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nitpicker

(7,153 posts) Sat May 16, 2020, 02:26 PM May 2020

If a location has a relatively big jump in CV cases

1. Is it a artifact caused by expanded numbers of tests being read?

If not:

2. Is there a meat processing plant there or nearby?

Virginia is starting to find ((Accomack, probably workers from Northampton too)) the same sorts of poultry processing outbreaks spotted elsewhere (DE, MD) on the Eastern Shore.

3. Are there other close-quarters agricultural activities going on?

Much of the outbreak in Culpeper County and nearby VA counties is now being attributed to greenhouse, nursery or other agricultural workers that are mostly Hispanic with some other minorities.

4. Is there an outbreak in a prison?

Check off Buckingham County VA: Two prisons got hit.

What else?

5. Did the health authorities just swat-team-test nursing homes, one or lots? It's being claimed that 12 or so care facilities in Arlington County VA have had cases.

6. Density, density, density. Will people SD at open beaches during Memorial Day weekend, or is the Pope Protestant? And will they obey the mask rules now being imposed on DC/MD/VA Metro riders?

And probably sixteen other things that I haven't thought of.

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If a location has a relatively big jump in CV cases (Original Post) nitpicker May 2020 OP

Interesting. Many of those locations you list are DC exburban commuter hubs. erronis May 2020 #1

Jump in cases will go up with widespread testing, hospitalizations should be indicator to watch Baclava May 2020 #2

Example of distance traveled by a Wellstone ruled May 2020 #3

erronis

(15,320 posts)

1. Interesting. Many of those locations you list are DC exburban commuter hubs.

Reply to nitpicker (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2020, 02:56 PM

May 2020

People living as far out in the country from DC as they can afford, and then traveling in to work in the federal workforce.

Let's hope and pray that our dear leader doesn't get infected - given his obesity and old age and probably lots of other morbidities, our "dear leader" should be a prime target of the "false virus hoax." (Unless he and his family knew about something beforehand and are protected...)

Baclava

(12,047 posts)

2. Jump in cases will go up with widespread testing, hospitalizations should be indicator to watch

Reply to nitpicker (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2020, 03:14 PM

May 2020

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

3. Example of distance traveled by a

Reply to nitpicker (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2020, 03:24 PM

May 2020

Hog Plant employee. Plant location is Souix Falls,fellows who work at that plant live North east of Worthington and Commute each day. Why,cheap rent and two families sharing a old Farm House. Distance to work,70 miles on a good day. And there are Hundreds of examples like that.

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