Mon. 03/09 - Italy on the Brink? What Would It Take For That To Happen Here?

Israel announces a blank quarantine for anyone entering the country. A US Senator and Representative are voluntarily going into isolation. Is Iran what it looks like when the virus spreads out of control? Is Italy’s health care system on the verge of collapse? And running the numbers on what it would take to push the US Healthcare System over the edge.

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Coronavirus in NY: Head of Port Authority Rick Cotton has coronavirus (NYPost) NYTimes Daily Updates Tweets about the Italian prison breaks Iran Has Far More Coronavirus Cases Than It Is Letting On (The Atlantic) @trvbd's Tweet Storm About the Possible Seattle/Grand Princess Connection Seattle Health Care System Offers Drive-Through Coronavirus Testing For Workers (NPR) Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Paul Gosar will self-quarantine after interacting with individual with coronavirus (CNN Politics) Anxiety in an aging Congress as coronavirus marches across U.S. (NBC News) Coronavirus: «Stiamo creando terapie intensive anche nei corridoi» (Corriere Della Sera) @jimsciutto Tweet About the Number of ICU beds in the US The Big Liz Specht (@LizSpecht) Tweet Storm About The Possible Capacity Of The US Healthcare System And How It Could Break One slide in a leaked presentation for US hospitals reveals that they're preparing for millions of hospitalizations as the outbreak unfolds (Business Insider) * Note: This piece talks about that debunked slide going around. Offering it because the statement from the AHA is at the end.

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