Anonymous wrote:Officials would not comment on where overseas the patients had traveled,

That means Iran or China

More likely Italy. Barely any Americans go to Iran and China has been under restrictions for a long time at this point.

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Anonymous wrote:when do you guys think/predict we will see a case in VA? Are they even testing in Fairfax county? My daughter's school issued a emergency preparedness plan - it states the moment we have a confirmed case in Fairfax County - they close. I am just holding my breath ... what do you guys think? Will it come here?

It’s already there friend. They just do not have test results back.

It does not matter if it is there or not, because if it is in the Montgomery county we are as close to Fairfax as a far Fairfax from near Fairfax so "same difference". It is there. Think how many people commute daily from MoCo to Fairfax and vice versa. It is not like Farifax is a Pacific Island, you guys are right here next door.
We are all in it together.

We live in Fairfax County and DC attends school in Montgomery County. All of our doctors and most of our friends/kids friends live in Montgomery Co.

Anonymous wrote:People here are so clueless. While the danger to kids thankfully seems to be truly low there are so many people in 30s and 40s who are at risk. This is not only about old geezers (bad as that would be). Few of us here are so young to be safe.

Especially smokers are at risk

Officials would not comment on where overseas the patients had traveled,

That means Iran or China

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Anonymous wrote:I'm in Southern California where we are surrounded by CV - and I refuse to change how I go about my day.

Relax people! stop feeding the hysteria!

No, no hysteria, just preparing and watching.

BTW.. let's make a deal.. okay? We won't tell you how to live your life and you don't tell us? How bout that?
Take care and go back to doorknob licking.

Your my kid of person! Can we be friends. i am so sick of people saying things like "relax" "chills" I am totally going to steal your phrase and say "go back to doorknob licking!"

Anonymous wrote:I had a dream that spring break will be extended to three weeks.

And it is not. This is not a spring break this is plague prevention.

People here are so clueless. While the danger to kids thankfully seems to be truly low there are so many people in 30s and 40s who are at risk. This is not only about old geezers (bad as that would be). Few of us here are so young to be safe.

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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.

I am not saying throw them to the wolves. I am saying that whenever you have a disease that is novel and new, it is going to take out the most vulnerable. Be it in humans or animals, the weak and vulnerable are going to go first. That is the reality of life. Many elderly people are more vulnerable than the young. The death rate in Italy is high because they have such an elderly population. Of course protect who you can but the higher % of elderly who are doing has happened many, many times before. It happens even now with pneumonia, influenza, broken hips etc. We just don't give daily tallies of how many people die every day from influenza. If we did, you would see the same pattern with much higher rates of death. Even with vaccines, the elderly still have a far higher mortality rate from influenza. We don't go to extremes to ensure the elderly never catch the flu despite knowing they are more likely to die from it as well. We don't keep the elderly from traveling or going out because there is a risk they could catch the flu and die. In 2018-2019 there were more than 25000 people over 65 in the US who died from influenza- most between November and March/April. If we were reporting daily numbers during flu season - it would be about 170 people over 65 dying daily.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2018-2019.html

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Anonymous wrote:when do you guys think/predict we will see a case in VA? Are they even testing in Fairfax county? My daughter's school issued a emergency preparedness plan - it states the moment we have a confirmed case in Fairfax County - they close. I am just holding my breath ... what do you guys think? Will it come here?

It’s already there friend. They just do not have test results back.

It does not matter if it is there or not, because if it is in the Montgomery county we are as close to Fairfax as a far Fairfax from near Fairfax so "same difference". It is there. Think how many people commute daily from MoCo to Fairfax and vice versa. It is not like Farifax is a Pacific Island, you guys are right here next door.
We are all in it together.

Anonymous wrote:I'm in Southern California where we are surrounded by CV - and I refuse to change how I go about my day.

Relax people! stop feeding the hysteria!

Your cases have been brought with all cavalry and bottled up in hermetic institutions. Our were roaming free
spreading as soft butter on a hot bread.. You do you.

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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.

They haven't been testing so there is no reliable source at this point.

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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.

Here is a first person description from a healthy 25 year old. It does sound pretty much like a flu.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8075633/First-British-victim-25-describes-coronavirus.html

OMG

Anonymous wrote:I'm in Southern California where we are surrounded by CV - and I refuse to change how I go about my day.

Relax people! stop feeding the hysteria!

No, no hysteria, just preparing and watching.

BTW.. let's make a deal.. okay? We won't tell you how to live your life and you don't tell us? How bout that?
Take care and go back to doorknob licking.

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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.

Here is a first person description from a healthy 25 year old. It does sound pretty much like a flu.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8075633/First-British-victim-25-describes-coronavirus.html

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Anonymous wrote:Our govt currently hates feds anyway, why do you think they'd want to give telework?

To be fair, Trump gave feds Christmas Eve off. I was surprised by that move. Maybe they'll allow government wide telework if it gets worse.

Government-wide telework is impossible. Agencies make their own plans about telework in these situations.

Please stop posting about something you don't understand.

I don't know if you've been paying attention or not, but this virus has caused a lot of countries to make decisions that has never been made before. You don't think policies and procedures can change here? I think it's possible.

You can stop telling people what to say. Clearly you don't know everything as you seem to think you do.