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03-24-2020 09:45 PM
@bikerbabe wrote:
I’ve read several articles in the past week on what worked in China. Unfortunately, it’s not what most of us want to hear. There’s a Wall Street Journal article from today talking about how the west has missed the point on what China did that stopped the spread of the virus. It wasn’t just stay at home. The virus continued to spread and overwhelm the healthcare system until they took the move to identify anyone who was positive whether they had symptoms or not and removing them and isolating them in separate quarantine facilities. Otherwise, the person who tested positive just spread the virus to everyone else in the family and it became an endless cycle of families continually getting sick. It was a move that required a massive escalation of testing everyone and if you tested positive, you moved out of the home to an isolation facility. 😢
Also reading about HongKong, took action quickly, saw numbers drop, thought good, lightened up, then spiked again.
03-24-2020 09:49 PM
03-24-2020 09:53 PM
03-25-2020 02:57 AM - edited 03-25-2020 10:44 AM
Texas went into a strict shelter in place directive on 03/24 at 11:45 PM. Looks like schools will not be finishing up the school year after spring break.
We've only had 69 documented cases in my local counties, but throughout TX we've had a questionable number (can't find reliable number), with 9 deaths, so far. I'm glad we're locking down. Maybe we can stay ahead of this thing.
Edited to add that it appears TX rural areas will not be under stay at home restrictions. All in all, for the size of this state and with it's big cities, we're not doing too bad.
03-25-2020 09:32 AM - edited 03-25-2020 09:33 AM
@lovescats wrote:administration is advising that individuals leaving New York self-quarantine for 14 days to avoid spreading the coronavirus to other parts of the country.
Dr. Deborah Birx, a member of the White House’s coronavirus task force, made the recommendation during a press conference as cases in New York continue to increase rapidly. “Everybody who was in New York should be self-quarantining for the next 14 days to ensure that the virus doesn't spread to others, no matter where they have gone, whether it's Florida, North Carolina or out to ... Long Island,” Birx said.
to me this definitely makes sense
I heard yesterday the spread was probably due in large part because of contaminated surfaces in the subway. Who's surprised by that???? I'm out on LI but haven't been in the city in quite some time. From the beginning, I've said the subway will be the problem.
03-25-2020 10:04 AM - edited 03-25-2020 10:05 AM
Wish the people with out of state license plates, many from NY had heeded the self quarantine recommendations. My and many other town's beaches were mobbed with people Not following the 6ft. rule. Day trippers, people thinking it is a good time for a vacation,etc. are not taking this seriously. We like other towns surrounding us are small and are not prepared for this onslaught of people during the off season. Our first responders departments are low, we haven't done the hiring for the summer yet. Our small hospital is not prepared. When the day trippers leave they stop at the grocery store and do their shopping to take back home. Finally, finally our town manager closed all the beaches. The surrounding towns followed suit. During the off season we are just not prepared for all these people. People that should be staying home and not traveling.
03-25-2020 10:11 AM
It's probably more likely that the guy from New Rochelle got it in NYC and brought it home. My county has more than I would expect but we have a lot of travel back and forth with the city. It's still very low in NY counties that don't have this issue.
03-25-2020 11:17 AM
03-25-2020 12:03 PM - edited 03-25-2020 12:04 PM
I hope other states with significant numbers of cases take this advice as well --- not just limited to New York. And if people are really smart about this even states with very few cases would be wise to stay put. People need to stop traveling. Period.
03-25-2020 12:11 PM - edited 03-25-2020 12:11 PM
@Rockycoast - ITA. And, our Gov. is not curtailing anything other than the 6' rule. I can't even count the number of out of state license plates I saw the other day.
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