Saul Leiter Man with flowers, NY 1950s A few days ago, I was thinking of writing another corona article, focusing on two things: 1) the ease and speed with which the virus spreads -because I think that is hugely underestimated-, and 2) testing. But then the situation with the two cruise ships started going berserk. I had intended to use the Diamond Princess as a case for the ease and speed of infection, but it became clear quite rapidly
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NPC Newsstand with Out-of-Town Papers, Washington DC 1925 • 2 Diamond Princess Passengers Die, Countries Rush To Evacuate Citizens (RT) • Two Coronavirus Patients From Diamond Princess Cruise Ship In Japan Die (SCMP) • New Coronavirus Spreads More Like Flu Than SARS (R.) • First Batch Of Diamond Princess Passengers Arrive In Hong Kong (R.) • Cruise Passengers Relieved To Be Ashore But Stranded In Cambodia (G.) • South Korea Reports 31 New Cases Of Coronavirus (SCMP) • Virus-Hit
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Arthur Siegel Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyards, Baltimore, Maryland. Liberty ship construction. Welding on a hatch assembly at night. 1943 • Elderly Guests Leave First As Diamond Princess Quarantine Ends In Japan (SCMP) • Japan Releases First 500 ‘Diamond Princess’ Passengers (ZH) • Coronavirus Up To 20 Times More Likely Than Sars To Bind To Human Cells (SCMP) • Russia To Ban Entry Of Chinese Nationals To Halt Virus (AP) • Foreign Pilots At Chinese Airlines Return Home On Unpaid Leave (R.)
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Jack Delano Entrance to colored drivers’ lunchroom at truck service station on U.S. 1 (New York Avenue) 1940 • 338 Americans Flown Home From Cruise Ship, Including 14 With Coronavirus (R.) • US Breaks Cruise Ship Quarantine (ZH) • Virus Kills Chinese Film Director and Family in Wuhan (Chow) • Disease Modelers See The Future Of COVID-19 (STAT) • China Faces Back To Work Concerns As Firms Report Coronavirus Infections (SCMP) • Apple Unlikely To Meet Revenue Guidance Due
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Jack Delano Discarded oil cans at truck service station on U.S. 1, New York Avenue, Washington, DC 1940 • Japan Braces For Hundreds More Cases Onboard Cruise Ship (G.) • Taiwan Confirms First Coronavirus Death On Island, Cases At 20 (R.) • Pay Attention To Shanghai, Beijing, Japan Infection Rates (F.) • Japan’s Economy Shrinks At Fastest Rate Since 2014 (BBC) • Coronavirus Cases Rise Again In China, Recession Looms In Japan, Singapore (R.) • Americans Disembark From Virus-Hit
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John Collier Trucks on highway en route to Utica, New York 1941 • Chinese Doctors Say Wuhan Coronavirus Reinfection Even Deadlier (ZH) • 70 More Infections On Diamond Princess Cruise Ship Bring Total To 355 (SCMP) • Cruise Passengers Face 14 More Days In Quarantine On Return To Hong Kong (SCMP) • Quarantined Cruise Ship Passenger Speaks Out Against US Evacuation Plan (Fox) • American From Cruise Ship Docked In Cambodia Tests Positive In Malaysia For Coronavirus (R.) •
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Harris & Ewing Gettysburg 50th reunion: Grand Army of the Republic and the United Confederate Veterans 1913 • Massive Medical Response As China Death Toll Reaches 1,526 (SCMP) • Beijing To Quarantine All Arrivals As Economic Life Struggles To Pick Up (R.) • Xi Puts On Brave Face, Vows To Deliver Economic Goals Amid Coronavirus (SCMP) • Egypt Confirms Coronavirus Case, The First In Africa (AlJ) • Chinese Medical Staff Pay ‘Too High A Price’ In Battle To Curb
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Alfred Palmer Halftrack scout car brought up to Army standards of smartness. White Motor Company, Cleveland Dec 1941 • Beijing Lowers Coronavirus Deaths By 108 Due To “Double Counting” (ZH) • Singapore’s Biggest Daily Jump In New Coronavirus Cases Takes Tally To 58 (R.) • Foxconn Denies Reuters Reports On Factory Restart In China (ZH) • WHO Advisor Says Coronavirus May Infect Over 5 Billion People (ZH) • Senate Passes Iran War Powers Resolution Despite Trump’s Opposition (CNN) •
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DPC Wanted: 500 men to eat frankfurters (click to see sign), Bowery, Rockaway, NY 1905 • Hubei’s Coronavirus Cases Rise 10-Fold After Change In Diagnostic Criteria (SCMP) • COVID-19 Coronavirus Cases (Worldometer) • Beijing Battles ‘Crisis Of Chernobyl Proportions’ In Virus Outbreak (SCMP) • Roger Stone Sentencing Drama Roils Capitol Hill (Pol.) • Yiannopoulos to Gift Royalties From Roger Stone Book to His Defense Fund (GP) • Devin Nunes: Examples Of ‘What Mueller Team Was Really Doing’ Coming Soon
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Saul Leiter 463 1956 • Hubei’s Coronavirus Cases Rise 10-Fold After Change In Diagnostic Criteria (SCMP) • COVID-19 Coronavirus Cases (Worldometer) • Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Mortality Rate (Worldometer) • 44 More Cases On Diamond Princess Cruise Ship Anchored Off Japan (SCMP) • WHO Team Arrives In China As Wuhan Coronavirus Deaths Top SARS (CNN) • Beijing’s Purge Over Virus Takes Down Top Communist Party Officials In Hubei (SCMP) • Botched Wuhan Quarantine Left Dead Bodies In The Street (ZH)
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