Sign me up!!! I have both worked and volunteered at the Life Care Center in Kirkland. We live in the middle of half a million recent Chinese immigrants many of whom go back home frequently. Going to Costco around here sometimes feels like you are visiting the fish market in downtown Wuhan. This virus has been going through the community here since at least December.
I was one of the first here to say this could become a serious problem, and took a lot of heat for it. But I had no idea the draconian idiocy that this would turn into. The question here isn't whether you are going to get it, but if you already had it. I am sorry that you little girls down in Dallas have now got your panties in a wad. This is probably more contagious than the flu because over half the people who get it have no symptoms and another 30% have symptoms so minor that they go on with their normal routine and continue to spread it around. It typically becomes serious for old people, sick people, smokers, potheads, and those with medical histories that make them vulnerable to... wait for it... the flu. Strangely there are currently 4 times more deaths per state in places where marijuana has been legalized... look it up.
We wont really know how widespread it has been until they start testing for antibodies.
Incorrect. Negative COVID-19 results from current testing show the distribution of the virus and provide an upper limit on its presence at this time. The rates of serious cases also show how widespread the disease is.
This virus has been going through the community here since at least December.
Unlikely. That was probably another virus. If it had been COVID-19 the number of serious cases and deaths would have already been apparent in the ERs and ICUs.