DC: First COVID-19 Case Confirmed

Anonymous
Mayor Muriel Bowser @MayorBowser
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Late this afternoon, testing at the Public Health Lab at the DC Department of Forensic Sciences yielded its first presumptive positive coronavirus (COVID-19) case. Join me live at 7:30 p.m. for a briefing at the John A. Wilson Building.

https://twitter.com/MayorBowser/status/1236422174958895104
Anonymous
It's everywhere. It's gotta be by now.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:It's a CPAC attendee

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/07/coronavirus-live-updates/


That guy was tested New Jersey. And CPAC was held at National Harbor in Maryland, I believe.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/486457-cpac-attendee-tests-positive-for-coronavirus?amp

Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:It's a CPAC attendee

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/07/coronavirus-live-updates/


has that been confirmed (sorry, I don't have washpost subscription).
Anonymous
What does “presumptive positive” mean?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:What does “presumptive positive” mean?


It's positive. It just means the test then has to go from the local GW or wherever lab to the CDC lab for confirmation but given that they're using CDC tests -- there's next to no chance that the CDC says it's negative.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's a CPAC attendee

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/07/coronavirus-live-updates/


has that been confirmed (sorry, I don't have washpost subscription).


YES, CPAC themselves confirmed.
Anonymous
It’s two separate cases though.

The CPAC one is in New Jersey and the event was held in MD.

This is someone who is in DC and guessing from the post of the person who traveled through South Korea and still couldn’t get tested it’s probably going to be someone travel related.
Anonymous
Yup, CPAC is not the DC case.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's a CPAC attendee

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/03/07/coronavirus-live-updates/


That guy was tested New Jersey. And CPAC was held at National Harbor in Maryland, I believe.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/486457-cpac-attendee-tests-positive-for-coronavirus?amp



This is EXACTLY why I did not attend.
Anonymous
Is it still true they have only tested NINE people in DC?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Yup, CPAC is not the DC case.


Yeah, this is what I was asking about. Seems like CPAC is not the DC confirmed case.
Anonymous
DC case appears to be community transmission.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Is it still true they have only tested NINE people in DC?


That's what the website says, but they also did not update the positive number, so. . . Plus we know DC lies about crime stats, so why not lie about this?
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