Wuhan Coronavirus: Megathread - Got too big

[Rudy Russo]

I think it's been answered elsewhere in the thread, but how long do P100 respirator filters last before they need to be changed?

40 hour constant use / 30 day unsealed-exposed.

 

[This_is_a_Throwaway]

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[remiem]

So those new numbers ARE NOT asymptomatic cases. A lot of them are clinically diagnosed cases, which means a patient has pneumonia and has had a CT scan done but no testing for virus itself due to lack of testing kits. Apparently they are still excluding asymptomatic cases.

Additionally this new 14k number includes cases that weren't counted over the past few days. Yesterday the official number was 1.6k but by this new method it would've been >6k. This new 14k number includes those cases that were excluded over the past few days but how many days isn't clear.

Can't help but feel China is about to start begging or mass killing. This reads like they know something has to be done and that whoever it is they're hoping will help them has a requirement that they actually post the true numbers. It just doesn't seem to do China any favors to suddenly balloon the number like this unless something is forcing their hand. They're been doing a 'we have vague control!' since it started. This is an admittance, desperation. It's also probably because of their pop-up hospitals and claiming large spaces for people is doing exactly what people claimed it would, making it spread even faster.

I don't think all these cases are new. I think these are the 'missing numbers' that people have been assuming are there but not reported. As high as the number is it's still only a small percentage of the population of Wuhan though. 60,000 people is a lot but it's not really a lot of 11 Million when you think about it. Hubei has had the bulk of the deaths but it also encompasses 58 million people.

If it keeps doing massive jumps like this, it soon will be though.

 

[RodgerDodger]

Can't help but feel China is about to start begging or mass killing. This reads like they know something has to be done and that whoever it is they're hoping will help them has a requirement that they actually post the true numbers. It just doesn't seem to do China any favors to suddenly balloon the number like this unless something is forcing their hand. They're been doing a 'we have vague control!' since it started. This is an admittance, desperation. It's also probably because of their pop-up hospitals and claiming large spaces for people is doing exactly what people claimed it would, making it spread even faster.

I don't think all these cases are new. I think these are the 'missing numbers' that people have been assuming are there but not reported. As high as the number is it's still only a small percentage of the population of Wuhan though. 60,000 people is a lot but it's not really a lot of 11 Million when you think about it. Hubei has had the bulk of the deaths but it also encompasses 58 million people.

If it keeps doing massive jumps like this, it soon will be though.

China just put another city on lockdown. Everybody confined to homes. Do you think they would be doing that for anything less than a million infected? Remember the Wuhan local leadership was not removed for hiding the virus. They were more likely removed for letting half the cities population flee everywhere before the city could be quarantined.

 

[remiem]

China just put another city on lockdown. Everybody confined to homes. Do you think they would be doing that for anything less than a million infected? Remember the Wuhan local leadership was not removed for hiding the virus. They were more likely removed for letting half the cities population flee everywhere before the city could be quarantined.

Yes. If there is one person in the government who has a lick of sense and has watched the spread that is exactly what they should be doing. The reason it's likely to have kept spreading is because they haven't locked down. It needs interpersonal contact or at the very least sick people interacting with an environment that many other people will interact with. The way you stop a plague is by starving it of bodies. So either you make that choice or it makes that choice for you by killing or sickening so much of your population that everything grinds to a halt anyway.

 

[Mike Hunt]

I came here to bear more horrifying news

Wuhan rans out of supplies

Jennifer Zeng 曾錚 on Twitter

“Super market in #wuhan running out of supplies, people lining up to buy, some starting to steal, one of the many scenes in #China during #CoronavirusOutbreak #COVID19 https://t.co/FNypJGppPn”

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From the linked tweet. I don't suppose anyone wants to make a guess what "exotic" meats those are?

So those new numbers ARE NOT asymptomatic cases. A lot of them are clinically diagnosed cases, which means a patient has pneumonia and has had a CT scan done but no testing for virus itself due to lack of testing kits. Apparently they are still excluding asymptomatic cases.

I don't even think they know how many asymptomatic cases there are, what with the lack of testing kits and hospitals being overburdened already with thousands of patients. There are probably thousands of asymptomatic infected people out there, still unknowingly spreading the disease in China. Contact tracing is impossible at this point.

 

[Botchy Galoop]

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It's stuff like this that only adds fuel to the stereotype... chinamen being nasty fucks.

Don't come crying "muh racism" when people have more legitimate concerns about slants.

Thank You, Dr. Purr, very cool.

And that is pet food, my ass. I've seen how the Chinese love sucking on bird feet...

 

[potato in mah painus]

I think it's been answered elsewhere in the thread, but how long do P100 respirator filters last before they need to be changed?

OSHA recommends a work day, or 8 hours of continuous use before changing cartridges. I assume most if not all respirator cartridges have the same lifespan, but its a good idea to check the warning label on it. Also do not open the packaging until its time to use the new ones, as some types have a short shelf life once exposed to air.

 

[BONE_Buddy]

I just want to put it this idea into people's heads:

If China is not handling the virus well, I can guarantee you that North Korea is doing much, much worse.

Due to the corruption necessary for the DPRK to survive, they cannot quarantine. They require internal and external blackmarket smuggling to exist.

The also have massive malnutrition problems when things are going well. On average 1600-1700 calories per day, for those not in prison camps. As has been previously pointed out they are suffering from a second back-to-back year of severely reduce crop output. This necessitates further blackmarket trade with China. This weaken their immune system severely.

Sanitation is far worse in North Korea in almost every aspect, though that is hard to believe. Almost everyone has some level of parasitic infection, tape worms, flatworms, round worms, really nasty stuff (seriously when someone defects from the DPRK try to find the diseases they are suffering, absolutely horrid). If you Combine all of the worst practices for farming, food preparation, transportation, storage, cooking, and eating you get North Korea.

Then you have the lack of any medicine or modern medical practices. At best you get renaissance Europe level care, which is bad, and at worst... yeah...

This could disease could very well rival the death toll of the Arduous March. Which was a four year long mega famine which started after the fall of the Soviet Union and their food shipments.

If the Chinese are unable/unwilling to ship in food both official and blackmarket means, we could easily see another famine on that scale. Add that together with Corona-Chan's antics and a very grim picture indeed.

 

[Mr. Faget]

That doesn't stop them from carpet bombing cities with napalm. Block all access, shoot anyone who tries to rush any exits, and let the bombs fall.

Total restriction of movement out of a city of roughly 3,280 square miles? Not sure that's possible or practical. NYC would be hard enough to lock down, and it's only around 468 square miles.

They could firebomb it, but in a pros/cons scenario, they'd have to believe the consequence of being essentially severed from the world stage as a worthwhile cost. Even that assumes they're competent enough to do it right (which seems unlikely, given everything else they've done so far).

In all likelihood, unless the virus is contained with some sort of aid, they're probably looking at social collapse within the year. Not sure the PRC as a whole will fall, but it certainly won't survive as it is. Thinking back on the Soviet Union collapse, that agonizing death took years. This is like watching that mess on fast-forward.

The sad thing is, the majority of these deaths probably have more to do with how incredibly exceptional the whole country is.

 

[Rudy Russo]

Outside China

463 confirmed / 1 dead / 69 recovered

 

[This_is_a_Throwaway]

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[Kamov Ka-52]

40 hour constant use / 30 day unsealed-exposed.

OSHA recommends a work day, or 8 hours of continuous use before changing cartridges. I assume most if not all respirator cartridges have the same lifespan, but its a good idea to check the warning label on it. Also do not open the packaging until its time to use the new ones, as some types have a short shelf life once exposed to air.

Fuck, need to get more filters then, hope the local hardware stores still have them.

 

[Cpl. Long Dong Silver]

Outside China

463 confirmed / 1 dead / 69 recovered

Yeah but what race are they?

 

[Bob's Fries]

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Welp, time to buy more masks and supplies.

 

[אΩ+1]

Fuck, need to get more filters then, hope the local hardware stores still have them.

Oh once you open the packaging they're in they expire in 6 months.

 

[ColtWalker1847]

All right, we're looking at serious numbers now. By now, you have to be wondering: What can I do to prepare since the Pollution Goblins pulled a raid on my local supply store and bought all the masks and hand sanitizer and now my poorfag ass is sitting here wondering when it's gonna be my turn to the fuck midget?

I adjusted the amount of food/supplies because I forgot to take into account a simple thing: I double up on everything and prepare for worst case scenarios but hope for the best, so my supplies assume that 50% of my supplies will be destroyed in whatever disaster goes down. (This is due to the volcanic ash getting into everything and ruining food stocks because the microfine particles seeped through the older seal types and the earthquake destroying about a third of my stocks the other time. Since then I learned to double-up sealing and make sure the supplies are tied down to the shelves and the shelves are properly secured)

First of all, you have to know the 3/3/3 theory. Now, the exact numbers vary, but anything beyond those numbers and either you're in excellent shape with plenty of reserves and have done deprivation training or you're fucked.

Three minutes without air
Three days without water
Three weeks without food

Yes, you can survive longer than that without air or water, but not without problems.

The second thing is how long your isolation can last.

Repeat after Uncle Johnny: Nobody is going to come save you. Nobody is coming to help. You are on your own.

So, make sure you have water. Recommended is 2 liters of water a day. You can go shorter if you don't move much, but if you are mobile and active, two is a safe bet.When I was in the Gulf I once had to make a canteen last three days. Spoiler, I drank my own piss on Day Three. Why? Because I wanted to fucking live, just like you do now, so let's avoid having to drink out own piss, shall we, boys?

You need 8, 8oz bottles per day. Let's go with: Wal-Mart

That's a 40 pack of 16 oz bottles. That gives you 4 per day, for 10 days. You need 3 per person in your family if you go bare bones. (I personally would go 6, but I'm a turbo-sped about this plus you can use it for cooking, which is something EVERYONE seems to forget when doing their water consumption estimates)

It's cheap.

NOW, you should also take all the 1-gallon tard cum-jugs you have, fill it with water, add a single cap of bleach. Write "NON-POTABLE" on the cartoon. This water is also essential. You should have 2 containers per week per person. This is for bathing, washing clothing, wiping down surfaces, all that good stuff. You can bypass this if you want, but remember, the less strain you put on your immune system the more it can fight Corona-Chan in a battle to the death winner take all royal rumble!

I also recommend, if you have the money for it, the following:
Lemon Concentrate (Adds flavor to water and can be used in cooking)
Mio/Extracts (Flavored water/Popsicles)
Lime concentrate (Adds flavor AND avoids scurvy)
Coffee (Tastes great AND has caffeine, also a good trade good to soldiers)

All right, that takes care of drinking. Believe it or not, I usually have a case of beer in my stocks. Not because I drink, but just in case. I once had the novel experience of being in a flood with two alcoholics who were trapped with us. They went through the DT's, making them useless and worse. The beer in my stocks is to ease them off it rather than cold turkey if it ever happens again.

Let's move onto food. Some people have asked: Why FORTY-FIVE POUNDS of rice for 30 days for one person? Well, to be honest: Shit happens. The meal gets burnt. Insects get in it. It gets spilled. Caloric intake requirements increase. Most of all, to be honest, is in case I end up having to shelter more than just myself or my family due to loyalty and obligation to my fellow man. I prepare for the absolute worst and hope for the best, and in my case, the worst is taking care of some of my neighbors who helped me when I needed it. It's the same reason I stock baby formula and diapers for infants (and a pack for premies). I gotta live with myself when it's all over.

Anyway, enough maudlin bullshit.

Let's get to food.

Now, you CAN live off of: Potatoes, butter, tard cum, rice, and a mutivitamin, but you'll be fucking useless for any type of high caloric needs. You might get sick, Corona-Chan might take her dancing fat midget self and rub her ass all over your face, meaning you're trying to keep your metabolic furnace running to burn her out. That's the other reason for lots of water. Anyone with you you're caring for is going to be THIRSTY, and unless you're prepared to go out and filter water from mud-puddles for them (And if you run out of water, you WILL get that thirsty) you're gonna need extra water.

Starve a cold (of cold) feed a fever (food and heat).

Bare minimum, I'm poor supplies, without Crazy Uncle Johnny's Bonus Math.

8 oz potatoes per day per person
6 oz rice per day per person
1/4 can of tuna-fish per day per person (Share this, don't eat it three days after you opened it)
1/4 can of chicken per day per person (replace tuna with this for variation)
1/8 oz of butter per person per day
1/5 can of vegetable per person per day (Get a bunch of different 50 cents a can vegetables to give you variety)
Ranch dressing (1 bottle per week, remember, you're going to calories and dense fatty shit)
Ketchup, 1 bottle per week per 3 person. (Trace micronutrients will help)
Mustard. 1 bottle per week per 3 person. (Taste, yo. Gotta vary that shit up)
1 Multivitamin per day
1 prenatal vitamin per day

Congrats. You'll survive, have enough variation to prevent your guts from atrophying and the micronutrients and all that good shit. Best of all, you can even get it all with food stamps/SNAP if you're REALLY fucking poor, and eat it later.

If you have a pet, stock up on their food.

Otherwise, you will become their food.

Now, you're going to need something. We're assuming 45-60 days of "I'm from the government, I'm not here to help" going down. We'll also need to consider power, water, sewage, cable, internet failing.

First of all: Read a book read a book, read a motherfucking book.

If you can afford it, a chemical toilet. If not, well, listen close to Crazy Uncle Johnny. First of all, your prep.

Decide your "waste storage area". It should b e across the house from food preperation and sleeping area and able to be isolated. If things go bad and the power goes out and your fridge is empty, consider moving the fridge there.
Buy a couple bottles of porta-potty treatment fluid.
When your faucets start spitting and smelling weird: Fill your bathtub. Start saving that non-potable water. It's going to go out soon.

Empty the toilet of water (Put it in your non-potable) and get out your duct tape. Take a plastic garbage bag, tape it to the sides of the toilet with the majority of the bag in the toilet bowl. Close the seat. You can now shit there without causing problems down the line. After taking a shit, pour a quarter to half cup of the treatment fluid into it. Oh, you have to piss? Piss in the goddamn sink, you fucking mong. This is fucking survival. You aren't (hopefully) going to need to reprocess your feces for night-soil use in a garden, so if worse comes to worse you can just close the bag, duct-tape it shut, double-bag it, put it on the back porch or wherever. A field expedient after the power is gone and the fridge is empty is to use the fridge to store these bags. The seal will keep the smell from wrecking you up.

Another thing you're going to want is small plastic tubs from Walmart, a clothesline, and clothespins. This will let you hand-wash your clothing and hang it up to dry. Use the old borax style laundry soap, more modern soaps take too much effort to remove from the clothing. Borax and/or baking soda is easier to remove.

KEEP CLEAN! IT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE!

Now, YOU shouldn't be leaving your home unless ordered out at gunpoint by the military or raiders and hopefully we aren't looking at a raider scenario.

Let's get a little further. I know, this is going to sound over the top, but believe me, it's not.

Plastic sheeting time.

This isn't just to try to keep Corona-Chan from coming into your frontroom and dancing because it's your turn to fuck the midget. There is going to be all kinds of reason to pull P1 on your own house. The smell is one. Backed up sewage, garbage piling up, and, god forbid, dead bodies. That can carry disease AND smells bad. The second one, is that you might get industrial fires and the like, this will keep fumes and ash from entering your home.

So, PLASTIC ME UP, DOCTOR PURR!

Many of you live in rentals, so you aren't going to be able to do all of this. You'll skip the nails and move to just duct tape instead, unless you think the banks are going to fail and your landlord will end up taking a turn with Corona-Chan and not make it.

First of all, you need NON-PERMEABLE plastic sheeting, at least 8 mil. If it's permeable, you just wasted your time. You can actually buy it at Walmart or the other big box stores.
Duct tape
Box cutter
1"x1/8" wooden strips

Cut the sheeting with an extra three inches per side. Cut your wooden strips to mach the dimensions of your windows and doors + 1/2 inch, that'll give you some buffer.
Put up sheeting. Attach to wall with wooden strips. Put duct tape over the wooden strip. (This will give you a field expedient seal). Put second layer over top. Nail down. A new layer of duct tape over those nails. Duct-tape shut the edges. Stand back and admire your work. Congrats! Only 20 more windows to go!

For doors, you plan on using, you don't do the bottom as normal. You leave the bottom loose, then cut the plastic from 2" from top all the way through the bottom edge, in 3" wide strips, with an additional layer that is only attached at the top over that. That provides you with the ability to leave your house without too much coming back in. If it gets bad, you CAN build an "airlock" but that requires actual work in building a frame, hooking up a vacuum cleaner or shop-vac, and a lot of plastic. If it worked well enough to keep volcanic dust from getting in the house it'll work just fine for this.

All right, you're wondering about how you're going to cook.

Buy the old "home on the range" percolating tin coffee pot. Buy 2. Also buy coffee filters, because you can use them to filter water from debris (not chemical contamination) and works good for rainwater.

Buy a cast iron skillet or three. Buy a cast iron pot with lid.

Buy a camping stove. One that uses either fuel tabs and can also use charcoal/wood.

I know a lot of people will suggest natural gas ones. If you've never done this shit and haven't handled natural gas before, just get one that runs on pellets because otherwise you're going to fucking kill yourself and everyone else when you don't do the fucking valve right and everyone chokes to death on propane.

That's your bare-bones "I'm poor but goddamn it, I'm gonna make it" prep without all the bells and whistles like "Put your rice in coffee cans and/or twist-top jars you've cleaned out well" and all that.

If Corona-Chan has gone exponential on us, and if nobody paid attention to keeping the Pollution Goblins in their own hives, she might be coming to a strip club near you.

Besides, it's good to have this shit. Most people have less than 72 hours worth the food in their houses. Funnily enough, that's only for the Middle Class and 1%.

Us poor people? We buy all our food for the fucking MONTH at the beginning of the month, so we've got 30+ days of food.

And remember, when dealing with Methican Americans, two to the dome and bloody foam. They're notoriously hard to kill.

PS: Do yourself and everyone else a favor...

Go to the little place where you can get dogtags made. Put the following:
Name
Birthday
Blood Type

If you have allergies or take medications, make a second one, a RED one, and list:
Allergies
LIFE SAVING medications

Keep a sealed ziploc bag in your pocket containing a list of your normal medications.

Do everyone a favor, including some dipshit like me who wants to help you when I find you passed out in the fucking ditch from hunger with a goddamn dog bite.

EDIT TWO:

I almost forgot!

OK, you have to go out. The infection rate in your area is nearing 10% and who knows how many motherfuckers are wandering around with Corona-Chan's nastiness all over themselves. So you don't want to take any risks for yourself or for the people sheltering with you, and you HAVE To go to the store/FEMA Supply Point/Military Supply Point/Loot houses because everyone's dead.

But the Pollution Goblins sent the masks back to China and roving bands of Karens with their husband's credit cards bought all the fucking masks. Great.

OK, there's a few things I could go into, full "End of the World, baby!" stuff with full containment suits and one-way masks, but let's bypass that right now.

First thing is, wear a raincoat or other plastic covering. If you have to, you can make it out of the same sheeting you covered your windows with. If a fucking inbred 500AD bitch could make pants and a shirt by candle-light, you can make it with double-layered duct tape, fishing line, and plastic sheeting. Sure, you'll look dumb as fuck at the FEMA point, but you'll be the stupid looking motherfucker who doesn't die when some stupid asshole sneezes on your back.

Next thing is: Head/neck protection.

You can go full "Rubberbandits" and make a headmask out of tape and plastic grocery bags. It looks dumb, but people's spit won't get on you and you'll be the dumb looking motherfucker who ISN'T infected. You can also make yourself a cool looking executioner's hood.

You should have goggles. Rubber sealant edges are best, but if you're desperate, foam edges swimming/safety goggles work too. That'll keep ash, pollutants, smoke, debris, and Corona-Chan from raping your eyeballs.

Next, your mask.

But Johnny, you say, me and Dr. Purr checked everywhere, there aren't any!

Well, it's arts and crafts time with Crazy Uncle Johnny.

First of all, get some HVAC filters. The big ones. You know, two or three feet high, a foot or two wide, a half-inch thick. Highest rating you can afford/find. If it's gone full Mad Max then pull one from the wall and beat it with your hand till the dust all falls out.

Get your handy dandy knife (You better have one, you fucking mong), and carefully cut a piece from it an inch wider on each side than your mouth that covers an inch under your chin to the top of your cheekbones. Take your duct tape and put a 1/4" edging on the front and back of your piece of HVAC filter. Take your non-permeable plastic scraps you have left over from your window projects and cut a piece a half inch bigger than your filter. Slice it from an inch from the sides to a quarter inch from the middle, then a half inch from that to an inch from the edge, so you've got two slices. Do that from 1 inch from the top to one inch from the bottom with 1/2" spaces. Do the same for another piece (I'd put a quarter inch offset, but that's just me). Carefully tape the edges of the filter to the inside of the first piece. Set the second piece on top. Tape together.

Now for the part where 80% of people make their mistake.

Do NOT put a hole in it for the sidebands. That's fucking dumb. and you've just killed yourself, you fucking tard.

Instead, run a piece of duct tape folded in half along the top and the bottom, extending out an inch beyond the plastic. Drill your hole in the ouside, a 1/2 inch from the plastic and the far edge of the tape. You can use dental floss if you have to for your straps.

Ta-dah! One field expedient mask. Works for everything from volcanic ash to wildfire ash to excessive smoke/smog.

It looks dumb, and it's a bare bone one without the inhale/exhale one-way valve system for advanced arts and crafts, but it works.

Come back next week when Crazy Uncle Johnny will teach you to build an airlock decon entryway using plastic sheeting, 2x4's or PVC pipe, duct tape, and garden hose.

Eagerly awaiting the "Jesus fucking Christ, old man, what the fuck is wrong with you?" ratings.

That's too much damn work. Either my immune system gets me by and I live life as a murderous drifter in a post-apocalyptic wasteland or I go out gracefully by coughing/vomiting/shitting myself to death . Either outcome is preferable to the indignity of being a prepper.

 

[Jet Fuel Johnny]

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For lazy faggots:

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.



“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,” said Northern Command in a statement emailed to Military Times. “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.

This includes ensuring that the plans contain procedures for “response, isolation, quarantine, restriction of movement and community based intervention” as well as developing measures to contain and treat those possibly exposed.

The Marine Corps’ mission, according to the message, is to “prepare for potential outbreaks of [COVID19].” The service must “mitigate, respond, and recover from the effects in order to maintain force readiness.”



COVID19, the flu-like virus that originated in Wuhan, China, is now responsible for killing more than 1,100 people and sickening at least 45,000. While the rate of new cases has fallen in the past several days in Wuhan and Hubei province, the death toll continues to climb, topping more than 100 in a single day Monday in China.

The number of cases in the U.S. remains at 13.

DoD 3551-13 calls for preparing for a pandemic and ensuring open lines of communication in the community, diseases surveillance and detection, response and containment.

According to the service messages, military commanders have been asked to confine any service member who has been to China since Feb. 2 to their residences or, if they live in an open barracks or share a bathroom with others, restrict them to a temporary lodging facility for 14 days.

The restricted service members will be assessed daily for fever by medical personnel by phone or in person and wear protective gear if they personally conduct the medical checks, according to the messages. Should they display symptoms, they must seek medical attention, but call their military treatment facility first to inform them of their travel.



The Marine Corps message advises civilian employees and contractors, as well as any family members returning from China, to follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance to detect the virus and prevent its spread, which include voluntarily remaining at home, limiting close contact with people and animals, self-monitoring and seeking medical care if symptoms develop.

The Navy has included visits to Hong Kong and Macau as part of its directive and gives commanders the flexibility to decide whether they need to confine a service member who has had close contact with a person who has traveled to the region.

The Marine Corps also has told commanders to work with military treatment facilities on developing and executing any response and stay up-to-date on CDC guidance regarding the virus.

The Army issued a service-wide message Jan. 31 on the coronavirus advising its members on the illness’s symptoms and instructing them on reducing their risk of catching the infection. The message was issued the same day the Pentagon released an advisory about how service members can reduce the risk of catching the disease.

It does not publicly release its service-wide messages and has not issued any since the executive order.



The Air Force does not publicly disclose its service-wide messages.

Since the outbreak began in late December, individual commands, especially those in Asia, have enforced confinement of service members with a travel history to China. Earlier this month, U.S. Forces Korea began confining troops who had traveled to China for 14 days.

Also earlier this month, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command restricted all Defense Department travel to mainland China and recalled all travelers to the country home.

Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said Monday that the likelihood of more cases being diagnosed in the U.S. of COVID19 is high, but added that the chance of contracting the disease outside China remains low.

She said the biggest infectious disease threat to the American public this year remains the influenza virus, which has sickened more than 22 million and killed at least 12,000.

Precautions against the coronavirus, which include hand-washing, staying home if ill and sneezing or coughing into a tissue or sleeve, also cut down on flu transmission.

“We are taking all appropriate precautionary measures to prevent any potential spread of the virus,” U.S. Forces Korea commander Army Gen. Robert Abrams Feb. 2. “Key for everyone is to follow standard hygiene protocols, and if not feeling well — get screened ASAP!”

All right, boys...

The Air Force made policy changes in December in accordance to it.

https://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/af_sg/publication/afi10-2519/afi10-2519.pdf

THIS is being referred to in some areas...

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/pdf/pandemic-influenza-implementation.pdf

AND...

And executive order has gone out.

USMC Update as of today

Spoiler: Crayon Eater Update

R 112111Z FEB 20
MARADMIN 082/20
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC PPO PS
SUBJ/U.S. MARINE CORPS DISEASE CONTAINMENT PREPAREDNESS PLANNING GUIDANCE FOR 2019 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (2019 nCoV)//
REF/A/MSGIDOC/YMD: 20190115//
REF/B/MSGIDOC/YMD: 20190328//
REF/C/CONGRESS//
REF/D/CONGRESS//
REF/E/MSGIDOC/YMD:20200207//
REF/F/MSGIDOC/YMD:20171204//
REF/G/MSGIDOC/YMD: 20190612//
REF/H/MSGID:GENADMIN/OSD/042146ZFEB20//
REF/I/MSGIDOC/DOD GCP 3551-13/YMD: 20130226//
REF/J/MSGIDOC/YMD: 20161122//
REF/K/MSGID:GENADMIN/HQMC PP&O EXORD//YMD:030003ZFEB20//
REF/L/MSGIDOC/YMD: 20130807//
NARR/REF A IS THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES’ NATIONAL HEALTH SECURITY STRATEGY 2019-2022 WHICH DISCUSSES STRATEGY TO PREVENT, DETECT, ASSESS, PREPARE FOR, MITIGATE, RESPOND TO, AND RECOVER FROM HEALTH SECURITY THREATS. REF B IS DOD INSTRUCTION 6200.03 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE DOD, WHICH PROVIDES DIRECTION TO ENSURE MISSION ASSURANCE AND READINESS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES. REF C IS TITLE 42, U.S.C. SECTIONS 243, 249 AND 264, 265, AND 271. REF D IS TITLE 42, CFR PART 70 AND 71. REFS C AND D CONTAIN REGULATIONS FOR COOPERATION AND PREVENTING THE INTRODUCTION, TRANSMISSION AND SPREAD OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND/OR OTHER HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES INTO THE UNITED STATES. REF E IS UNDERSECRETARY OF DEFENSE MEMORANDUM; FORCE HEALTH PROTECTION SUPPLEMENT 1 - DOD GUIDANCE FOR MONITORING PERSONNEL RETURNING FROM CHINA DURING THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK, WHICH PROVIDES DISEASE CONTAINMENT RESTRICTION OF MOVEMENT GUIDANCE FOR ALL SERVICE MEMBERS RETURNING FROM MAINLAND CHINA. REF F IS MCO 6220.2 DISEASE CONTAINMENT PLANNING WHICH PROVIDES GUIDANCE TO RESPOND TO AND MITIGATE BIOLOGICAL EVENTS WITH PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IMPLICATIONS AND ALIGNS ORGANIZATIONAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES WITHIN THE MARINE CORPS FOR DISEASE CONTAINMENT PLANNING (DCP) ACTIVITIES. REF G IS DOD INSTRUCTION 6055.17 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH OUTLINES REQUIREMENTS TO MANAGE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES IAW THE PROVISIONS OF THE INSTRUCTION. REF H IS OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GUIDANCE WHICH CONTAINS OVERARCHING INFORMATION ON THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS. REF I IS GLOBAL CAMPAIGN PLAN 3551, WHICH DIRECTS USNORTHCOM TO EXECUTE ITS PANDEMIC PLAN AND SUPPORTING GEOGRAPHIC COMBATANT COMMANDS TO EXECUTE THEIR PANDEMIC PLANS IN RESPONSE TO THE NCOV OUTBREAK. REF J IS MCO 3440.8A, INSTALLATION CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, NUCLEAR AND HIGH YIELD EXPLOSIVE (CBRNE) PREPAREDNESS, WHICH PROVIDES ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON THE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF BIOLOGICAL THREATS. REF K IS HQMC RESPONSE TO NOVEL CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK EXORD WHICH PROVIDES AMPLIFYING COORDINATION INFORMATION. REF L IS MCO 3504.2A, OPERATIONS EVENT INCIDENT REPORT (OPREP-3) REPORTING. POC/CHRISTOPHER BURCH/CIV/UNIT: PP&O PS PSP IP/TEL: (703) 692-4491/NIPR E-MAIL: CHRISTOPHER.BURCH1@USMC.MIL//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. Situation.
1.A. General.
1.A.1. Commanders will take specific actions to review and validate Disease Containment Plans to prepare for and respond to a potential occurrence of the 2019 Novel (New) Coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
1.A.2. The current threat of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus has raised concern that this virus could result in a pandemic disease. In such a scenario, nCoV could spread, infecting U.S. personnel, and threaten the operational readiness of the U.S. Marine Corps.
1.A.3. The Marine Corps’ response to a pandemic outbreak focuses on five major areas: 1) Force Health Protection (FHP); 2) Disease Containment Planning (DCP) and Readiness; 3) Continuity of Operations (COOP); 4) Defense Support of Civilian Authorities (DSCA); and 5) Support to U.S. Government response efforts.
1.B. Background.
1.B.1. An outbreak of a new (novel) coronavirus is rapidly evolving, but currently poses a LOW RISK to personnel located in CONUS. The 2019-nCoV is a viral respiratory disease related to Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Symptoms of 2019-nCoV may include fever, cough, and shortness of breath.
1.B.2. Chinese health authorities identified 2019-nCoV as the cause of the pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, China. There are confirmed cases in over 20 countries, including the United States, with validated cases in Arizona, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Washington State, and Wisconsin, with one reported death of an American citizen in China.
1.B.3. The U.S. State Department issued a LEVEL 4 DO NOT TRAVEL advisory to China on 30 January 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) has categorized risk as VERY HIGH for China, and HIGH globally, and declared that nCoV constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
1.B.4. Although the United States Government, in conjunction with private industry, is conducting research to identify protocols that may treat the 2019-nCoV disease, there are no U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved treatments at this time. Standard treatment for 2019-nCoV includes prompt implementation of recommended infection prevention and control measures and supportive management of complications. Per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a person under investigation for 2019-nCoV infection should be isolated, and healthcare professionals, and local or state health departments, should be notified immediately.
1.B.5. Presently, the U.S. Marine Corps is planning, conducting routine surveillance, and commencing engagement activities, to assure and solidify collaborative relationships, and inform all personnel, to be prepared for disease containment operations and support.
1.B.6. This MARADMIN aligns with validating Disease Containment and Installation CBRNE Protection Plans IAW references F and J.
2. Mission. The U.S. Marine Corps will prepare for potential outbreaks of 2019-nCoV. If an outbreak occurs, the Marine Corps mitigates, responds, and recovers from the effects in order to maintain force readiness.
3. Execution.
3.A. Commander’s Intent.
3.A.1. Method.
3.A.1.A. Plan, and take preparatory and precautionary actions to ensure that an outbreak of 2019-nCoV does not incapacitate Marine Corps forces, installations, and facilities. If 2019-nCoV is introduced on USMC installations and facilities, or within the Fleet Marine Force (FMF), execute plans and procedures to improve Force Health Protection (FHP) and readiness.
3.A.1.B. Planning will address protection of all Marines, government civilian, contract workforce personnel, and military family members.
3.A.1.C. Planning will address FHP, both in garrison and during deployment. Per reference E, the following prescriptive measures must be adhered to:
3.A.1.C.1. Identify all Marines returning from mainland China after 2 February 2020 and place service members under a 14-day restriction of movement (ROM).
3.A.1.C.2. During the 14-day ROM:
3.A.1.C.2.A. Restrict Marines to their residence for a 14-day ROM period, starting from the day of departure from mainland China.
3.A.1.C.2.B. Marines will be assessed by cognizant medical staff (by phone consultation or in person), as soon as possible, within the first 24 hours of arrival to home station or their final destination, for the development of fever or symptoms of 2019-nCoV.
3.A.1.C.2.C. Marines living in open-bay settings, or rooms with shared bathrooms and/or kitchen facilities, will be placed in separate lodging to span the 14-day ROM period. The command to which the Marine is assigned will arrange for the separate lodging.
3.A.1.C.2.D. Marines will be assessed daily for fever and symptoms by cognizant medical staff (by phone consultation or in person). For all in-person assessments of members, (including those which are asymptomatic), medical personnel should wear appropriate PPE.
3.A.1.C.2.E. Marines will separate themselves from other people in the home/dwelling if residing with roommates/family members to avoid sharing personal items, to the extent possible pursuant to existing guidance.
3.A.1.C.2.F. Marines may not travel, visit public/crowded areas, or use public transportation and should avoid interaction with pets or other animals, to the greatest extent possible.
3.A.1.C.2.G. Medical evaluation and care will be immediately arranged if the Marine displays fever and symptoms consistent with the 2019-nCoV, as per CDC guidance.
3.A.1.C.2.G.1. The Marine will call ahead before going to a medical treatment facility (MTF), informing the MTF of his/her symptoms and travel history.
3.A.1.C.2.G.2. MTF staff should follow CDC guidance when assessing Marines who display fever and symptoms consistent with 2019-nCoV.
3.A.1.C.2.G.3. If a Marine or Sailor is identified as a patient, per previously published guidance, appropriate reporting will be initiated.
3.A.1.C.3. Until further notice, it is recommended that civilian employees and contractor personnel, and family members returning from China follow existing CDC guidance. Key aspects include voluntarily: remaining at home, avoiding congregate settings, limiting close contact with people and pets/other animals to the greatest extent possible, avoiding travel, self-monitoring, and seeking immediate medical care if symptoms develop.
3.A.1.C.4. Potentially affected personnel will be identified in coordination with Federal, State, and local medical planners, healthcare providers, and Public Health Emergency Officers (PHEOs). Actions will mitigate the spread of 2019-nCoV to unaffected personnel.
3.B. End State. The U.S. Marine Corps is postured to mitigate, contain, respond to, and recover from the effects of a public health crisis, and is capable of conducting assigned missions in a pandemic environment.
3.C. Concept of Operations. The concept of operations in response to a viral disease crisis retains the phased approach structure outlined in NORTHCOM CONPLAN 3551, IAW reference I.
3.D. Tasks.
3.D.1. Commanders will:
3.D.1.A. Review, update, and validate existing disease containment plans and policies in order to implement procedures for response, isolation, quarantine, restriction of movement, and community-based intervention.
3.D.1.B. Restrict travel and movement of personnel to areas experiencing 2019-nCoV outbreaks. Provide appropriate medical and non-medical screening of, and protection for, personnel returning from affected areas. Monitoring and screening of individuals potentially exposed to 2019-nCoV should be based on the guidance set forth in reference E.
3.D.1.C. Develop measures to contain and treat U.S. service members DOD employees, contract employees, and family members exposed to, or possibly exposed to 2019-nCoV.
3.D.1.D. Interim guidance and recommendations for reporting, testing and specimen collection can be found at the CDC website: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/HCP/clinical-criteria.html.
3.D.1.E. IAW reference K, report suspected cases of Marines and Sailors meeting the CDC’s definition of a patient or confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV through service and combatant command reporting channels, and to COMMARFORNORTH for tracking and reporting to CDRUSNORTHCOM. OPREP-3 and/or SIR formatting guidance is contained in reference L.
3.D.1.F. Ensure DCP is incorporated into COOP plans, including continuity of essential services.
3.D.1.G. Coordinate with MTFs in development and execution of DCP responses.
3.D.1.H. Commanders will protect personally identifiable information and protected health information, as applicable, in accordance with U.S Law and DoD regulations and policies.
3.D.1.I. Coordinate with Navy Regional Medical Command to request PHEO support.
3.D.1.J. Become familiar with authority to declare a public health emergency, restrict movement, quarantine and isolate. Coordinate with Federal, State, local, and military treatment facilities and public health emergency officials outlined in Section 3 of reference B.
3.D.1.K. Validate Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Disease Containment Response Plans for 2019-nCoV that incorporate the requirements of this MARADMIN.
3.D.2. Coordinating Instructions.
3.D.2.A. The U.S. Marine Corps will follow CDC guidance for healthcare providers at: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/clinical-criteria.html. Additional reference material for protective equipment that may go beyond current CDC guidelines are available at: https://health.mil/Reference-Center...Personal-Protective-Equipment-Policy-Guidance. Due to the dynamic nature of this outbreak, individuals should frequently check the CDC 2019-nCoV website for additional updates at: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html.
4. Administration and Logistics. This MARADMIN has been coordinated with HQMC Operations Division, HQMC, Health Services – Preventive Medicine, and HQMC Judge Advocate.
5. Command and Signal. A. Command. This MARADMIN applies to the Total Force. B. Signal. This MARADMIN is effective immediately.
6. Release authorized by SES Randy R. Smith, Assistant Deputy Commandant, Plans, Policies and Operations (Security).//

Spoiler: Squiddie Update

UNCLASSIFIED//

ROUTINE

R 112054Z FEB 20 MID510000924695U

FM CNO WASHINGTON DC

TO NAVADMIN

INFO NORAD AND USNORTHCOM COMMAND CENTER PETERSON AFB CO JOINT STAFF J3 JOINT
OPS DIV WASHINGTON DC CJCS NMCC WASHINGTON DC JOINT STAFF J3 NMCC OPS
WASHINGTON DC JOINT STAFF J35 JFC WASHINGTON DC SECNAV WASHINGTON DC
COMMARFORNORTH HQ USPACOM CDR USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE DIRECT HQ USEUCOM CDR
USAFRICOM JOC OPS STUTTGART GE CDR USAFRICOM STUTTGART GE CDR USTRANSCOM DDOC
SCOTT AFB IL CDR USTRANSCOM TCJ3 SCOTT AFB IL CDR USPACOM HONOLULU HI CDR
USCENTCOM CJOC-J MACDILL AFB FL CDR USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL HQ USCENTCOM
MACDILL AFB FL CDR USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL HQ USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL CDR SOCOM
MACDILL AFB FL HQ USSOCOM CMD CTR MACDILL AFB FL JBAB WASHINGTON DC ARNGRC
WATCH ARLINGTON VA FEMA HQ WASHINGTON DC DEPT OF HHS WASHINGTON DC CNO
WASHINGTON DC

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NAVADMIN 039/20

MSGID/NAVADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/CNO/FEB//

SUBJ/UPDATED DOD GUIDANCE FOR MONITORING PERSONNEL RETURNING FROM CHINA
DURING THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK//

REF/A/MEMO/OSD/30JAN2020//

REF/B/MEMO/OSD/07FEB2020//

REF/C/OPLAN/NORTHCOM/DOD GCP-PI&ID-3551-13/15OCT13//

REF/D/EXORD/JOINT STAFF J3/012240ZFEB20//

REF/E/NAVADMIN/OPNAV/071613ZFEB20//

REF/G/INST/DODI 6200.03/28MAR19//

NARR/REF A IS MEMO FROM UNDERSECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR PERSONNEL AND READINESS
PROVIDING FORCE HEALTH PROTECTION GUIDANCE FOR PERSONNEL RETURNING FROM CHINA
DURING THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (NCOV) OUTBREAK. REF B IS SUPPLEMENT 1 TO REF A.
REF C IS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) GLOBAL CAMPAIGN PLAN FOR PANDEMIC
INFLUENZA AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE. REF D IS SECDEF-APPROVED EXORD THAT DIRECTS
USNORTHCOM TO EXECUTE ITS PANDEMIC PLAN 3551-13 AND SUPPORTING GEOGRAPHIC
COMBATANT COMMANDERS TO EXECUTE THEIR PANDEMIC PLANS IN RESPONSE TO THE NCOV
OUTBREAK. REF E NAVADMIN 033/20, OPNAV REPORTING GUIDANCE SUPPORTING DOD
RESPONSE TO THE NCOV OUTBREAK.
REF G IS DODI 6200.03, PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE DOD.//
POC/CDR DARYL MEEKS/OPNAV N314/703-692-8350/DARYL.MEEKS(AT)NAVY.MIL/
CDR JAKE WADSLEY/OPNAV N310/703-692-9284/JAKE.WADSLEY(AT)NAVY.MIL/
CDR MARVIN PARK/OPNAV N5I1/703-692-9119/MARVIN.J.PARK(AT)NAVY.MIL/
CDR AYESSA TOLER/OPNAV N0931D/703-571-2948/AYESSA.TOLER(AT)NAVY.MIL//

RMKS/1. THE 2019-NCOV (NCOV) OUTBREAK CONTINUES, WITH THE CENTER FOR DISEASE
CONTROL (CDC) REPORTING THOUSANDS OF CASES WORLDWIDE, TO INCLUDE CASES IN THE
UNITED STATES. DURING THE NCOV OUTBREAK DOD WILL CONTINUE TO PROTECT AND
PRESERVE THE OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS OF FORCES WORLDWIDE. PER REF (C),
USNORTHCOM IS EXECUTING ITS PANDEMIC PLAN AND GEOGRAPHIC COMBATANT COMMANDERS
ARE EXECUTING THEIR SUPPORTING PANDEMIC PLANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH
(IAW) REF (D). OPNAV PUBLISHED INITIAL REPORTING GUIDANCE SUPPORTING DOD
RESPONSE TO NCOV OUTBREAK IN REF (E), WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT. THIS NAVADMIN
ADDS NEW GUIDANCE FOR ALL NAVY COMMANDS AND AN ADDITIONAL DAILY REPORT FOR
SERVICEMEMBERS MEETING THE CRITERIA IN PARA (2).

2. IAW REF (B), EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, ALL NAVY COMMANDS SHALL IDENTIFY ALL
SERVICEMEMBERS RETURNING FROM MAINLAND CHINA AFTER 02 FEB 2020. HONG KONG
AND MACAU ARE INCLUDED AS PART OF MAINLAND CHINA FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS
FORCE HEALTH PROTECTION GUIDANCE. COMMANDS MAY DETERMINE OTHER SERVICEMEMERS
ARE AT SIMILAR RISK FOR EXPOSURE, SUCH AS THOSE WITH A FAMILY MEMBER WITH
WHOM THEY RESIDE OR HAVE CLOSE CONTACT WHO TRAVELED TO MAINLAND CHINA.
COMMANDS WILL PLACE THESE SERVICEMEMBERS UNDER A 14 DAY RESTRICTION OF
MOVEMEMT (ROM). DURING THE 14 DAY ROM:

2.A. SERVICEMEMBERS WILL BE RESTRICTED TO THEIR RESIDENCE FOR A
14 DAY ROM PERIOD, STARTING FROM THE DAY OF DEPARTURE FROM MAINLAND CHINA.

2.B. SERVICEMEMBERS WILL BE ASSESSED BY COGNIZANT MEDICAL STAFF (BY PHONE
CONSULTATION OR IN PERSON), AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE FIRST 24 HOURS OF
ARRIVAL TO THEIR HOME STATION OR FINAL DESTINATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
FEVER OR SYMPTOMS OF NCOV.

2.C. FOR ALL IN-PERSON ASSESSMENTS OF SERVICEMEMBERS (INCLUDING ASYMPTOMATIC
SERVICEMEMBERS), MEDICAL PERSONNEL SHALL WEAR APPROPRIATE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT (PPE) (E.G., FACEMASK, EYE PROTECTION, GLOVES).

2.D. SERVICEMEMBERS LIVING IN OPEN-BAY SETTINGS, OR ROOMS WITH SHARED
BATHROOMS AND/OR KITCHENS FACILITIES, WILL BE PLACED IN SEPARATE LODGING TO
SPAN THE 14-DAY ROM PERIOD. DON WILL ARRANGE FOR THE SEPARATE LODGING.

2.E. SERVICEMEMBERS WILL BE ASSESSED DAILY FOR FEVER AND SYMPTOMS BY
COGNIZANT MEDICAL STAFF (BY PHONE CONSULTATION OR IN PERSON).

2.F. SERVICEMEMBERS WILL SEPARATE THEMSELVES FROM OTHER PEOPLE IN THE
HOME/DWELLING IF RESIDING WITH ROOMMATES/FAMILY MEMBERS AND AVOID SHARING
PERSONAL ITEMS.

2.G. SERVICEMEMBERS MAY NOT TRAVEL, VISIT PUBLIC/CROWDED AREAS, OR USE
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND SHOULD AVOID INTERACTION WITH PETS OR OTHER
ANIMALS, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE.

2.H. MEDICAL EVALUATION AND CARE WILL BE IMMEDIATELY ARRANGED IF THE
SERVICEMEMBER DISPLAYS FEVER AND SYMPTOMS CONSISTENT WITH NCOV, AS PER CDC
GUIDANCE.

2.H.1. SERVICEMEMBERS WILL CALL AHEAD BEFORE GOING TO A MEDICAL TREATMENT
FACILITY, INFORMING THEM OF THEIR SYMPTOMS AND TRAVEL HISTORY.

2.H.2. MEDICAL STAFF SHOULD FOLLOW CDC GUIDANCE WHEN ASSESSING INDIVIDUALS
DISPLAYING FEVER AND SYMPTOMS CONSISTENT WITH NCOV.

2.H.3. IF AN INDIVIDUAL MEETS CDC CRITERIA FOR INVESTIGATION OF NCOV,
APPROPRIATE REPORTING WILL BE INITIATED.

3. UPDATED REPORTING GUIDANCE. THIS NAVADMIN DIRECTS, IN ADDITION TO
REQUIREMENTS IN REF (E) TO APPLICABLE COMMANDS, A DAILY REPORT FOR ALL NAVY
COMMANDS WITH SERVICEMEMBERS PLACED UNDER ROM IAW CRITERIA IN PARA (2). ALL
ECHELON 3 AND BELOW COMMANDS WILL REPORT THESE SERVICEMEMBERS TO THEIR
RESPECTIVE ECHELON 2 COMMANDS, WHO WILL THEN REPORT VIA EMAIL TO THE OPNAV
NOC/BWC NLT 1500 EST DAILY UNTIL COMPLETE. NEGATIVE REPORTS ARE NOT
REQUIRED.

3.A. REQUIRED INFORMATION:

3.A.1. VIA UNCLASSIFIED ENCRYPTED EMAIL, IDENTIFY NAME, LOCATION, RATE/RANK,
GENDER, AGE, UNIT AND DATES OF TRAVEL FOR SERVICEMEMBERS, TO INCLUDE
ACCOMPANYING FAMILY MEMBERS, WHO RETURNED FROM MAINLAND CHINA FROM 2 FEB TO
PRESENT AND ARE SUBJECT TO 14 DAY ROM.

3.A.2. PROVIDE STATUS UPDATES OF DOD PERSONNEL MEETING THE CDCS CASE
DEFINITION FOR INVESTIGATION OF NCOV OR CONFIRMED CASES.
THIS WILL INCLUDE NUMBER OF MEMBERS QUARANTINED OR IN ROM STATUS, NUMBER OF
DAYS EACH MEMBER HAS BEEN QUARANTINED OR IN ROM STATUS, AND THE NUMBER OF
MEMBERS WHO HAVE DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS AND WERE REFERRED FOR MEDICAL EVALUATION.

3.A.3. PROVIDE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF ASYMPTOMATIC SERVICEMEMBERS IN
QUARANTINE OR IN ROM STATUS.

3.B. OPNAV NOC/BWC WILL SHARE ALL COLLECTED DATA WITH THE BUREAU OF MEDICINE
AND SURGERY (BUMED). BUMED WILL CONSOLIDATE MEDICAL STATUS DATA FOR ALL NAVY
PERSONNEL MEETING THE CDCS CASE DEFINITION FOR INVESTIGATION OF NCOV OR
CONFIRMED CASES AND REPORT TO THE DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY VIA THE ARMED FORCES
HEALTH SURVEILLANCE BRANCHS DISEASE REPORTING SYSTEM INTERNET.
BUMED WILL THEN FORWARD PERTINENT INFORMATION TO THE NEAREST NAVY MEDICINE
TRAINING COMMAND/UNIT.

3.C. MEDICAL STATUS OF DOD PERSONNEL MEETING THE CDCS CASE DEFINITION FOR
EVALUATION OF NCOV OR CONFIRMED CASES WHO ARE RETURNING FROM CHINA DURING THE
NCOV OUTBREAK WILL FOLLOW REPORTING GUIDANCE IN REF (G).

4. NAVY INSTALLATIONS SUPPORTING REPATRIATION OPERATIONS SHALL REPORT THE
FOLLOWING CCIRS IMMEDIATELY TO N2C2 LAND DOMAIN, OPNAV BWC, AND USFF/NAVNORTH
BWC:

4.A. ANY KNOWN SUSPECTED INFECTION OF A DON SERVICE MEMBER EXECUTING THE
NCOV RESPONSE OPERATION.

4.B. THE DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY OF IDENTIFIED SERVICEMEMBERS MEETING
CRITERIA FOR ROM.

4.C. THREATS DIRECTED AGAINST DOD INSTALLATIONS AND/OR PERSONNEL SUPPORTING
NCOV OPERATIONS.

4.D. ANY ACTIVITY OR ACTION ASSOCIATED WITH REPATRIATION OPERATIONS THAT MAY
DISCREDIT MILITARY SUPPORT OR GARNER UNWANTED PUBLIC ATTENTION.

4.E. UNAUTHORIZED DEPARTURE FROM THE INSTALLATION OF ANY IDENTIFIED
SERVICEMEMBERS MEETING CRITERA FOR ROM.

4.F. ANY CHANGE IN THE SITUATION THAT PREVENTS DOD FROM FULFILLING ITS
OBLIGATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (HHS).

5. POCS FOR REPORTING: NOC/OPNAV BATTLE WATCH CAPTAIN, 703-692-9284, EMAIL
BWC.PTGN(AT)NAVY.MIL.; USFF/NAVNORTH BATTLE WATCH CAPTAIN, 757-836-5397,
EMAILBWC.FFC.FCT(AT)NAVY.MIL.;
N2C2 LAND DOMAIN IS 719-554-2359,
EMAIL N-NC.PETERSON.N-NCN2N2.MBX.LAND-OMB(AT)MAIL.MIL.

6. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, DOD RECOMMENDS THAT DOD CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES,
CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL, AND FAMILY MEMBERS RETURNING FROM CHINA FOLLOW EXISTING
CDC GUIDANCE. KEY ASPECTS INCLUDE VOLUNTARILY:
REMAINING AT HOME; AVOIDING CONGREGATE SETTINGS; LIMITING CLOSE CONTACT WITH
PEOPLE AND PETS OR OTHER ANIMALS TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE; NOT TRAVELING;
SELFMONITORING; AND SEEKING MEDICAL CARE IF SYMPTOMS DEVELOP. DOD WILL
CONTINUE TO FOLLOW CDC GUIDANCE AND COMPLY WITH LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH
AUTHORITIES DURING THIS OUTBREAK. THE MOST UPDATED GUIDANCE FROM THE CDC
SHOULD BE CHECKED DAILY AND IS LOCATED AT:

2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is a virus (more specifically, a coronavirus) identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China.

WWW.CDC.GOV

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7. RELEASED BY VADM P. G. SAWYER, DEPUTY CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS FOR
OPERATIONS, PLANS AND POLICY, OPNAV N3/N5.//

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Yeah, shits on the move in the DoD.

 

[Ow The Edge]

FUCKING WHAT?
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BNO Newsroom on Twitter

“BREAKING: Epicenter of coronavirus outbreak reports 14,840 new cases, including clinically diagnosed cases, and 242 new deaths https://t.co/eUoE2b20hL”

twitter.com

EDIT: apparently this is legit.

New numbers reflect number of clinically diagnosed cases. In other words that shit a few days ago about not counting asymptomatic cases must be out the window. Maybe the WHO can do something useful afterall.

Current numbers (note the rest of china hasn't reported yet)
60016 total infected in China
1355 confirmed deaths (2.26% fatal)
8070 in critical condition
5611 recovered
16067 suspected

What have we learned, ladies and gentlemen?

 

[RodgerDodger]

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From the linked tweet. I don't suppose anyone wants to make a guess what "exotic" meats those are?



I don't even think they know how many asymptomatic cases there are, what with the lack of testing kits and hospitals being overburdened already with thousands of patients. There are probably thousands of asymptomatic infected people out there, still unknowingly spreading the disease in China. Contact tracing is impossible at this point.

I'm going to go with "some form of Duck". But damn the lack of anything even faintly resembling public health codes with regards to food handling is staggering.