Coronavirus positives in Bradenton and Hillsborough Counties (Miami, Fort Lauderdale: spring break, universities)

[bbronston]

Just saw a news story about a KY man who tested positive but refused to self-quarantine. Now he has a LEO outside his home to keep him from endangering others.

[joshan]

Self Entitlement in America /sigh

[WRnative]

Originally Posted by bbronston

Just saw a news story about a KY man who tested positive but refused to self-quarantine. Now he has a LEO outside his home to keep him from endangering others.

https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavi...7z4-story.html



States need legislation to apprehend, fine and incarcerate those who refuse to self-quarantine. At a minimum, make them wear home monitoring devices. These individuals may be killing persons by refusing to self quarantine.


Social distancing isn't sufficient to mitigate this epidemic.


In South Korea, with the world's highest rate of testing, high-tech social shaming is being used to encourage self-quarantine compliance with apparently excellent results.


See post 27 here.


https://www.city-data.com/forum/ohio...19-ohio-3.html


BTW, given the exponential rate of infection growth posed by the COVID-19 virus, I wonder what the impact will be of the decision by Florida, Illinois and Arizona to continue with their primary elections today. See post 3 here.



https://www.city-data.com/forum/ohio...are-about.html


NY Governor Andrew Cuomo yesterday warned that he feared that NY, like Italy, would soon see its hospitals overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients. As in most states, 80 percent of NY's ICU beds already are occupied by non-COVID-19 patients.


https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2020/03...-andrew-cuomo/


White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birz was interviewed on "CBS Evening News" last evening.


<<Well, we can see an example of that. You know, Italy was slow to introduce these guidelines. It's very much like Dr. [Anthony] Fauci said today, if you're not uncomfortable, if you're not really putting together and asking for sacrifice, you're gonna get behind the virus. And if you get behind a pandemic — this virus is about two to three times more contagious than flu — and so that's why we want everybody to do everything they can. >>


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-h...ew-2020-03-16/


I hadn't before heard that COVID-19 was "two to three times more contagious than flu."


I also saw clips on the cable networks last evening of open Florida beaches filled with sun seekers. Hopefully, the sun's UV rays makes this pretty safe, but the comments were essentially what is going on in Florida given its rate of COVID-19 cases and even deaths. Holding the primaries today in Florida and Illinois suggests that even several American governors don't understand what lies ahead in the next several weeks.


I wonder how many Floridians will vote today. It may be a great indication of the public's appreciation of the risk involved by non self-quarantining. Will Florida poll workers sanitize voting machines/materials between each voter? Will poll workers even show up, especially if they are elderly with pre-existing conditions, especially as Biden and Trump likely are heavy favorites to win their respective primary elections.

[FLKitties]

Originally Posted by WRnative

I hadn't before heard that COVID-19 was "two to three times more contagious than flu."

I think there is a lot that people don't know and/or aren't being told about it. What I find interesting is that there doesn't seem to be a lot of mention about the Chinese scientists who were ousted from the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg, Canada last July. See https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...tion-1.5211567

There was brief mention of a correlation between two things in late January, but only to shoot it down as a conspiracy theory. But as they say - where there's smoke, there's fire. Even that article (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...racy-1.5442376) mentions kernels of truth, though:

Kernels of truth in disinformation
Dr. Xiangguo Qiu is a medical doctor and virologist from Tianjin, China, who came to Canada for graduate studies in 1996. Qiu is still affiliated with the university there and has brought in many students over the years to help with her work. She helped develop ZMapp, a treatment for the deadly Ebola virus which killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa between 2014-2016.

Her husband Keding Cheng works at the Winnipeg lab as a biologist. He has published research papers on HIV infections, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), E. coli infections and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

One month later, CBC discovered that scientists at the NML sent live Ebola and Henipah viruses to Beijing on an Air Canada flight March 31. The Public Health Agency of Canada says all federal policies were followed. PHAC will not confirm if the March 31 shipment is part of the RCMP investigation.

AND....if you have been reading anything about COVID-19, it's got some noted similarities to things like HIV, Ebola, etc. (https://www.salon.com/2020/02/27/why...coronaviruses/) and they have actually been using HIV drugs to treat some cases from the sounds of it (https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-w...241249596.html).

According to https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...na-1.5307424):

Xiangguo Qiu — who was escorted out of the Winnipeg lab in July amid an RCMP investigation into what's being described by Public Health Agency of Canada as a possible "policy breach" — was invited to go to the Wuhan National Biosafety Laboratory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences twice a year for two years, for up to two weeks each time.

So it could very well be a coincidence - this Chinese couple, with backgrounds in SARS, Ebola, HIV, etc. got booted from a level 4 Canadian lab after sending things to China and spent time at the Wuhan lab. They wouldn't have to be "spies" as the one thing was claiming. Plenty of well-meaning people can easily get caught up in stuff, whether they realize it or not. Plus, does everyone forget about how we just had a run of Chinese nationals getting busted on US military bases? I also read something else that mentioned you don't hear anything about those pesky Hong Kong protesters with coronavirus in full swing. Plus, the market where all of this supposedly originated from is near the level 4 lab and there's been a history of people profiting by selling those lab animals at the market according to this: https://nypost.com/2020/02/22/dont-b...ed-from-a-lab/. And now with the Chinese trying to blame the US for it (https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/13/polit...rus/index.html), it really makes you wonder what China's trying to cover up. In light of everything going on now, I think we should be concerned about all these labs around the world and how things meant for good can easily be turned around and used to potentially attack.

[joshan]

Originally Posted by FLKitties

I think there is a lot that people don't know and/or aren't being told about it. What I find interesting is...

Can we keep the conspiracy theories that have nothing to due with Florida off this forum please? Better places to have that discussion if you like.

[wondermint2]

Well the governor finally took some action in Florida - although it fell short of tougher restrictions in other states.

(By the way the Herald Tribune has removed it's paywall because of coronavirus - so everyone can read the full article from the link below. I just posted the highlights here.) :

Coronavirus Florida: Governor closes bars, limits restaurants and beach gatherings
https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/2...ach-gatherings

Bars and night clubs will be closed for at least 30 days

Gov. Ron DeSantis shutdown bars across Florida Tuesday, ended classroom instruction at universities for the semester, ordered a limit of 10 people at beach gatherings and restricted restaurant occupancy to 50 percent, the most aggressive actions by the state so far to contain the coronavirus.

The moves were taken on a day when the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased to 192 and it was revealed that the virus had found its way into a Broward County assisted living facility and killed a 77-year-old man, an ominous sign in a state with many frail seniors in such facilities who are especially vulnerable to COVID-19, the disease caused by this coronavirus.

[wondermint2]

Well I suppose this is some good news? Every American adult could get a $1000 check from the government as part of a massive stimulus package to help the economy. As reported in the Washington Post:

https://news.google.com/articles/CAI...S&ceid=US%3Aen

[davery5872]

I didn't want to start a new thread, but wanted some input on our situation. My wife and I are teachers in Ohio and we are closed until (at least) April 3. We own a condo in SRQ and was thinking of bivouacking there instead of Ohio for the duration. At least there we could get some sunshine, not like the current gloomy Ohio weather. There seems to be currently less restrictions in Florida (I am not sure that is a positive, though). A concern I have is the ability to get back to Ohio, IF they start school again. Also, I am 62 and my wife is younger, but has a somewhat compromised immune system; so we are both technically in the high risk group. Thoughts? Anything we are not thinking of?

[PBToast]

Wow, this is an amazing read! I'm astonished. Just hearing you are all still running around like normal!!! Not up in the NE.



Since I won't be coming down this year on vacation I thought I'd check in to see what was happening. Up here in PA we are all confined to our houses. Except to work if we have to, or grocery shop. Or medical visits. All non-essential businesses are closed, all schools, all restaurants, bars, theaters, malls. It started last week in 2 counties, then they closed my county next door and one on the far side (of the 2 in question) as people were running over here. It only took a few days to just decide to close the whole state, and we only have 96 cases while you have 210. They also closed NJ, NY and CT. So we can't run "next door" to go to a bar or anything. Broadway is shut down. All schools are closed and people were told to telework from home.



Most of the high rise offices in Philadelphia must be teleworking because no one is riding the trains, buses, subways (they have gone to what they call 'Sunday" schedule. Very few trains needed. It's weird to watch Action News at 5pm and see no rush hour. Hardly any cars moving around when the cameras look down at Center City. It is very quiet now. All gyms are closed and all gatherings over 10 people are prohibited. Restaurants are only open to do take out and they have to deliver the food. It comes to your front door and they put it on the step and call you from a cell phone that it's out there. No one touches or hands it to anyone.


The grocery stores (and hardware and auto parts) are open shorter hours. The first hour is ONLY for seniors (60+). They are to be allowed in alone, and disabled people, so they can get supplies first. Amazon is still delivering and UPS and the mail, and there is trash service. I heard the Phila Parking Authority is not reading meters, but they will tow any cars parked right in front of stores too long (hogging spaces). You can go, just don't hang out there too long! The PA turnpike is not collecting toles (no workers). They will just take a photo of your plate and bill you. All rest stops are closed. They closed rest stop bathrooms and put out porta potties. Gas stations are open (everywhere, but also on turnpike). Not that anyone is going anywhere much. There is no point.



What really surprised me was that Gov Wolf closed a bunch of state parks I thought I was going to walk in! It's very different up here. Also, this is expected to last quite a long time. Although it will be "re-evaluated every 2 weeks".

[Sunshine Rules]

Just read that Manatee county has now closed all libraries and government buildings to the public for the next 15 days.

Lakewood Ranch is closing their Town Hall to the public as well until April 1st.

Sarasota county is closing all libraries until April 12th.

The City of Sarasota will close Arlington Park and Aquatic Complex, Bobby Jones Golf Club, Lido Beach Pool, Payne Park Skate Park and Tennis Center and the Robert L. Taylor Community Center, beginning Wednesday.

North Port closed the aquatic center and Warm Mineral Springs.


FL governor has announced all FL schools will remained closed until at least April 15th. I truly feel sorry for parents scrambling for daycare options for their children.


Tonight I had to go to 3 different grocery stores just to find basic essentials like hand soap, dish detergent, eggs, meat, bread, fresh fruit, etc. Forget toilet paper or paper towels, all stores shelves were bare on those aisles. Talk about frustrating......