Well, it looks like Coronavirus all over the world and Italy seems to be the hardest hit area - I got two letters yesterday from the Italian colleagues including the one who happened to be next to the epicenter, Milan, to deal with this Coronavirus, saying;

“Hello BB,   how are you?  I hope you are doing well. At the moment I am involved in the Emergency of corona virus which is hard bear Cremona. Nowadays I worked hard with vascular anomalies and I tried to make so e think New in the Field of genetica diagnosis together with the genetic department of the University of Siena and I need your advice on my plan to publish ----  Anyhow, we have big trouble with corona virus and worry much! Talked with Raul yesterday about Milan condition, worse!  Sergio said the Venetian carnival was also cancelled! How about South Korea with same problem? Best wishes to Marietta and you from all us.  Massimo”

So, no longer a safe trip to anywhere in Europe for this year! Indeed, we are going to have a conference call tomorrow morning to plan to cancel IUA Congress along the last week of April in Rome.

Chinese are now giving trouble all over the world!

BB Lee

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/23/europe/italy-novel-coronavirus-spike-intl/index.html

Five people have died and at least 219 others have been infected with the virus in Italy, Angelo Borrelli,

head of the country's Civil Protection agency, said at a Monday news conference. 

The bulk of the cases (167) are in the northern region of Lombardy, whose capital is the city of Milan.

Wow! How did they get it? Why Italy among so many European countries? I must have missed the story. Did anyone from China spread it among Italians?  Anyhow, I heard the majority of the fashion industry in Italy is now owned and run by Chinese with the legitimate title of "Made in Italy" to wipe out original local industry like brand named shoes made by a group of local Italian cobblers. Indeed, my wife misses going to the cobbler house with her friend, Mrs. Raul Mattassi to buy such comfortable shoes directly at much cheaper price whenever we stop by at Milan to stay at our close friend's house since Chinese took over the entire business to make the brand named shoes replacing original Italian cobblers. 

So I speculate Chinese must have brought Coronavirus directly from China.

Sadly,

BB Lee

I did not know the Chinese have so many business interests in Italy.

Chinese traffics for business and tourism probably spread germs to Italy.

Today DOW lost over 1000. If the Chinese factory does not run, World production stops. 
The economy is global, contrary to Trump's America first.

One can not isolate the U.S. economy from the world economy. 
 

I can not imagine that the outbreak in the U.S. will not happen.

A lot of Chinese come and go to and from the U.S.. It could be imminent.

https://news.joins.com/article/23714442?cloc=joongang-home-opinioncolumn

[출처: 중앙일보] [글로벌 아이] ‘세균 공포증’ 트럼프의 코로나 대응

미국 내 확진자는 35명에 그치지만, 보건당국은 조만간 확 늘어날 것으로 예상한다.

미국에선 코로나19 검사가 매우 제한적으로 이뤄지고 있어 확진 사례가 실제 감염자

수를 반영하지 못할 수 있다는 지적이 있다. 확진자 증가는 기정사실로 받아들여지고 있다. 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/25/health/coronavirus-us-american-cases/index.html

CDC official warns Americans it's not a

question of if coronavirus will spread, but when

We expect we will see community spread in this country," said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the

CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. "It's not so much a question of

if this will happen anymore, but rather more a question of exactly when this will happen and how

many people in this country will have severe illness."

https://news.joins.com/article/23715743?cloc=joongang-home-newslistleft

한국의 비밀스런 그 종교" 코로나 확산 주범 '신천지'에 외신도 관심 집중

[출처: 중앙일보] "한국의 비밀스런 그 종교" 코로나 확산 주범 '신천지'에 외신도 관심 집중

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/24/808914718/secretive-church-sect-at-the-center-of-south-koreas-coronavirus-outbreak

Secretive Church Sect At The Center Of South Korea's

Coronavirus Outbreak