Seattle Public Health issues new recommendations on coronavirus

Shit is getting real. Might not be a good time to take free dabs at an expo........
Seattle Public Health issues new recommendations on coronavirus
This is a helpful website from Seattle Public Health: https://publichealthinsider.com/202...2PtZHu-vVaDAgpKTzokbkuOemw5VT9oJoNdMcSmQq9jUg

Public Health is recommending, but not requiring, the following steps:

People at higher risk of severe illness should stay home and away from large groups of people as much as possible, including public places with lots of people and large gatherings where there will be close contact with others. People at higher risk include:

People 60 and older

People with underlying health conditions including heart disease, lung disease, or diabetes

People who have weakened immune systems

People who are pregnant

Workplaces should enact measures that allow people who can work from home to do so. Taking these measures can help reduce the number of workers who come into contact with COVID-19 and help minimize absenteeism due to illness

If you can feasibly avoid bringing large groups of people together, consider postponing events and gatherings.

Public Health is not recommending closing schools at this time unless there has been a confirmed case in the school. Public Health – Seattle & King County also respects an individual school’s decisions about closures or postponement of activities as each school knows the needs of their community best.

All people should not go out when they are sick.

Avoid visiting hospitals, long term care facilities, or nursing homes to the extent possible. If you need to go, limit your time there and keep six feet away from patients.

More detail on these measures will be available at www.kingcounty.gov/covid

About as real as the horrors of Y2K.

Just Be said:

About as real as the horrors of Y2K.

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Based on what? Just curious. Y2k issues were real, but they were mitigated by millions of hours of effort. So yeah, y2k passed uneventfully. But believe me, it would have been a disaster had that time not been put in.

But you are saying there is no risk from this virus. Ok, but projections show up to 70% of the us population will get it. Sure, most cases will be mild, but about 4% won't be.

Only 1% of people with the flu die. This virus has a mortality rate of almost 4%. About 2% more of the people who get it will need to hospitalized.

So go ahead and ignore it. Have a virus party. Go for it.

I would rather get the coronavirus over ebola any day

All media hype.

You can't count what you don't test. The tests are remarkably unavailable.

No worries, you will get it.

greg nr said:

Based on what? Just curious. Y2k issues were real, but they were mitigated by millions of hours of effort. So yeah, y2k passed uneventfully. But believe me, it would have been a disaster had that time not been put in.

But you are saying there is no risk from this virus. Ok, but projections show up to 70% of the us population will get it. Sure, most cases will be mild, but about 4% won't be.

Only 1% of people with the flu die. This virus has a mortality rate of almost 4%. About 2% more of the people who get it will need to hospitalized.

So go ahead and ignore it. Have a virus party. Go for it.

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Thanks. I am having a virus party and it's called 'living life free from fear'. A party that I joined about fiftteen years ago after having spent well over thirty years getting all worked up about the latest headlines. In reference to the topic at hand, the fear created by headlines is real. That's about it. Yellow journalism may have many victims but recovery is possible.

420God said:

All media hype.

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greg nr said:

You can't count what you don't test. The tests are remarkably unavailable.

No worries, you will get it.

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Agreed. Cant test without test kits. I'd bet that number is way low compared to actual numbers.