D.C.-area coronavirus cases spike; hundreds of churchgoers told to quarantine

Washington Post ^ | March 10, 2020 | Fenit Nirappil, and Rebecca Tan

[C19fan]

Authorities in the Washington area took different approaches Monday as they scrambled to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus: D.C. officials asked hundreds of churchgoers to self-quarantine, while officials in Maryland and Virginia said cases within their borders did not require such measures.

The number of people stricken with the virus rose Monday night, with three new cases reported in the District, one in Prince George’s County and two in Virginia. The number of known cases in Maryland, Virginia and the District climbed to 16.

[C19fan]

This family is not going to church until this disease burns itself out.

[MNJohnnie]

Here is the up to the minute data

116,000 cases world wide. 105,000 mild or recovered.

4089 deaths

Average age of the dead, 80 years old.

Freepers stop being part of the problem. Drop the drama queen hysteria and the shameless lying and put your grown up pants on finally

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

[nwrep]

The fact that there are churches in our godless capital is itself news.

[CharleysPride]

That is a good idea, one’s home is not only a castle but a

temple. If safety comes first, panic will not follow.

[Travis McGee]

Yeah, “It’s just the flu.” (Like in Italy?)

FYI, Italian hospitals are in meltdown.

If you are over 65, or at any age if you have any co-morbid condition (diabetes, heart cond. etc), you are put outside the treatment triage. There simply are not enough staff or ICU beds or lung machines for all. You will not get into ICU, no oxygen intubation, you will just die. This is why Italy’s death rate is so high.

I think the USA will resemble Italy, not S. Korea or Taiwan, where they got way out in front of CV with massive early testing programs, early contract tracing, quarantine and social isolation EARLY.

In the USA, we missed those critical weeks and months of preparation.

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(From the beginning of the thread reader, link to it all is below.)
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From a well respected friend and intensivist/A&E consultant who is currently in northern Italy:
1/ ‘I feel the pressure to give you a quick personal update about what is happening in Italy, and also give some quick direct advice about what you should do.

2/ First, Lumbardy is the most developed region in Italy and it has a extraordinary good healthcare, I have worked in Italy, UK and Aus and don’t make the mistake to think that what is happening is happening in a 3rd world country.

3/ The current situation is difficult to imagine and numbers do not explain things at all. Our hospitals are overwhelmed by Covid-19, they are running 200% capacity

4/ We’ve stopped all routine, all ORs have been converted to ITUs and they are now diverting or not treating all other emergencies like trauma or strokes. There are hundreds of pts with severe resp failure and many of them do not have access to anything above a reservoir mask.

5/ Patients above 65 or younger with comorbidities are not even assessed by ITU, I am not saying not tubed, I’m saying not assessed and no ITU staff attends when they arrest. Staff are working as much as they can but they are starting to get sick and are emotionally overwhelmed.

6/ My friends call me in tears because they see people dying in front of them and they con only offer some oxygen. Ortho and pathologists are being given a leaflet and sent to see patients on NIV. PLEASE STOP, READ THIS AGAIN AND THINK.

[more at thread reader link here]

PART ONE

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1237142891077697538.html?fbclid=IwAR1e3lX75Pa6p5YObSGUtiWWikAcweAZusd6BZUbxVM5TWiGVL9uFw2_a2Y

PART TWO

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1236933818654896129.html?fbclid=IwAR2yGho2MhxJvqemBhJ7ekb-a4IiIzzGcsvIp-sVVSlEzEZ_ygXxV-XGQdg

[Grampa Dave]

Here is the up to the minute data

116,000 cases world wide. 105,000 mild or recovered.

4089 deaths

Average age of the dead, 80 years old.

Knock off the reality. We only want “We are all going to die!” hysteria!

[LouieFisk]

“D.C. officials asked hundreds of churchgoers to self-quarantine”
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Good luck with that one. Very little ability to test for CV makes the situation even more problematic.

[mosesdapoet]

In Chicago years ago the Catholic Servite (servant of Mary) Order would sponsor a Sunday radio broadcast over a commercial station for those unable to get to church of the latin mass with a priest narrator describing the activity of the celebrant and reciting the prayers of the what the celebrant saying in English from Our Lady of Sorrows church. Which considering today’s circumstances could be done now even on TV.

[griffin]

Thoughts while in the shower this morning:
1. When oil prices plummet, does that mean oil is cheap, or the petro-dollar value is high?
2. Isn’t mandatory quarantine = to martial law?
3. Won’t people fearful of infection be less hesitant to unit to resist a coup of Trump?
4. Why does Russia not seem to be infected too much?

[griffin]

unit = unite

[null and void]

This family is not going to church until this disease burns itself out.

I think every congressional democrat should borrow the clinton's massive show Bible and make a point of very publicly going to every church service in DC as a show of solidarity...

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

[DouglasKC]

116,000 cases world wide. 105,000 mild or recovered. 4089 deaths

You keep spamming threads with this while ignoring what's happening in all countries and are using these numbers like a talisman...like somehow they are going to stop the medical system from collapsing like it has everywhere else where they haven't raised public awareness and instituted draconian actions to stop it.

Average age of the dead, 80 years old. Freepers stop being part of the problem. Drop the drama queen hysteria and the shameless lying and put your grown up pants on finally

Yeah who cares if grandma dies....she was old. You're attempts to paint this virus as not harmful will end up killing people and causing the very panic you think already exists.

[The Sons of Liberty]

D.C.-area coronavirus cases spike; hundreds of churchgoers told to quarantine

Pardon me if I'm very skeptical about "self quarantine". A couple of days, MAYBE but as time drags on, the "I feel OK" feeling, and "just a short trip" and "I won't be close to anyone" takes over.

[null and void]

4. Why does Russia not seem to be infected too much?

Russia slammed their border with China shut very early on.

They are not encouraging flights from any hot spot.

They have the will, and a population willing to follow orders (given the history of what "OR ELSE" could entail) to enforce quarantines...

[occamrzr06]

16 is a spike?

[Buckeye McFrog]

Knock off the reality. We only want “We are all going to die!” hysteria!

How else to you expect Travis McGee to become wealthy by shorting the market?

[griffin]

maybe. But I have to go....someone is knocking at the door. BRB.

[null and void]

No battering ram? Probably OK...

[null and void]

Please check back in. Did the Elders convert you?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The fact that there are churches in our godless capital is itself news.

Thanks for that. I actually did laugh out loud at your remark! Even though it is in the "sad, but true" category.