I think you'll be hearing a lot more about coronavirus starting today. The Chicoms admitted to undercounting in Hubei provice (starting point...so they say) and increased infections over 15,000 today. They also added nearly 250 deaths.
Here's a good article to read:
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/sudden-militarization-wuhans-p4-lab-raises-new-questions-about-origin-deadly-covid-19The article appears to be well researched and it is persuasive. Bottom line we have a bio-engineered weapon loose and their top weapons designer is on the case along with 2,600 military members being assigned today.
I am by no means panicing at this point but I have gone up a defcon level....I am reexamining preparations. If this new information leads to increased revisions and worldwide escalations, like it is not contained, then on Friday it will be time to prepare in earnest.
As Professor Neil Ferguson has warned that, "we?re at the eary stages of a global pandemic?.
This should impart to you a healthy concern:
https://twitter.com/hashtag/coronavirusoutbreak?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/hashtag/coronavirusoutbreak?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/02/13/us-military-prepping-for-coronavirus-pandemic/Your MilitaryUS military prepping for coronavirus pandemicPatricia Kime
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American evacuees from China board a bus after arriving by flight to Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Neb., on Friday. The evacuees are to be quarantined at Camp Ashland, a nearby Nebraska National Guard training base. While the number of cases of COVID19 remain at 13 in the U.S., the military is making sure it's ready if an outbreak were to occur. (Nati Harnik/AP)
U.S. Northern Command is executing plans to prepare for a potential pandemic of the novel coronavirus, now called COVID19, according to Navy and Marine Corps service-wide messages issued this week.
An executive order issued by the Joint Staff and approved by Defense Secretary Mark Esper this month directed Northern Command and geographic combatant commanders to initiate pandemic plans, which include ordering commanders to prepare for widespread outbreaks and confining service members with a history of travel to China.
The Navy and Marine Corps messages, issued Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, reference an executive order directing U.S. Northern Command to implement the Department of Defense Global Campaign plan for Pandemic Influenza and Infectious Diseases 3551-13.
The document serves as the Pentagon's blueprint for planning and preparing for widespread dispersion of influenza and previously unknown diseases.
U.S. Northern Command said Wednesday it was directed the Joint Staff Feb. 1 to commence prudent planning in their assigned role synchronizing the department's plans for pandemic flu and disease.
But in no way does the planning indicate a greater likelihood of an event developing. As military professionals, planning for a range of contingencies is something we owe the American people," Navy Lt. Cmdr. Mike Hatfield said.
"We coordinate with other combatant commands to assess potential impacts in the event of a pandemic and we ensure the U.S. military is poised to respond as required, Hatfield said in a statement. The military profession fosters a culture of planning, and the fact that we are coordinating planning efforts across the geographical combatant commands is consistent with how we prepare to respond, if directed.
According to the Marine Corps message MARADMIN 082/20, commanders are to review their disease containment plans and take preparatory and precautionary actions? to protect service members, installations and ships.