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02/26/2020 23:33

Subject: Re:Coronavirus good Uplifting and hopeful news only

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Anonymous wrote:This is copied from the other thread, I brought it here because tke poster makes a valid point.

I'm saying that we brought students from Wuhan right into Fairfax County, and told them to tour. They were not quarantined. Where are all the cases in Fairfax County and DC? How about NYC given that they flew in there? The bus driver that took them to Fairfax County?

Would you please post link to this page in thread?

You can always search any forum just like google, but i did it for you, here it is.. post at 17:39 on this page,,,

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/5715/852862.page#16589176

Is thar what you needed?

I was the one who made that point. The colleges, with dorm living, should also be littered with cases, given that Chinese students came back mid January. They simply aren't. Consider how many people live in China and how many actually have the virus. That should help you put it into perspective. And draconian measures would only go so far to control a virulent outbreak. Think about the flu pandemic in 1916 and how fast it spread around the world WITHOUT air travel. This simply isn't that. We are also moving into March and a lot of the country is warming up fast. Weather predictions are a warmer than normal spring for a lot of the country.

Regarding how long the virus lives on surfaces, did you know that the rabies virus survives days on a surface in laboratory conditions, especially in water? Yet how many indirect contact rabies cases are there in the real world? The reason is, is that viruses are fragile and many things can affect their survivability. Even a slight breakdown makes it less virulent.

When my daughter was asthmatic, the pulmonologist told me that outdoors, a coronavirus is only about 10% transmissible. Inside can be as high as 80% but this was only because she was a child, and you know how disgusting kids are (LOL - snot everywhere, coughing in faces, etc). Adults act very differently.

Me? I plan to drive up to my kid's college and get him for spring break rather than have him fly. Might avoid crowded rest stops in favor of smaller off-exit stops, but I'd do the same during flu season regardless. If it hits here hard, I am off to the beach house with whomever wants to go with me. Divide and conquer - closer to my college kid and makes me readily available to get him at the drop of a hat.

FWIW, I keep hand sanitizer in the car and use it religiously. I always wipe carts down, etc. I haven't had a cold in ages. Our housekeeper came here sick today (grrr) so I will take down all hand towels and dish towels and into a hot wash they go.

Thank you for sharing PP.
Your levelheaded approach is inspiring. You are informed , ready, and gat a plan A, B and C.Well done. You are living your life and you have everything organized. I give you A+++

Stay safe.

Thank you!! Stay safe as well. Something else to consider is that coronavirus does die out as the weather warms. Summer colds are usually due to enterovirus.

My thought is that if this ends up getting me, it's my time. And trust me, I'm usually the one most freaked out about stuff like this. For some reason, I'm just not. The fact that this has gone political tells me that we are in the 'never let a crisis go to waste' mode and in a true threat of pandemic, there would be no time for that.