect those around you, they should not be used as a replacement to social distancing or other protective measures such as washing your hands.
We stay at home for the Montanans in our rural communities and for our rural health care workers.
We are a state where there can be long distances to access care. It’s easy to look at the map of COVID-19 cases and see that many Central and Eastern Montana counties don’t yet have a positive case.
While this seems like a bright spot, an outbreak in a rural community could overrun a local healthcare facility. The distances between critical care access hospitals in Montana are far between. It is already difficult for our fellow rural Montanans to access care, and we ought not make those challenges more cumbersome.
And we stay at home so that we can more quickly rebuild our thriving economy. It is not a choice between a healthy population and a healthy economy. The two go hand in hand.
Managing this public health crisis now will help to prevent long-term consequences that could upend our economy for a longer duration and with a worse outcome.
I know this is an extremely challenging time for small businesses and workers alike. We continue to strive to do everything we can to help support those businesses and workers during this time.
I can’t stress enough that every step Montanans take now and in the following weeks will make all the difference in stopping the spread of COVID-19 and getting our economy back up and running. Thanks so much for everything you are doing to slow the spread of this virus and care for the members of your community.
You can view all my Directives that have been extended online at: covid19.mt.gov/joint-information-center
Sincerely,
STEVE BULLOCK
Governor |
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Post by Admin on Apr 9, 2020 8:29:05 GMT -7
Disaster in motion: Where flights from coronavirus-ravaged countries landed in US
Trump banned flights when just 6 cases were confirmed. ABC News reports:
" An ABC News joint investigation with its owned television stations sheds new light on the likely flow of the coronavirus from global hotspots into the U.S. and provides a glimpse the toll the virus has taken on some of the first Americans to interact with international travelers: airport workers.
From December through March, as severe outbreaks cropped up in China and then Italy and Spain, among others, thousands of flights from the hard-hit nations poured into U.S. cities, according to an ABC News analysis of more than 20 million flight records obtained from the tracking service Flightradar-24.
While it is unclear the precise number of passengers into the U.S. who were infected with the coronavirus, the medical experts told ABC News such a huge pool of people virtually assures that a number had the highly contagious disease.
“In the case of coronavirus, you have the interface of a virus that spreads this quickly,” Dr. John Brownstein, an epidemiologist at Boston’s Children’s Hospital and ABC News contributor said. "
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Post by Admin on Apr 9, 2020 8:32:12 GMT -7
The Asian Countries That Beat Covid-19 Have to Do It Again Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan had flattened the curve. Then travelers from the US and Europe began reimporting the virus. Wired.com reports:
"On any digital dashboard tracking the spread of Covid-19, on any graphic comparing country-by-country case curves or death tolls, they were the champs. Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea—leaders there saw what was headed their way from China in the early days of the new coronavirus, before it became a pandemic. They remembered what happened two decades ago with SARS: People died, economies suffered. So they locked down their immigration hardest and soonest, deployed public health workers to follow up contacts of cases, got their hospitals shored up, and started publishing clear and consistent information and data. They flattened their curves before the rest of the world understood there would be curves to flatten. But in recent weeks, those curves have taken another chilling turn. The numbers of new cases in these places are creeping upward."
Read the full story here. |
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Post by Admin on Apr 9, 2020 8:37:32 GMT -7
Kimberly Guilfoyle: Commander-in-Chief Unites Private and Public Sectors to Fight COVID-19 Breitbart News reports:
"As a successful businessman, President Trump was elected to disrupt Washington, D.C.’s tired bureaucracy with innovative, private sector leadership. That’s exactly what America has witnessed with the President’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic.
History has proven that crisis comes for every leader. That reality has emerged as an unprecedented global pandemic that has challenged every facet of our nation. Yet, in the face of extraordinary challenge, President Trump acted decisively and with great resourcefulness.
At the direction of the President, the Coronavirus Taskforce and top advisors, including Jared Kushner, assembled a multi-disciplinary team to pursue innovative solutions to addressing this pandemic.
First, and maybe most critically, President Trump understood the need to quickly unleash the pioneering spirit of America’s private sector businesses. In coordination with government agencies, the President cut red tape and removed bureaucratic hurdles that were preventing companies from providing solutions and support their communities and customers."
Read the full story here. |
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Post by Admin on Apr 9, 2020 8:42:40 GMT -7
Butte resident cited for violating social distancing order by hosting a party,
Civil liberties are rapidly eroding in the name of public safety. KBZK reports:
"Butte police for the first time cited a person accused of violating the state's social distancing order.
A resident in the 500 block of S. Main Street is accused of having a party at his residence with at least 15 people present late Sunday evening.
The unnamed resident was given a misdemeanor citation for obstructing a peace officer.
Police say the resident was given two prior warnings in recent days." |
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Post by Admin on Apr 9, 2020 8:45:36 GMT -7
Missing Endangered Person Advisory issued for Montana teen
Was headed to Emigrant area. KBZK reports:
"A Missing Endangered Person Advisory has been issued for a teen who was last seen in Park County.
15-year-old Res Windham was last seen at around 7 p.m. on Tuesday after going for a run in the Emigrant area.
Res is described as a white male who is 5'6" tall and weighs 120 pounds.
He has black hair, hazel eyes, and freckles on his nose.
Res was last seen wearing gray shirt with Goonies on it, jeans, and a hoodie with colorful designs.
He doesn't have his cell phone. "
Read the full story here and view pictures. |
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Post by Admin on Apr 9, 2020 8:47:38 GMT -7
Montana reports 332 COVID-19 cases (Wednesday 4/08/2020)
13 new cases reported
KBZK reports:
"According to the Montana Response COVID-19 tracking map, Montana confirms 332 cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday morning. The previously reported state total Monday morning was 319.
Gallatin County now reports 120 cases, more than any other county in the state. Richland County has reported 2 cases, the first for the eastern Montana county. Toole County also reported 2 new cases.
According to the state, 135 Montana residents have recovered from Covid-19 and 31 people are hospitalized. 7,398 tests have been completed."
Read the full story here. |
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Post by Admin on Apr 9, 2020 8:50:59 GMT -7
Coronavirus infections in the US surpass 400,000 mark after suffering deadliest day yet Fox News reports:
"The number of positive coronavirus cases in the U.S. jumped past 400,000 Wednesday – just a day after the country saw its deadliest day yet.
A tally by Johns Hopkins University showed the number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. at 401,166, keeping it as the hardest-hit country in the world.
The daily death toll the coronavirus across the country hit 1,939 on Tuesday, which was the highest single-day total for any country since the virus was first detected in China late last year.
According to Johns Hopkins University’s tally, the death toll in the U.S. inched closer to 13,000 on Wednesday. At least 22, 539 people across the country have recovered from the virus."
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Post by Admin on Apr 9, 2020 8:52:58 GMT -7
Coronavirus in the US: State-by-state breakdown Fox News reports:
"As of Thursday morning, the novel coronavirus has infected more than 1,496,055 people across 180 countries and territories, resulting in over 89,435 deaths. In the U.S., all 50 states plus the District of Columbia have reported confirmed cases of COVID-19, tallying over 432,438 illnesses and at least 14,808 deaths."
Read the full story here. |
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Post by Admin on Apr 9, 2020 8:55:43 GMT -7
Donald Trump: World Health Organization ‘Really Blew It’ on Coronavirus Breitbart News reports:
"President Donald Trump blamed the World Health Organization on Tuesday for failing to properly prepare for the spread of the Chinese coronavirus.
“The W.H.O. really blew it,” Trump wrote. “For some reason, funded largely by the United States, yet very China-centric.”
Trump joins a growing chorus of Republicans criticizing the globalist body for being too favorable to China during the coronavirus outbreak, and even echoing state propaganda.
Sen. Rick Scott, a member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee announced Monday on Fox News he would investigate the World Health Organization for doing “work for communist China.”
“We will be giving that a good look,” Trump said.
Trump said he was glad he enacted a travel ban, despite the WHO telling his administration that it was not necessary.
“Fortunately I rejected their advice on keeping our borders open to China early on,” Trump wrote. “Why did they give us such a faulty recommendation?”
Read the full story here. |
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Post by Admin on Apr 9, 2020 8:59:53 GMT -7
Former Park County Resident Dennis Quaid praises Donald Trump's coronavirus response: 'He's involved' Fox News reports:
"Dennis Quaid praised President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and broke with many in Hollywood by calling on the country to rally behind the government during this historically difficult time.
The “Parent Trap” actor has been watching the COVID-19 situation’s effect on the nation’s healthcare system closely. He became a patient-safety advocate after his newborn twins almost died in 2007 after they were accidentally administered an overdose at a hospital.
Speaking with The Daily Beast, Quaid praised Trump and his administration for taking early action such as the travel ban despite many of the president’s critics arguing that he didn’t take warnings of the pandemic that came as early as January seriously until March."
Read the full story here. |
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Post by Admin on Apr 9, 2020 9:06:28 GMT -7
Health officials highlight recoveries of two COVID-19 patients in Montana KBZK reports:
"Two patients, one from each Billings hospital, were recently able to go home after being hospitalized with complications from COVID-19, according to Yellowstone County health officials.
On Sunday, April 5, a Billings Clinic patient returned home after being hospitalized in late March, admitted to the Intensive Care Unit, and placed on a ventilator for breathing assistance.
Also, on April 2, a patient at St. Vincent Healthcare was also able to return home after a week in the hospital.
The two are among the 31 Montanans who have been hospitalized for COVID-19 since the start of the outbreak, according to the Montana Response COVID-19 tracker . Five of the hospitalizations are from Yellowstone County, according to the Unified Health Command.
The Billings Clinic patient was critically ill with COVID-19 complications when the patient arrived at Billings Clinic in March and spent less than two weeks in the hospital. The patient also received assistance from doctors with the Montana Family Medicine Residency, which is sponsored by RiverStone Health, St. Vincent Healthcare and Billings Clinic."
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Post by Admin on Apr 9, 2020 9:08:35 GMT -7
Montana adds 19 new COVID-19 cases (Thursday, 4-9-2020)
State total now at 354 cases
KBZK reports:
"According to the Montana Response COVID-19 tracking map, Montana confirms 354 cases of COVID-19 as of Thursday morning.
Gallatin County now reports 128 cases, more than any other county in the state, reporting 8 new cases overnight. The state completed 462 new tests for a total of 7,860. There are 36 people hospitalized and 157 Montanans have recovered from Covid-19.
These numbers may be adjusted as more counties report final reports to the state."
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Post by Admin on Apr 9, 2020 15:01:15 GMT -7
A Must Read Article
Meet the former NYT reporter who is challenging the coronavirus narrative Fox News reports:
"As daily life across America is upended by the coronavirus crisis -- with mass business closures plunging the economy into freefall -- one former New York Times reporter is sounding the alarm about what he believes are flawed models dictating the aggressive strategy.
Alex Berenson has been analyzing the data on the crisis on a daily basis for weeks and has come to the conclusion that the strategy of shutting down entire sectors of the economy is based on modeling that doesn’t line up with the realities of the virus.
"The response we have taken has caused enormous societal devastation, I don't think that's too strong a word," he told Fox News in an interview Thursday.
Berenson is a former reporter who worked for the Times from 1999 to 2010 primarily covering the pharmaceutical industry. He recently came to prominence again with a book, “Tell Your Children The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence,” which challenged prevailing narratives on marijuana."
Please read the full article here. |
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Post by Admin on Apr 9, 2020 16:08:41 GMT -7
Dutch woman aged 107 survives coronavirus Reuters reports:
"A 107-year old Dutch woman has recovered from the coronavirus, probably becoming the oldest survivor of the pandemic in the world.
Cornelia Ras fell ill on March 17, the day after her 107th birthday, Dutch newspaper AD reported, after attending a church service with other residents of her nursing home on Goeree-Overflakkee, an island in the southwest of the country.
She and 40 others at the service were subsequently diagnosed as carrying the virus.
Twelve of that group have since died, but Ras was told by her doctors on Monday that she had beaten the infection.
"We did not expect her to survive this", her niece Maaike de Groot told the newspaper.
"She takes no medicines, still walks well and gets down on her knees every night to thank the Lord. From the looks of it, she will be able to continue to do so."
Prior to Ras, the oldest widely documented coronavirus survivor was Bill Lapschies, a 104-year-old American. " |
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