3 Cases of Coronavirus Confirmed in MD

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Anonymous wrote:Just a cold, nothing to see here: Italy says it's had 41 new COVID-19 deaths in just 24 hours

https://www.euronews.com/2020/03/05/two-more-people-die-from-covid-19-in-france-says-the-country-s-health-ministry?fbclid=IwAR3VYJV97bi8rwK9zxZXsjA4SrLXlkxpyURmYvMy0Nwyz-8oXXMJfzQMIv4

All elderly with pre existing health conditions

And their deaths don't matter? Some of us have parents we'd rather not see dead.

Life ends with death. Everyone has to die of some cause. If you already have pre-existing health conditions and late in life, then you are at higher risk of dying from a health related cause, rather than a tragic accident. It isn't about not valuing life - it is about the circle of life. Italy has the second most elderly people in the world. They are going to have a higher percentage of deaths due to this.

wow. so you are okay with this? We should do nothing and let the elderly "go" naturally? that's a different viewpoint to say the least.

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Anonymous wrote:Why aren't we doing telework and closing schools in the DMV? It's like people are closing their eyes and ears and trying to wish this away. If something isn't done immediately our health care system will be overrun. And don't tell me this is just a cold. They don't shut down the economy of China for a cold. It's like we're saying we're fine with thousands dying.

No one at my federal agency can telework. It's not as easy as you're making it out to be.

Yeah. We can't all telework. I can but like 80% of the staff where I work can't.

80% of the staff at the agency where I telework can, but the procedures restrict it to agreed upon days. So for example, you get to telework on Mondays. It takes 3 forms to telework and multiple signatures and we won't be able to turn on a dime to expand telework unless they loosen the bureaucracy of it all. And that isn't happening.

They loosen the bureaucracy for telework at my agency for metro track work for extended periods. Why wouldn't they be able to do it for something that involves health and safety rather than just an inconvenient commute to work?

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Anonymous wrote:They aren't all elderly. There are 40 and 50 year olds in intensive care, fighting for their lives. Yes, the 80 year olds have the highest mortality rate.

Reading DCUM it's apparent that most people on this site are in their 30s and DGAF about people 40s and up. They also don't seem to realize that even if most 30-40 year olds who have serious complications don't die, they almost certainly will if the hospitals are overwhelmed and all the ventilators are taken. When your significant other is drowning in their lung fluid and you can't get a hospital bed talk tell us then about how telework and closing schools was such a terrible idea.

I'm in agreement with you about the hospital burden, etc. But realistically, how does teleworking and closing schools work? Its not just for 2 weeks unless you stop movement in the state. People will come.from other states/countries. So every time a person comes, the quarantine has to start over. And what about the people who aren't fortunate enough to have job stability. Kids home from school means you have to stay home from.work. No work = no pay. These are the people who are likely working minimum wage and don't exactly have savings to fall back on for however long schools are closed. In a perfect world, people could telework and schools could close and all that. But the logistics of doing so are damn near impossible.

Is anyone worried about widespread economic collapse and social upheaval and disorder due to lack of social safety nets, medical insurance, etc.? People will be out of work and money ... potentially for an extended period of time, what happens next??

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Anonymous wrote:Just a cold, nothing to see here: Italy says it's had 41 new COVID-19 deaths in just 24 hours

https://www.euronews.com/2020/03/05/two-more-people-die-from-covid-19-in-france-says-the-country-s-health-ministry?fbclid=IwAR3VYJV97bi8rwK9zxZXsjA4SrLXlkxpyURmYvMy0Nwyz-8oXXMJfzQMIv4

All elderly with pre existing health conditions

And their deaths don't matter? Some of us have parents we'd rather not see dead.

Life ends with death. Everyone has to die of some cause. If you already have pre-existing health conditions and late in life, then you are at higher risk of dying from a health related cause, rather than a tragic accident. It isn't about not valuing life - it is about the circle of life. Italy has the second most elderly people in the world. They are going to have a higher percentage of deaths due to this.

wow. so you are okay with this? We should do nothing and let the elderly "go" naturally? that's a different viewpoint to say the least.

Seriously. So if one of my parents dies, should I say to other "Buck up, it's just the circle of life"? They've only been married since 1978. I'm sure the surviving one will just get over it.

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Anonymous wrote:Just a cold, nothing to see here: Italy says it's had 41 new COVID-19 deaths in just 24 hours

https://www.euronews.com/2020/03/05/two-more-people-die-from-covid-19-in-france-says-the-country-s-health-ministry?fbclid=IwAR3VYJV97bi8rwK9zxZXsjA4SrLXlkxpyURmYvMy0Nwyz-8oXXMJfzQMIv4

All elderly with pre existing health conditions

And their deaths don't matter? Some of us have parents we'd rather not see dead.

Life ends with death. Everyone has to die of some cause. If you already have pre-existing health conditions and late in life, then you are at higher risk of dying from a health related cause, rather than a tragic accident. It isn't about not valuing life - it is about the circle of life. Italy has the second most elderly people in the world. They are going to have a higher percentage of deaths due to this.

Yes. I agree but that doesn't mean this is NBD. How old is old enough to shrug it off in your book? 70? 60? If that's so why do we bother to give the elderly any medical care at all? Why don't we just let nature take its course?

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Anonymous wrote:Do we know if anyone is being tested in VA? In Fairfax County?

According to the VA Dept of Health, there are no pending cases in Northern VA right now.

http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/surveillance-and-investigation/novel-coronavirus/

Not to be trusted. The MD link also still says no positive cases

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My husband and I work for the Federal government in Montgomery County, wonder if we’ll get and email in the morning to telework?

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The WaPo reports that all three cases were in Montgomery County, but nothing more specific than that:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/maryland-confirms-three-cases-of-coronavirus/2020/03/05/687def10-5f3d-11ea-b014-4fafa866bb81_story.html

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Anonymous wrote:My husband and I work for the Federal government in Montgomery County, wonder if we’ll get and email in the morning to telework?

Doubtful ... they will keep downplaying it is my guess.

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Anonymous wrote:My husband and I work for the Federal government in Montgomery County, wonder if we’ll get and email in the morning to telework?

Doubtful ... they will keep downplaying it is my guess.

Please differentiate between the White House and the rest of the federal government. We are not the same.

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Anonymous wrote:Why’d he mention Moco schools? Where r these cases?

Bethesda

Do you know that? How?

DP. Bethesda, Rockville, or Chevy Chase seem like reasonable guesses.

Can we not guess during a situation like this?

For most people it’s a cold. Calm down.

For 20% of people it's not. That's a lot of people.

Cite?

If 80% of cases are mild, then that means 20% of cases are not mild. It's just math.

Again, cite.

It's like, on literally every single public health website. 80% of cases are "mild" aka not requiring medical care/ hospitalization/ no pneumonia (not "mild" like... you don't know you're sick, but "mild" like a case of seasonal flu where you're just stuck in bed for 3-4 days with a fever and a cough and then you're good to go) . 20% develop into something requiring more medical care.

Have you actually had influenza? It’s not 3-4 days. If mild cases of covid19 are akin to influenza then it’s not good. Imagine your household too ill to cook, care for the kids, walk the dog, go to the market. It’s really not good.

Somewhere in the mega thread, there was a citation that said mild cases lasted 2 weeks, severe cases 4-6 weeks. Damage to lungs in severe cases is expected to take months to heal, if the patient survives the illness.

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Anonymous wrote:Do we know if anyone is being tested in VA? In Fairfax County?

According to the VA Dept of Health, there are no pending cases in Northern VA right now.

http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/surveillance-and-investigation/novel-coronavirus/

Not to be trusted. The MD link also still says no positive cases

Please provide a source you trust that states differently about VA.

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Anonymous wrote:Do we know if anyone is being tested in VA? In Fairfax County?

According to the VA Dept of Health, there are no pending cases in Northern VA right now.

http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/surveillance-and-investigation/novel-coronavirus/

Not to be trusted. The MD link also still says no positive cases

3 tested positive cases. I assume, I’ll enough to necessitate a test. There are probably many many more cases that weren’t tested. We just don’t know about them. Also, those who are carriers walking around symptoms free while spreading it.

It’s already here and has been for some time.

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Anonymous wrote:Bring it on. The only ones dying are old and immuno compromised people. This will feel like a bad chest cold. Let me develop some antibodies now, get two weeks off work, and build some tolerance before it mutates into something worse

I suggest you read the accounts of young people who developed it in Wuhan China. It made a flu sound like a walk in the park. Bad chest cold is now how it is in some people. The 80% have mild colds may or may not be accurate.