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In fairness though, the containment ship has sailed for nCOV.

It’s scary to see it so close to home. I’m in Northern Ireland and saw two hazmat ambulances gunning it into the center of Belfast today.

I’ve never seen a hazmat ambulance in this country - wouldn’t have even known we had them or what they looked like.

I suspect we’ll get outbreaks in many more regions over the next few days.

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It's highly unlikely that those ambulances are related to the virus. There are 0 confirmed cases in Northern Ireland, and if it was a suspected case the government and media would be all over it to find people who were potentially infected.

I’m afraid you have more faith than I do in local government.

I wouldn’t expect them to try to “cover it up” but I’d very much expect them to act slowly in notifying and not take it as seriously as they should.

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