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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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

Anonymous wrote:This is something...

Real time counter, not the map... do this have it open somewhere and every few minutes refresh page, each time you do the recovered cases go up. This is uplifting. They grow faster then the death cases and nes cases usually...

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

Anonymous wrote:They're starting a large clinical trial of an antiviral drug, Remdesivir, which has shown some promise in more serious cases. I think they used this on the first US case in Washington. This was the only drug mentioned as effective by the WHO representative in China. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/25/us-plans-trial-of-gilead-coronavirus-drug-remdesivir.html

Chloroquine is the antimalarial drug being mentioned, but be careful because its effectiveness might be overstated.
https://factcheck.afp.com/anti-malaria-drug-has-proven-effective-treating-coronavirus-has-not-cured-12552-patients

The best news about this virus for me is that children seem to handle it well. My 7 yo DD got pneumonia during the H1N1 outbreak, and that was very scary.

Anonymous wrote:The fatality rate at the epicenter of the pandemic is 2%. The people who are most vulnerable are very young children, very old people, and those with underlying health conditions.

I would hope the fatality rate here would be better than in Wuhan, where the health infrastructure is worse.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

Anonymous wrote:

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?

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?

Anonymous wrote:Maybe this isn’t funny to everyone but made me laugh:

https://twitter.com/NeilTheBacteria/status/1232606110894391297?s=20

Anonymous wrote:thank you for this thread!!

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s good that people in the US are starting to take this more seriously, ask questions, and prepare.