Again, this is happening to college students across the country. If a lockdown comes into effect, it's better for them to be home with their families.
Is it? Kids in contact with tons of others, possibly exposed and asymptomatic, now forced isolation with possibly higher risk parents?
And worse, you can be infectious and not know it. And one of the studies showed you were actually more infectious when not showing the symptoms
Which is why, perhaps, the knee jerk reaction to clear out wasn't as well thought out as it could have been.
You are aware that college kids all over the country have been told go home / leave campus.
Yes and several campuses have gone to online classes, while still Keeping campus open including dining halls. If they've already been exposed there's little upside to sending them out on trains and planes to go home to potentially high risk family members.
This is an unprecedented health crisis,
Is it though? We tend to focus on the RIGHT NOW and forget we had 2009 happen and a really really bad flu season a few year ago, yet the media failed to panic the public.
https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2017/p1213-flu-death-estimate.html
https://time.com/5107984/hospitals-handling-burden-flu-patients/ ****Please note I am NOT making light of current state of affairs but just offering perspective.
39 new cases confirmed in Florida yesterday, numbers released late last night, the biggest one day jump for the state. One additional case in Orange County. Brevard/Miami seems to be turning into a potential hot spot and it seems unclear if a lot of the cases are travel related.
The Florida Department of Health confirmed 39 new positive cases of COVID-19 Sunday morning, bringing the total number of cases in the state to over 100.
www.wesh.com
OR they just got access to more tests??
This has led to a probably necessary over reaction
Well maybe the good thing to come out of this we now will get a better idea of how to handle things WHEN they occur and maybe people will be better at practicing and knowing how to stop spread of contagions before they get out of hand. And that we should be washing hands and not coughing or sneezing without covering it! And frankly-better guidelines for visitors in LTC and hospitals, enforcing STRICT hand hygiene protocols all year, not just when worry over flu or the next big thing happens.
Something I was wondering about today; how would we tell if these shutdowns are working as intended? We can't really go by new cases discovered each day, because our testing is so slow. I'm sure the shutdowns will have an effect, but I'm curious if the plan is to just shut things down for awhile and hope it worked or if there's something else they're looking at to determine when things should reopen.
In every media panic induced headline about doomsday scenarios in hospitals the article reports EVERY medical professional is frustrated at lack of early testing AND lack of supplies due to idiots hoarding needed equipment (PPE etc)-again induced by the panic driven media headlines. If we'd had the tests we would know more accurately what worked and how it worked.
Steve Walsh, president and CEO of the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association, held a conference call Friday morning with hospital CEOs from across the state. He later spoke with WBUR's Jack Lepiarz about hospital capacity.
www.wbur.org
Either way they need to actually ramp up testing to find out.
yep. And the accompanying hysteria to come! But hopefully this is coming very soon. At least those who have symptoms will know whether this is coronavirus or just regular old cold. Especially the healthcare workers - just plain ole URI or alleriges then good to go vs 2 week mandatory lay off.
Please enjoy this laugh in these times. Courtesy of reddit.
Katiebug???
But there are all those college kids who have been sent home - perhaps they could offer babysitting service to those who have to go to work?
If they could be tested with zero restrictions (not needing symptoms showing, close contact with known case etc) sure, and it could be a great solution. But remember the college kids have likely mingled with far greater and more diverse group than most parent groups arranging babysitting. Especially the DCP kids
I do hope when this is calmed down we do get seriology testing to see how many did actually have it vs the 'caught and confirmed' cases, and would help catch those asymptomatic cases too.
https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/11...eveal-full-scope-of-u-s-coronavirus-outbreak/
www.the-sun.com
