Anonymous wrote:Question: my doctor was going to have me tested for coronavirus but after the news conference not so much. Should I send my kids to school tomorrow? They are in second and fifth.

Why would your dr want to test you? What would be the risk factors? Otherwise I call troll.

Anonymous wrote:Question: my doctor was going to have me tested for coronavirus but after the news conference not so much. Should I send my kids to school tomorrow? They are in second and fifth.

If you’re suspected of having it I would self isolate you and your family.

Some ppl who travelled abroad don’t have symptoms That’s how it’s spreading. Been to China in Feb? Stay home

Anonymous wrote:Question: my doctor was going to have me tested for coronavirus but after the news conference not so much. Should I send my kids to school tomorrow? They are in second and fifth.

Why were you going to be tested?

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Anonymous wrote:Question: my doctor was going to have me tested for coronavirus but after the news conference not so much. Should I send my kids to school tomorrow? They are in second and fifth.

You think you may be infected? No, don’t send your kids to school.

How can I know? The symptoms are just like a cold.

Anonymous wrote:Question: my doctor was going to have me tested for coronavirus but after the news conference not so much. Should I send my kids to school tomorrow? They are in second and fifth.

You think you may be infected? No, don’t send your kids to school.

Question: my doctor was going to have me tested for coronavirus but after the news conference not so much. Should I send my kids to school tomorrow? They are in second and fifth.

Sorry should have linked. https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/862924.page

There’s a thread in jobs and careers about OPM’s recent guidance on how this will affect the federal workforce in case anyone is interested.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish someone was tracking all these on a wiki page. Normally I'd say the authorities should be left to do their jobs but I have trouble trusting their process... (DCist and WaPo seem to have the most information at this point.)

https://coronavirus.1point3acres.com/en
is tracking all US cases.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
is tracking worldwide cases.

Both have links to sources.

There are many confirmed cases that are not included on these. The numbers in the US are much higher.

My take from the poorly-reported information are that the DC resident, also hospitalized in DC, is the Christ Church person.

(And, no, Christ Church is not notably Italian.)

Anonymous wrote:I wish someone was tracking all these on a wiki page. Normally I'd say the authorities should be left to do their jobs but I have trouble trusting their process... (DCist and WaPo seem to have the most information at this point.)

https://coronavirus.1point3acres.com/en
is tracking all US cases.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
is tracking worldwide cases.

Both have links to sources.

I wish someone was tracking all these on a wiki page. Normally I'd say the authorities should be left to do their jobs but I have trouble trusting their process... (DCist and WaPo seem to have the most information at this point.)

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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.

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

Where is it confirmed who is who? Which one visited the Church? A tourist or the citizen? It wasn’t clear to me from reports or the press conference. And I’m not taking PP’s post as authority who claims many Italians belong to an Episcopalian church.

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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.

Right, only once a raging epidemic already was well underway.

Italy now is considering rationing intensive care to only those elderly most likely to survive:

ROME - The situation surrounding the coronavirus has become so extreme in Italy that an Italian association of anesthesia, analgesia, resuscitation and intensive care is proposing an age limit for people to be admitted to intensive care . Moreover, people who are more likely to survive should be given priority.

https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1214394339/artsen-stellen-leeftijdsgrens-nieuwe-patienten-voor