02-25-2020, 09:40 PM
** 25-Feb-2020 World View: San Francisco declares coronavirus emergency
Within the last few hours, San Francisco mayor London Breed declared a
local coronavirus emergency. According to Breed's statement:
San Francisco has several reasons to be concerned. One is that San
Francisco has a world famous Chinatown:
The other major issue is that the city has been in the news a great
deal recently because the streets are filled with homeless people,
along with associated stuff like needles, filth and disease,
the perfect breeding ground for coronavirus.
---- Source:
-- San Francisco / SF Mayor London Breed Declares Local Emergency Amid
Coronavirus Outbreak
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/sa...k/2241796/
(NBCBayArea, 25-Feb-2020)
Within the last few hours, San Francisco mayor London Breed declared a
local coronavirus emergency. According to Breed's statement:
Quote:> "Although there are still zero confirmed cases in San
> Francisco residents, the global picture is changing rapidly, and
> we need to step-up preparedness. We see the virus spreading in
> new parts of the world every day, and we are taking the necessary
> steps to protect San Franciscans from harm."
San Francisco has several reasons to be concerned. One is that San
Francisco has a world famous Chinatown:
Quote:> "A western street with eastern manners,
> Tall pagodas and golden banners
> Throw their shadows through the lantern glow.
> You can shop for precious jade
> or teakwood tables or silk brocade
> Or see a bold and brassy night club show,
> On the most exciting thoroughfare I know.
> We call it
> Grant Avenue, San Francisco,
> California, U.S.A.
> Looks down from Chinatown
> Over a foggy bay.
> You travel there in a trolley,
> In a trolley up you climb,
> Dong! Dong! You're in Hong Kong,
> Having yourself a time.
> You can eat, if you are in the mood,
> Shark-fin soup, bean cake fish.
> The girl who serves you all your food
> Is another tasty dish!
> You know you
> Can't have a new way of living
> Till you're living all the way
> On Grant Avenue. --Where is that?--
> San Francisco, That's where's that!
> California U.S.A."
> --- Flower Drum Song, Rodgers & Hammerstein, 1959
The other major issue is that the city has been in the news a great
deal recently because the streets are filled with homeless people,
along with associated stuff like needles, filth and disease,
the perfect breeding ground for coronavirus.
---- Source:
-- San Francisco / SF Mayor London Breed Declares Local Emergency Amid
Coronavirus Outbreak
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/sa...k/2241796/
(NBCBayArea, 25-Feb-2020)
