Coronavirus is spreading at an unprecedented rate, and so many people have been found to be infected who did not have any contact with the people who brought the virus into country from abroad.
China was doubting that the currency notes might be a potential carrier for the virus, as it can survive for up to 24 hours in an external environment. So they decided to either burn or disinfect the old currency in circulation, and issued new notes.
Now, another idea has popped up into speculation and it is much more sinister. It has been suspected that home delivery of products you bought from Amazon, eBay etc might be carrying the coronavirus into places where it didn’t exist before.
Amazon employees are infected but forced to work
An Amazon employee in Seattle, US was found to be infected with the virus, and people have speculated that it is easy for virus to spread through the packages.
Since Amazon employees have hardly any healthcare benefits, and they are paid so less they cannot afford to take sick days off – they are forced to come in to work, increasing the health hazard for thousands of potential customers.
Two other Amazon employees in Italy have also been found positive for coronavirus, and the company granted them leave only after the death toll in Italy crossed 100.
Trump administration is denying any link between spreading infection and online packages
Although, the authorities from Trump administration have denied such claims, and said that there is “no evidence that coronavirus can spread through mail.”
In contrast, they have been unable to explain how entire communities have been found infected even though they never came into direct contact with any coronavirus host.
Why are American people in greater danger?
Another travesty for common working class people is that American healthcare doesn’t allow them any expenses for this kind of emergency, so the hospitals have started charging $3,000 just for a single test for coronavirus.
As the community spreading in Seattle has been growing worse, Amazon finally announced that employees who are able to work from home should do so till the end of the month.
Although, the company and government has been denying the claims fervently, time and again.
Life Care Center in Kirkland has been cited as a hazard site, considering that most people at the center were infected there through community spread rather than hazardous mail.
But again, it is nothing more than an unwarranted denial because coronavirus can spread through many methods other than community spread.
No need to panic, most people infected will only fall mildly sick
Although, the most accurate statement made by any government authority is that there is no need to panic since most people infected by coronavirus will fall only mildly ill, and will eventually get better. In comparison, the common flu kills about 18,000 Americans every year.
Common flu is 200 times more lethal, yet why is there no outrage about it?
The outrage about coronavirus is that it can affect rich and poor alike, and having money is not going to save you from death. People dying from common flu are all poor people who cannot afford healthcare, and still there is no hullabaloo about it in the media despite thousands of death each year just in America.
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Statement Not True: All Americans can go to any hospital in the USA for treatment of any illness regardless of insurance. That’s why Hospital costs are so expensive to the rest of us.
The paper masks are not fitted to the individual & will not keep out germs.
Common sense works: wash hands frequently, if sick stay home, aspirin for temperature, Pepto Bismal for stomach upsets, etc. Breathing problems, hospital.