3 Stories You Should Read 2/27/2020: Pence, Coronavirus, Wisconsin

February 27, 2020 Confluence

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In the category: Buckle up

If coronavirus spreads within the US, here’s how daily life might change

“We are asking the American public to work with us to prepare in the expectation that this could be bad.”

The CDC has been referring to guidance on how to deal with flu pandemics, in a document called “Community Mitigation Guidelines to Prevent Pandemic Influenza United States 2017.” It’s the “blueprint” for community interventions, and the agency is adjusting its recommendations to the specific circumstances of the coronavirus outbreak, officials said.

The document draws from the findings of nearly 200 journal articles written between 1990 and 2016, and it includes a summary of lessons learned from the response to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, which killed hundreds of thousands globally.

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In the category of: Go figure…

Wisconsin rejected new gun control laws. Then a mass shooting happened.

It’s at least the 11th mass shooting in the state since 2004.

It was at least the 11th mass shooting in Wisconsin since 2004. There have been 45 mass shootings in the US since the beginning of 2020.

And just hours before the shooting, Wisconsin’s Democratic Gov. Tony Evers called on lawmakers to push forward legislation aimed at tightening the state’s gun laws.

In response to Evers, “Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, made it clear that Wisconsin’s gun laws would not change under a Republican-controlled Legislature,” USA Today reported, “reminding voters of the longstanding divide that all but ensures deadly incidents like Wednesday’s aren’t going to spur new gun policies anytime soon.”

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In the category of: Experience

Mike Pence’s Defining Moment As Governor? Enabling An HIV Outbreak.

Here’s what to do if you want to create a public health crisis.

One of Vice President Mike Pence’s defining moments during his one term as Indiana governor? Lackluster public health efforts, which led to a massive HIV outbreak. The failure was spurred by public health funding cuts and Pence’s moralistic stance against needle exchanges.

A timeline of the HIV outbreak, the worst in state history, reads like a roadmap of what to do if you want to create a public health crisis.

Pence slashed state health spending.

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