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DO YOU NEED The Coronavirus - 1918 all over again?
We are no better prepared than we were for the great influenza pandemic of 1918
BUSINESS CARDS? by Jane Orient were probably injured or even died from days. People without fever or symptoms can
DO YOU NEED President, Doctors for Disaster Preparedness adverse effects of the heavily promoted transmit the illness during the incubation
BUSINESS CARDS? NEED MORE nonstop “if-it-bleeds-it-leads” press coverage. vaccine. period, which might be as long as two weeks.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has
At present, definitive diagnostic testing is
Clusters of a dozen or so deaths may get
so far declined to declare the coronavirus
available only from the U.S. Centers for
NEED MORE But the lack of preparedness for the really, outbreak a global emergency, although cases Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
really big threats may be met with virtual radio have been reported in more than a dozen or so
In a severe outbreak, people whose job is not
BUSINESS CARDS BUSINESS CARDS silence – until panic breaks out. countries. China reported only hundreds of critical may need to stay home. Those who do
“confirmed” cases – while countless additional not have a supply of food, essential
The worst, possibly existential, threat is the
OR WANT NEW ONES stealthy, invisible one that multiplies cases were not tested because of lack of medications, or other needed supplies would
DESIGNED? OR WANT NEW ONES exponentially – in the accurate sense of the diagnostic test kits. likely end up in a frantic crowd. Personal
The New England Journal of Medicine
protective gear, for people who need to be in
term: 400 cases today, 800 tomorrow, then
1,600, 3,200, 6,400, 128,000, 256,000, writes, “Another Decade, Another contact with the public or care for a sick family
PASSPORT PHOTOS & MORE
Come get your cards DESIGNED? 512,000, and 1.024 million after only eight Coronavirus.” This 2019-nCoV virus is the member, is already out of stock in medical
doubling times. Biological threats proliferate – third zoonotic (animal) coronavirus to infect
supply houses. This includes gloves, wrap-
done at The Anchor. until they run out of susceptible victims. humans in two decades. The SARS (severe around eye protection, and N-95 protective
Professional Digit
Professional Digital al In 1918, the great influenza pandemic killed acute respiratory syndrome) and MERS masks: regular surgical masks are probably of
THE WEEKLY ANCHOR Passport System as many people in 11 months as the medieval (Middle East respiratory syndrome) were little help.
Passport System
contained. Other coronaviruses cause mild
Panic is never helpful; staying calm is always
Black Death did in four years. Ultimately, at
5040 3rd Ave. least 50 million may have perished. Young cold-like syndromes. good advice. But failure to heed previous
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times. This could not be done other than in
technology and governmental resources, has
World War, succumbed quickly. To avoid
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while you wait...t... done at The Anchor. interfering with the war effort, the U.S. authoritarian China, states virologist Steven set the stage for potential unprecedented
Hatfill, but even that is unlikely to be effective
disaster.
government denied and covered up the threat,
The Weekly Anchorhe Weekly Anchor
T preventing the implementation of public health – especially if five million people had left themselves, and not 911 or the emergency
Individuals need to recognize that they
before the order was implemented.
measures.
The People's Liberation Army has sent 450
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days. The U.S. and other nations are
at least 20 seconds; avoid crowds; and stay
better prepared than it was in 1918, state
Brochures
Business Cards DROP IN AND SEE!ROP IN AND SEE! Steven Hatfill, M.D., and coauthors in their evacuating their citizens from Wuhan. aware, as the situation could change rapidly.
Brochures
Business Cards
Fax Service ... etc. new book Three Seconds until Midnight. A report of 41 hospitalized patients in Dr. Jane Orient has been in solo private LEAVE PHOTO
Fax Service
... etc.
As in 1918, we lack a vaccine or wonder
THE WEEKLY ANCHORY ANCHOR
THE WEEKL 5040 3rd Avenue, Edson drugs, but must rely on non-pharmaceutical Wuhan, published in The Lancet, showed that practice since 1981 and has served as
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Phone: (780) 723-5787
patients were relatively young (median age 49) Executive Director of the Association of
5040 3rd Avenue, Edson
interventions (NPI), and on public health and fewer than half had an underlying illness. American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) VALENTINE’S
authorities to track and try to contain the Only 66 per cent had been exposed to the since 1989. She is currently president of
spread of infection. Huanan seafood market, the apparent source of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness. She is the DAY CONTEST
Accurate information is critical. Can we trust the infection. One patient (two per cent) had no author of YOUR Doctor Is Not In: Healthy
governmental authorities to tell the truth? fever; all had pneumonia; 29 per cent had Skepticism about National Healthcare.
Travel restrictions, quarantine, closing severe respiratory distress syndrome; and 12 © Troy Media
businesses, and cancelling public events have a per cent had acute cardiac injury. Most cases The views, opinions and positions
huge economic and potential political cost. may be very mild, facilitating more rapid expressed by this article are the author's
There can also be incentives to exaggerate spread. alone. They do not inherently or expressly
the threat, in order to sell poorly tested The coronavirus is transmitted by droplets reflect the views, opinions and/or positions
vaccines or drugs. The 1976 swine flu coming into contact with mucous membranes, of this publication or Troy Media.
epidemic was almost a non-event; more people including the eye. It can persist on surfaces for
Do you need something Laminated?
Remember to drop off your Do you need something Laminated?
donations for the
Come visit the Anchor
EDSON FOOD BANK Come visit the Anchor
at Independent Grocer, Sobeys
5040 3 Avenue, Edson - 780-723-5787
or the Edson Food Bank 5040 3 Avenue, Edson - 780-723-5787
The Food Bank will be open two
Thursday evenings,
the second and last Thursday of
the Month 6:45-8:00 pm.
Open regular hours every
Tuesday from 9-11 am.
780-723-1350
Hours: Tues 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Last Thursday of the month 6:45 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Remember to drop off your Food Bank located at
donations for the
EDSON FOOD BANK 4511 5th Ave., Edson
at Independent Grocer, Sobeys Sponsored by The Weekly Anchor
or the Edson Food Bank
The Food Bank will be open two Thursday evenings,
the second and last Thursday of the Month
6:45-8:00 pm.
Open regular hours every Tuesday from
9-11 am.
780-723-1350
Sponsored by The Weekly Anchor
Hours: Tues 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Last Thursday of the month 6:45 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Food Bank located at 4511 5th Ave., Edson
rts - Entertainment - Events - and what’s going on
The Scene
THE WEEKLY ANCHOR
THE WEEKLY ANCHOR
PAGE 14 MONDAY FEBRUARY 3 , 2020 MONDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2019 PAGE 13
DO YOU NEED The Coronavirus - 1918 all over again?
We are no better prepared than we were for the great influenza pandemic of 1918
BUSINESS CARDS? by Jane Orient were probably injured or even died from days. People without fever or symptoms can
DO YOU NEED President, Doctors for Disaster Preparedness adverse effects of the heavily promoted transmit the illness during the incubation
BUSINESS CARDS? NEED MORE nonstop “if-it-bleeds-it-leads” press coverage. vaccine. period, which might be as long as two weeks.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has
At present, definitive diagnostic testing is
Clusters of a dozen or so deaths may get
so far declined to declare the coronavirus
available only from the U.S. Centers for
NEED MORE But the lack of preparedness for the really, outbreak a global emergency, although cases Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
really big threats may be met with virtual radio have been reported in more than a dozen or so
In a severe outbreak, people whose job is not
BUSINESS CARDS BUSINESS CARDS silence – until panic breaks out. countries. China reported only hundreds of critical may need to stay home. Those who do
“confirmed” cases – while countless additional not have a supply of food, essential
The worst, possibly existential, threat is the
OR WANT NEW ONES stealthy, invisible one that multiplies cases were not tested because of lack of medications, or other needed supplies would
DESIGNED? OR WANT NEW ONES exponentially – in the accurate sense of the diagnostic test kits. likely end up in a frantic crowd. Personal
The New England Journal of Medicine
protective gear, for people who need to be in
term: 400 cases today, 800 tomorrow, then
1,600, 3,200, 6,400, 128,000, 256,000, writes, “Another Decade, Another contact with the public or care for a sick family
PASSPORT PHOTOS & MORE
Come get your cards DESIGNED? 512,000, and 1.024 million after only eight Coronavirus.” This 2019-nCoV virus is the member, is already out of stock in medical
doubling times. Biological threats proliferate – third zoonotic (animal) coronavirus to infect
supply houses. This includes gloves, wrap-
done at The Anchor. until they run out of susceptible victims. humans in two decades. The SARS (severe around eye protection, and N-95 protective
Professional Digit
Professional Digital al In 1918, the great influenza pandemic killed acute respiratory syndrome) and MERS masks: regular surgical masks are probably of
THE WEEKLY ANCHOR Passport System as many people in 11 months as the medieval (Middle East respiratory syndrome) were little help.
Passport System
contained. Other coronaviruses cause mild
Panic is never helpful; staying calm is always
Black Death did in four years. Ultimately, at
5040 3rd Ave. least 50 million may have perished. Young cold-like syndromes. good advice. But failure to heed previous
photos rea
780-723-5787 photos ready dy Come get your cards healthy people, especially young American This virus has occasioned the quarantine of warnings of the need for robust disaster
in minutes soldiers headed off to the front in the First entire cities, for the first time since medieval planning, and complacency about medical
in minutes
times. This could not be done other than in
technology and governmental resources, has
World War, succumbed quickly. To avoid
while you wai
while you wait...t... done at The Anchor. interfering with the war effort, the U.S. authoritarian China, states virologist Steven set the stage for potential unprecedented
Hatfill, but even that is unlikely to be effective
disaster.
government denied and covered up the threat,
The Weekly Anchorhe Weekly Anchor
T preventing the implementation of public health – especially if five million people had left themselves, and not 911 or the emergency
Individuals need to recognize that they
before the order was implemented.
measures.
The People's Liberation Army has sent 450
Did you know that we do …id you know that we do …
Since then, the world has gotten smaller. A
D 5040 3rd Avenue, Edson040 3rd Avenue, Edson THE WEEKLY ANCHOR virus that jumps the species barrier from medical personnel to Wuhan to help out at room or government emergency authorities,
5
may hold the key to their family's and their
7
Color Printing 780-723-578780-723-5787 5040 3rd Ave. animals to humans in a meat market in China local hospitals, which are crammed with community's survival. Local authorities need
Laminating
Laminating
to know that they may be on their own.
Color Printing
patients lying in packed corridors.
can cross the Pacific in hours. And despite the
Posters
Black & White Photocopies Posters 780-723-5787 expenditure of US$80 billion on a National Construction workers are reportedly trying to For now, stock up on supplies; cover those
Black & White Photocopies
Bindery Services
Scanning & Email
Bindery Services Scanning & Email Biologic Defense, the U.S. is arguably no build a 1,000-bed hospital in Wuhan in five coughs and sneezes; wash hands frequently for
D
days. The U.S. and other nations are
at least 20 seconds; avoid crowds; and stay
better prepared than it was in 1918, state
Brochures
Business Cards DROP IN AND SEE!ROP IN AND SEE! Steven Hatfill, M.D., and coauthors in their evacuating their citizens from Wuhan. aware, as the situation could change rapidly.
Brochures
Business Cards
Fax Service ... etc. new book Three Seconds until Midnight. A report of 41 hospitalized patients in Dr. Jane Orient has been in solo private LEAVE PHOTO
Fax Service
... etc.
As in 1918, we lack a vaccine or wonder
THE WEEKLY ANCHORY ANCHOR
THE WEEKL 5040 3rd Avenue, Edson drugs, but must rely on non-pharmaceutical Wuhan, published in The Lancet, showed that practice since 1981 and has served as
Phone: (780) 723-5787
Phone: (780) 723-5787
patients were relatively young (median age 49) Executive Director of the Association of
5040 3rd Avenue, Edson
interventions (NPI), and on public health and fewer than half had an underlying illness. American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) VALENTINE’S
authorities to track and try to contain the Only 66 per cent had been exposed to the since 1989. She is currently president of
spread of infection. Huanan seafood market, the apparent source of Doctors for Disaster Preparedness. She is the DAY CONTEST
Accurate information is critical. Can we trust the infection. One patient (two per cent) had no author of YOUR Doctor Is Not In: Healthy
governmental authorities to tell the truth? fever; all had pneumonia; 29 per cent had Skepticism about National Healthcare.
Travel restrictions, quarantine, closing severe respiratory distress syndrome; and 12 © Troy Media
businesses, and cancelling public events have a per cent had acute cardiac injury. Most cases The views, opinions and positions
huge economic and potential political cost. may be very mild, facilitating more rapid expressed by this article are the author's
There can also be incentives to exaggerate spread. alone. They do not inherently or expressly
the threat, in order to sell poorly tested The coronavirus is transmitted by droplets reflect the views, opinions and/or positions
vaccines or drugs. The 1976 swine flu coming into contact with mucous membranes, of this publication or Troy Media.
epidemic was almost a non-event; more people including the eye. It can persist on surfaces for
Do you need something Laminated?
Remember to drop off your Do you need something Laminated?
donations for the
Come visit the Anchor
EDSON FOOD BANK Come visit the Anchor
at Independent Grocer, Sobeys
5040 3 Avenue, Edson - 780-723-5787
or the Edson Food Bank 5040 3 Avenue, Edson - 780-723-5787
The Food Bank will be open two
Thursday evenings,
the second and last Thursday of
the Month 6:45-8:00 pm.
Open regular hours every
Tuesday from 9-11 am.
780-723-1350
Hours: Tues 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Last Thursday of the month 6:45 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Remember to drop off your Food Bank located at
donations for the
EDSON FOOD BANK 4511 5th Ave., Edson
at Independent Grocer, Sobeys Sponsored by The Weekly Anchor
or the Edson Food Bank
The Food Bank will be open two Thursday evenings,
the second and last Thursday of the Month
6:45-8:00 pm.
Open regular hours every Tuesday from
9-11 am.
780-723-1350
Sponsored by The Weekly Anchor
Hours: Tues 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Last Thursday of the month 6:45 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Food Bank located at 4511 5th Ave., Edson
