RepBandit wrote closed schools here locally for 3 weeks, no events,everything cancelled with one known case local.

GRlZ wrote

RepBandit wrote closed schools here locally for 3 weeks, no events,everything cancelled with one known case local.

Same as my area, where do you live?

RepBandit wrote From a local friend:

Somebody has finally put what I have been saying all season into a post! Guys, I've done Pediatrics for 8 years! Every single flu season it's the same symptoms and the same results! I can usually tell you by assessing a child which strain of flu they'll have before the test comes back! This year was different! The flu tests were coming back negative, but these kids were sick! They were being diagnosed with pneumonia via chest x-ray. The fevers wouldn't break and they couldn't stop coughing! We had several kids miss 2-3 weeks of school! We had some kids miss almost an entire month! I was one of those with a reoccurring fever! I had the worst respiratory symptoms I've ever had! I simply couldn't breathe! I don't smoke. I'm active! I'm healthy! There was no reason I shouldn't have been able to kick whatever it was like I always have! My employees had the same symptoms! Even had pneumonia! I'm certain we're late to the game! I would be inclined to send a few samples off for a serologic test when it comes out! This test is different from the ones used to diagnose active infection. Essentially the serologic test would allow researchers to test the blood of people who were not confirmed cases of Covid-19 in communities where the virus spread. They tests would be designed to look for signs that people have mounted an immune response after being exposed to the virus.


Remember a month or so ago when people were complaining about being sick and couldn't get rid of it for weeks?

Let's do some critical thinking. COVID-19 started emerging in early December. Given the incubation period, that means infection started in November, and given international travel and tourism rates, it DID NOT TAKE 3+ months for it to come here. It's been here.

I've had numerous friends across the country who've had crazy bad colds in the last few months, that we now believe were actually Coronavirus. US authorities only just started testing for it, and even now the testing is severely limited, so in all likelihood, many have had or do have it, and it's gotten passed off as just a typical cold - because (AHEM, NEWSFLASH) it IS just a bad cold for the vast majority of people who get it.

The normal colds and flu that we've already been dealing with kill thousands every season - it just doesn't get talked about because it's nothing new and the media can't use it to panic us at this point. It's sad but expected that elderly and immunocompromised people are prone to complications from those viruses. This is no different.

Wash your hands, eat your vegetables, don't touch any old people (for their safety) and calm the heck down. Panic is what's going to crash the market. Panic is what's going to empty stores. Panic is what's going to lead to serious economic impacts from this - YOU are causing economic impacts - not the virus. So please, let's act like we have some damn sense!

Bribe wrote My town ain't doing squat lol. My job has also posted a sign saying if we miss work due to sickness it is up to us to get those shifts covered. I called out today and I didn't do shit to get a replacement so we'll see how that goes when I go in tomorrow if this fever breaks.