CDC is closely monitoring an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel (new) coronavirus. The outbreak first started in Wuhan, China, but cases have been identified in a growing number of other international locations, including the United States. This page will be updated regularly on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
COVID-19: Confirmed Cases in the United States
| Travel-related | 12 |
| Person-to-person spread | 2 |
| Total confirmed cases | 14 |
|---|---|
| Total tested | 426 |
Yes, they have tested only 426 as of today. One would think that testing would be in the tens of thousands just to get baseline samples epidemiologically. But after all it is our Government. I guess we have to wait for the television documentary on another Government failure. And you want these folks to manage all your health care!
| As StatNews relates: The CDC urged American businesses and families to start preparing for the possibility of a bigger outbreak. Messonier said that parents should ask their children’s schools about plans for closures. Businesses should consider whether they can offer tele-commuting options to their employees, while hospitals might need to look into expanding telehealth services, she said. “Disruption to everyday life might be severe,” Messonier said, adding that she talked to her children about the issue Tuesday morning. “While I didn’t think they were at risk right now, we as a family ought to be preparing for significant disruption to our lives.” Messonier said the CDC is in conversation about whether to change the case definition that triggers a sick patient to be tested for the virus. Currently, health officials recommend testing only for people who have respiratory symptoms and have recently traveled to China, or those who have been in close contact with someone who was infected. But as community spread picks up in other countries, the case definition could change. A warning is nice but how about massive distribution of testing kits. Perhaps education, warnings, but then again the trust in the Government has deteriorated so badly that it is not clear that anyone would believe them. One wonders how long before this becomes a massive political football. | |||||||||||||
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