So, Let's Get Real with Straight Up Veronica Radio. A place where I can talk to myself, or millions of other people, but it's still going to happen. Nurse Veronica's Advice Statement and Perpetual Ranty Behavior. This episode: COVID-19 is Coming to America. A warning about Coronavirus, Influenza A, Influenza B, and my ranty behavior about the media. As of today, there has been one reported death caused by COVID-19 in the USA. 
INFECTIONS
COVID-19: Approximately 84,119 cases worldwide; 62 cases in the USA as of Feb. 28, 2020. Flu: Estimated 1 billion cases worldwide; 9.3 million to 45 million cases in the USA per year. hopkinsmedicine.org (PAS)
DEATHS
COVID-19: Approximately 2,871 deaths reported worldwide; 1 death in the USA as of Feb. 29, 2020. Flu: 291,000 to 646,000 deaths worldwide; 12,000 to 61,000 deaths in the USA per year. hopkinsmedicine.org (PAS)
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are two Primary Authoritative Sources (PAS) that can be used to gather more information. The statistics above were gathered from the John Hopkins Medicine site above link. 
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