DC: First COVID-19 Case Confirmed

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Anonymous wrote:Christ Church Georgetown implicated
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/rockville-senior-community-cancels-events-adds-screenings-in-response-to-possible-coronavirus-exposure/2020/03/07/e36871ec-6086-11ea-9055-5fa12981bbbf_story.html

Can someone summarize this article? I don't have online subscription

the D.C. Department of Health said it was investigating whether members of Christ Church Georgetown were exposed to the deadly virus.
The health department told The Washington Post in a statement early Sunday morning that it had determined that “an individual’s visitation to Christ Church Georgetown warrants precautionary measures.” The department said it recommended that the historic Episcopal church temporarily suspend services out of an abundance of caution.

And from an email from the church:

Beginning tomorrow, Sunday, March 8, Christ Church, Georgetown, will suspend all services and meetings until further notice in response to a presumed positive case of Coronavirus in our Christ Church community. We did not make the decision to close our doors lightly, but out of an abundance of caution for the most vulnerable among us.
The person who has been diagnosed is receiving treatment and is in stable condition. As more information is gathered, we will update the community as appropriate and you can expect another email from the church tomorrow with additional details.

Sounds like to me the sick person is a member of the church and probably lives in Georgetown and attended services there last week.

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Apparently it was a visitor from out of town. If I recall correctly that church has a lot of Italians (who no longer live in Georgetown).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apparently it was a visitor from out of town. If I recall correctly that church has a lot of Italians (who no longer live in Georgetown).

A lot of Italians are Episcopalians?

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Anonymous wrote:source of this Christ Church Georgetown info?

So the guy likely went to GW, GT or Sibley. I’d like to know which one and if he went in through the ER. My husband was at one of these hospital ERs yesterday.

GW - Bowser said it during the press conference. Not sure if he went through the ER but he went on the 4th and as of yesterday was still being hospitalized there.

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Anonymous wrote:Most common symptoms (based on the data out of China)

Fever, fatigue, dry cough, loss of appetite, muscle aches, shortness of breath starting around day 5 and respiratory symptoms progressing fairly rapidly with presentation to hospital with respiratory concerns typically about day 7.

Least common symptoms (less than 10% of cases):
Dizziness, nausea, vomiting, headaches, diarrhea, abdominal pain, runny nose, sore throat, coughing up sputum / blood.

Sources: Wang et al ( n = 138), Chen et al ( n = 99), and Huang et al ( n = 41). All found similar symptom profiles.

I am very suspicious my DS had this in early February as did many kids at school. Lots of absences. Like events cancelled because too many participants were out sick. And email notices that kid would be absent bounced back because the person you sent it to was out sick. My DC's symptoms: out of nowhere high fever, chills, exhausted, slept for over a day, aches, dry cough, dizzy, slight soar throat. Strep and flu tests were negative. It did not progress to respiratory, though the dry cough lingered. I rarely take this kid to the doctor for a sick visit. Glad I did, as it is in the records and I'm sure every office is reviewing their cases histories.

Same here, my entire family got sick within 1 day. Fevers of kids and adults from 103-105. All of us were tested and only one adult got a positive Flu A test. I was told that this year's flu tests have a large rate of false negatives.

Similar thing (sort of) here. I got a flu shot, and, in December, my toddler son got diagnosed with Flu B. I never got sick despite lots of snuggles, reading books, etc. as he was ill.

In mid-February, I came down with a ~103 degree fever, a dry cough and breathing that, while not short, felt weird. I went to urgent care and was told that my lungs were clear/it was probably the flu but they’d had a ton of flu tests this year and were out. The PA also said, in any event, the flu tests were giving tons of false negatives this year, so there was no real point.

I don’t think I had coronavirus bc mid-feb was still early and I had no foreign travel. But it feels plausible (even if prob unlikely) that the false negatives I was told about and the shortage of tests could maybe be partly explained by circulation of a novel virus

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apparently it was a visitor from out of town. If I recall correctly that church has a lot of Italians (who no longer live in Georgetown).

So it’s a new positive? We already know the DC positive is from here and had no international travel.

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Anonymous wrote:Apparently it was a visitor from out of town. If I recall correctly that church has a lot of Italians (who no longer live in Georgetown).

I think you’re confusing this with the person who traveled through DC, felt sick and went to a hospital in Maryland. Not the same person. Plus Italians rarely are Episcopalians. Christ Church doesn’t have “a lot of Italians”.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most common symptoms (based on the data out of China)

Fever, fatigue, dry cough, loss of appetite, muscle aches, shortness of breath starting around day 5 and respiratory symptoms progressing fairly rapidly with presentation to hospital with respiratory concerns typically about day 7.

Least common symptoms (less than 10% of cases):
Dizziness, nausea, vomiting, headaches, diarrhea, abdominal pain, runny nose, sore throat, coughing up sputum / blood.

Sources: Wang et al ( n = 138), Chen et al ( n = 99), and Huang et al ( n = 41). All found similar symptom profiles.

I am very suspicious my DS had this in early February as did many kids at school. Lots of absences. Like events cancelled because too many participants were out sick. And email notices that kid would be absent bounced back because the person you sent it to was out sick. My DC's symptoms: out of nowhere high fever, chills, exhausted, slept for over a day, aches, dry cough, dizzy, slight soar throat. Strep and flu tests were negative. It did not progress to respiratory, though the dry cough lingered. I rarely take this kid to the doctor for a sick visit. Glad I did, as it is in the records and I'm sure every office is reviewing their cases histories.

Same here, my entire family got sick within 1 day. Fevers of kids and adults from 103-105. All of us were tested and only one adult got a positive Flu A test. I was told that this year's flu tests have a large rate of false negatives.

Similar thing (sort of) here. I got a flu shot, and, in December, my toddler son got diagnosed with Flu B. I never got sick despite lots of snuggles, reading books, etc. as he was ill.

In mid-February, I came down with a ~103 degree fever, a dry cough and breathing that, while not short, felt weird. I went to urgent care and was told that my lungs were clear/it was probably the flu but they’d had a ton of flu tests this year and were out. The PA also said, in any event, the flu tests were giving tons of false negatives this year, so there was no real point.

I don’t think I had coronavirus bc mid-feb was still early and I had no foreign travel. But it feels plausible (even if prob unlikely) that the false negatives I was told about and the shortage of tests could maybe be partly explained by circulation of a novel virus

Ok people: the instant flu tests always give some false negatives. Then they do a different test and confirm flu. This has nothing to do with coronavirus. PS stay home unless you are having breathing problems, with flu or coronavirus.

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Anonymous wrote:Apparently it was a visitor from out of town. If I recall correctly that church has a lot of Italians (who no longer live in Georgetown).

No, Bowser confirmed in her press conference yesterday the man in his 50s is a DC resident who had no known contact with someone with corona and neither did he travel internationally so stop spreading false rumors.

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Anonymous wrote:What are we supposed to do now? I can't believe the lack of tests and any coordinated messaging between the states, federal, and local governments.

It's here, it's spreading, and what are we doing? Supposed to be doing?

This just highlights again how third world the USis in so many ways. Other developed countries have aggressive testing and response sand it's still not enough.

Unless you are talking about Singapore and South Korea, this is totally false.

The European countries have been just as sluggish, if not more so, than the US. If you go on forums that are more international you will see huge complaints from European nationals about how bad their countries' responses have been and how cavalier their governments have been.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Apparently it was a visitor from out of town. If I recall correctly that church has a lot of Italians (who no longer live in Georgetown).

No, Bowser confirmed in her press conference yesterday the man in his 50s is a DC resident who had no known contact with someone with corona and neither did he travel internationally so stop spreading false rumors.

I think you misread and PP is talking about the person who visited the church, not the DC resident who has the virus.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What are we supposed to do now? I can't believe the lack of tests and any coordinated messaging between the states, federal, and local governments.

It's here, it's spreading, and what are we doing? Supposed to be doing?

This just highlights again how third world the USis in so many ways. Other developed countries have aggressive testing and response sand it's still not enough.

Unless you are talking about Singapore and South Korea, this is totally false.

The European countries have been just as sluggish, if not more so, than the US. If you go on forums that are more international you will see huge complaints from European nationals about how bad their countries' responses have been and how cavalier their governments have been.

Italy, which isn’t really a model of government efficiency, has tested over 10000, far and away higher than the USA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Apparently it was a visitor from out of town. If I recall correctly that church has a lot of Italians (who no longer live in Georgetown).

No, Bowser confirmed in her press conference yesterday the man in his 50s is a DC resident who had no known contact with someone with corona and neither did he travel internationally so stop spreading false rumors.

She unequivocally said one of the positive cases was in GW. I was in a district ER this week so was specifically listening for that. It was said during the last 10 minutes or so of the press conference in response to one of the reporter questions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most common symptoms (based on the data out of China)

Fever, fatigue, dry cough, loss of appetite, muscle aches, shortness of breath starting around day 5 and respiratory symptoms progressing fairly rapidly with presentation to hospital with respiratory concerns typically about day 7.

Least common symptoms (less than 10% of cases):
Dizziness, nausea, vomiting, headaches, diarrhea, abdominal pain, runny nose, sore throat, coughing up sputum / blood.

Sources: Wang et al ( n = 138), Chen et al ( n = 99), and Huang et al ( n = 41). All found similar symptom profiles.

I am very suspicious my DS had this in early February as did many kids at school. Lots of absences. Like events cancelled because too many participants were out sick. And email notices that kid would be absent bounced back because the person you sent it to was out sick. My DC's symptoms: out of nowhere high fever, chills, exhausted, slept for over a day, aches, dry cough, dizzy, slight soar throat. Strep and flu tests were negative. It did not progress to respiratory, though the dry cough lingered. I rarely take this kid to the doctor for a sick visit. Glad I did, as it is in the records and I'm sure every office is reviewing their cases histories.

Same here, my entire family got sick within 1 day. Fevers of kids and adults from 103-105. All of us were tested and only one adult got a positive Flu A test. I was told that this year's flu tests have a large rate of false negatives.

Similar thing (sort of) here. I got a flu shot, and, in December, my toddler son got diagnosed with Flu B. I never got sick despite lots of snuggles, reading books, etc. as he was ill.

In mid-February, I came down with a ~103 degree fever, a dry cough and breathing that, while not short, felt weird. I went to urgent care and was told that my lungs were clear/it was probably the flu but they’d had a ton of flu tests this year and were out. The PA also said, in any event, the flu tests were giving tons of false negatives this year, so there was no real point.

I don’t think I had coronavirus bc mid-feb was still early and I had no foreign travel. But it feels plausible (even if prob unlikely) that the false negatives I was told about and the shortage of tests could maybe be partly explained by circulation of a novel virus

Ok people: the instant flu tests always give some false negatives. Then they do a different test and confirm flu. This has nothing to do with coronavirus. PS stay home unless you are having breathing problems, with flu or coronavirus.

I dont disagree, but I think in a broad discussion about a novel respiratory condition it’s totally reasonable to discuss apparently elevated false positive rates for existing respiratory conditions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most common symptoms (based on the data out of China)

Fever, fatigue, dry cough, loss of appetite, muscle aches, shortness of breath starting around day 5 and respiratory symptoms progressing fairly rapidly with presentation to hospital with respiratory concerns typically about day 7.

Least common symptoms (less than 10% of cases):
Dizziness, nausea, vomiting, headaches, diarrhea, abdominal pain, runny nose, sore throat, coughing up sputum / blood.

Sources: Wang et al ( n = 138), Chen et al ( n = 99), and Huang et al ( n = 41). All found similar symptom profiles.

I am very suspicious my DS had this in early February as did many kids at school. Lots of absences. Like events cancelled because too many participants were out sick. And email notices that kid would be absent bounced back because the person you sent it to was out sick. My DC's symptoms: out of nowhere high fever, chills, exhausted, slept for over a day, aches, dry cough, dizzy, slight soar throat. Strep and flu tests were negative. It did not progress to respiratory, though the dry cough lingered. I rarely take this kid to the doctor for a sick visit. Glad I did, as it is in the records and I'm sure every office is reviewing their cases histories.

Same here, my entire family got sick within 1 day. Fevers of kids and adults from 103-105. All of us were tested and only one adult got a positive Flu A test. I was told that this year's flu tests have a large rate of false negatives.

Similar thing (sort of) here. I got a flu shot, and, in December, my toddler son got diagnosed with Flu B. I never got sick despite lots of snuggles, reading books, etc. as he was ill.

In mid-February, I came down with a ~103 degree fever, a dry cough and breathing that, while not short, felt weird. I went to urgent care and was told that my lungs were clear/it was probably the flu but they’d had a ton of flu tests this year and were out. The PA also said, in any event, the flu tests were giving tons of false negatives this year, so there was no real point.

I don’t think I had coronavirus bc mid-feb was still early and I had no foreign travel. But it feels plausible (even if prob unlikely) that the false negatives I was told about and the shortage of tests could maybe be partly explained by circulation of a novel virus

I just bolded the red flag. Perhaps they think the tests were giving false negatives because clinical signs showed flu but it really wasn't.