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MoonRiver

(36,926 posts) Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:20 PM Jan 2020

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Someone traveling from Wuhan is being quarantined at our local hospital.

No personal information is being released, but we suspect it may be a student attending the University of Kansas.

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Someone traveling from Wuhan is being quarantined at our local hospital. (Original Post) MoonRiver Jan 2020 OP

Are you in Lawrence? nt wcmagumba Jan 2020 #1

Yes MoonRiver Jan 2020 #2

Yikes 😳 dewsgirl Jan 2020 #3

Yeah, these things usually don't get to our town of 80,000. MoonRiver Jan 2020 #4

I just realized, the one your state has not been counted officialy yet.🤔 dewsgirl Jan 2020 #7

Not sure what you mean. MoonRiver Jan 2020 #8

CDC has not listed your state as a confirmed case. 58Sunliner Jan 2020 #10

Hospital sent his/her sample to be tested. Don't think results have come back yet. MoonRiver Jan 2020 #12

Probably not. But if it did come back positive the CDC would then list your state- 58Sunliner Jan 2020 #14

Thanks for the info. MoonRiver Jan 2020 #16

You're welcome. 58Sunliner Jan 2020 #18

There are officially 5 cases affecting IL, AZ, WA and CA but as dewsgirl Jan 2020 #11

The person here is not a confirmed case right now. CDC has the biological sample to test. MoonRiver Jan 2020 #13

Oh, ok I see, as far as national news, they aren't being dewsgirl Jan 2020 #15

Yes it was very shocking to us when we read about this in the paper today. MoonRiver Jan 2020 #17

Too bad it isn't pompeo Roland99 Jan 2020 #5

Who knows! MoonRiver Jan 2020 #6

I've been following the CDC, WHO and the numbers changed overnight. 58Sunliner Jan 2020 #9

wcmagumba

(2,886 posts)

1. Are you in Lawrence? nt

Reply to MoonRiver (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:23 PM

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MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)

2. Yes

Reply to wcmagumba (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:24 PM

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dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

3. Yikes 😳

Reply to MoonRiver (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:28 PM

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MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)

4. Yeah, these things usually don't get to our town of 80,000.

Reply to dewsgirl (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:31 PM

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But there are many Chinese students attending KU. Also there are quite a few Chinese professors.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

7. I just realized, the one your state has not been counted officialy yet.🤔

Reply to MoonRiver (Reply #4)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:36 PM

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MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)

8. Not sure what you mean.

Reply to dewsgirl (Reply #7)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:38 PM

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58Sunliner

(4,386 posts)

10. CDC has not listed your state as a confirmed case.

Reply to MoonRiver (Reply #8)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:42 PM

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MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)

12. Hospital sent his/her sample to be tested. Don't think results have come back yet.

Reply to 58Sunliner (Reply #10)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:33 PM

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58Sunliner

(4,386 posts)

14. Probably not. But if it did come back positive the CDC would then list your state-

Reply to MoonRiver (Reply #12)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:41 PM

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as having a confirmed case on their map. Right now they have 92 people awaiting results. They don't list the states where results are pending.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)

16. Thanks for the info.

Reply to 58Sunliner (Reply #14)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 03:04 PM

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58Sunliner

(4,386 posts)

18. You're welcome.

Reply to MoonRiver (Reply #16)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 03:07 PM

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dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

11. There are officially 5 cases affecting IL, AZ, WA and CA but as

Reply to MoonRiver (Reply #8)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:45 PM

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of yesterday, there were 165 suspected cases in the US. I guess it's the CDC that officially releases the numbers.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)

13. The person here is not a confirmed case right now. CDC has the biological sample to test.

Reply to dewsgirl (Reply #11)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:35 PM

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dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

15. Oh, ok I see, as far as national news, they aren't being

Reply to MoonRiver (Reply #13)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 02:58 PM

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very forthcoming about this, I imagine they don't want to start a panic. The number of supposed cases keeps rising.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)

17. Yes it was very shocking to us when we read about this in the paper today.

Reply to dewsgirl (Reply #15)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 03:05 PM

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Roland99

(53,342 posts)

5. Too bad it isn't pompeo

Reply to MoonRiver (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:34 PM

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MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)

6. Who knows!

Reply to Roland99 (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:35 PM

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58Sunliner

(4,386 posts)

9. I've been following the CDC, WHO and the numbers changed overnight.

Reply to MoonRiver (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 12:40 PM

Jan 2020

Last night they still had 110 PUI-people under investigation, that number is now 165.
Last night-
PUI-110
confirmed cases-5
tested negative-32
pending-73

Today-
PUI-165
cases confirmed-5
tested neg-68
pending-92

The WHO is asking China to adopt a different means of identifying infected patients as testing supplies are limited and the real number will change when they adopt different guidelines for identifying patients. So I would assume the same may be true for deaths. If they don't actually test, then they don't include that death in the stats. It is a legitimate concern for the WHO as they can't accurately say how many people have been infected and what the actual transmission rate is.

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