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coronavirus italien, President Trump speaks with Sean Hannity via phone to discuss the 2020 Democratic race, coronavirus outbreak and more. During the period when I was secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from 2005 to 2009, leaders around the world became concerned about the emergence of an influenza virus with pandemic potential known as the H5N1. As I assessed our nation’s level of preparation, it became clear that we simply were not prepared for a pandemic. With President George W. Bush’s support, Congress appropriated nearly $7 billion and I spent much of the next three years leading a focused effort to enhance our nation’s readiness.
coronavirus italien - CDC UPDATING CORONAVIRUS CASES DAILY, NO LONGER REPORTING 'PATIENTS UNDER INVESTIGATION' In the course of those years, I often heard the question, “Is our nation prepared for a pandemic?” The answer then was that we were not. Over time, I came to understand that national preparedness is the wrong measure. The right questions to ask all Americans are: Are you prepared? Is your family, your company, your school, your hospital prepared? A nation is only as prepared as the aggregate of its people.
coronavirus italien, It’s important to recognize that pandemics are difficult to talk about. Anything said in advance of a pandemic seems alarmist. After a pandemic begins, anything one has said or done is inadequate. But pandemics happen. They are a fact of biology and a testament of history. Viruses are constantly mutating, adapting, and attacking. Pandemics aren’t new The first major pandemic in recorded history struck Athens at the height of its glory. In 430 B.C., a pestilence – now thought to have been typhoid – killed about a quarter of Athens’ army and its population.
coronavirus italien - Beginning in the 6th century, Europe was ravaged by the plague of Justinian – the first outbreak of the bubonic plague. Amazingly, this plague lasted for about 150 years and during that time Europe’s population was cut roughly in half. Six centuries later, history’s best-known pandemic hit: The Black Death of the mid-1300s. This was the return of the bubonic plague. And it killed about 25 million people – about a third of Europe’s population – in just six years.
coronavirus italien - Pandemics have struck 10 times in the last 300 years. We have had three in the past 100 years. The most serious of these is known as the Great Influenza of 1918. Its effects were mind-boggling. It was as deadly as the deadliest war in human history. Like World War II, the Great Influenza killed about 50 million people worldwide. The 1918 flu cruelly seemed to target those in the prime of life, killing people in their 20s and 30s at an even greater rate than others – and leaving behind 21,000 orphans in New York City alone. It was a vicious killer.