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To: hardspunned

Several possibilities:

No more cases in the US, unlikely.

Health departments are choosing or told not to publicize the numbers

Local health departments just got the kits to be able to test. CDC had a backlog of a week or more.

There could be some more positives among the suspected cases who have not tested positive yet, because the test has 30-50% positive rate (https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/-2019-ncov-new-coronavirus/828326-how-is-the-false-negative-of-new-coronary-pneumonia-caused#post828326)

The govt is holding back numbers until they can get hospitals prepared. However, if I were in charge of planning at a hospital, I’d be already doing this.

And, the lag time. A person can be asymptomatic for 2-3 weeks. The first case in the US was not even identified until 1/31, 9 days ago.


58 posted on 02/09/2020 3:13:37 PM PST by LilFarmer
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To: LilFarmer

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3815068/posts

Report: Wuhan Province Cremating Hundreds per Day While China Reports Dozens of Virus Deaths
Breitbart ^ | 7 Feb 2020 | Francis Martel
Posted on 2/9/2020, 5:44:44 PM by SoConPubbie

A shocking report published Saturday local time by the Epoch Times revealed that crematoriums in China are struggling to keep up with the hundreds of bodies they are receiving, suggesting Beijing is undercounting the number of coronavirus deaths in the country


60 posted on 02/09/2020 3:19:55 PM PST by LilFarmer
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To: LilFarmer

Hospitals are having meetings on this. But as they say, plans fall apart on first contact. Unless you are in Washington State and you have robots. Ha ha.


65 posted on 02/09/2020 3:25:02 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: LilFarmer; hardspunned
“Several possibilities:

No more cases in the US, unlikely.

Health departments are choosing or told not to publicize the numbers”

I agree with LilFarmer. For example, there were a total of 7 evacuees from Miramar in San Diego showing symptoms of illness. The evacuees were all taken to hospitals for testing from Miramar last week. Only 2 were tested and released back to quarantine.

WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF THE OTHER 5??? Zero updates...have they ceased reporting on other possible cases as well?

“Coronavirus: 5 Evacuees At MCAS Miramar Hospitalized In San Diego”

https://patch.com/california/san-diego/coronavirus-4-quarantined-mcas-miramar-hospitalized

“Two More MCAS Quarantine Patients Taken to Hospital to Test for Coronavirus”

https://mynewsla.com/government/2020/02/07/two-more-mcas-quarantine-patients-taken-to-hospital-to-test-for-coronavirus/

203 posted on 02/09/2020 8:40:36 PM PST by 444Flyer (John 3 Revelation 20 Joshua 24:15 Pick a side..)
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