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#InfectiousDisease, #Animals, #Pets, #Coronavirus, #Outbreak,  GUELPH, Ont.—Merlin seems remarkably unfazed by the masked, gloved, protective-suited humans assertively handling him. Then again, the Labrador retriever has already survived pretend-Ebola. So contracting pretend-novel-coronavirus for the purposes of this simulation is a walk in the park. Scott Weese, Merlin’s owner and director of the Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses at the University of Guelph, and Marlowe Schott, an infection control practitioner, carefully don layers of protective equipment and then even more carefully strip them all off. They are alert for ways a dog who actually did have novel coronavirus might expose them — like by panting on their faces. Merlin, who stays calm and obedient in the cramped isolation room, gets a treat. Final diagnosis: very good boy. Public health officials worldwide are scrambling to contain the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus, which has in

#DrDrewPinsky #LosAngeles  #BrianKilmeade #Homeless  #Epidemic #InfectiousDisease Thousands of lives may be at risk this summer in Los Angeles and politicians could be to blame, according to one famous TV doctor. Radio host and addiction medicine specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky talked about the horrific conditions on the streets of America's second-largest city Thursday before making the frightening prediction on Fox News Radio's "The Brian Kilmeade Show," which also airs on Fox Nation. "I live in the great state of California, the utopia that is California, which is a nightmare," Pinsky said. "I want to give you a prediction here. There will be a major infectious disease epidemic this summer in Los Angeles." Pinsky described to Kilmeade what he believes to be the almost medieval conditions in the City of Angels and compared local politicians to Nero, the infamous Roman Emperor who allegedly fiddled while his nation burned. "We ha