Not eating Hunan chicken, Hunan beef and not riding that Hunan bus.
Shack165 said:PJYoung said:leakypipes said:
I thought a "presumptive" case was a positive test, but not confirmed because that test has to be verified by the CDC.
Do I have that wrong?
Exactly correct.
Actually, the CDC does not use "presumptive". If they did then anyone with cold and flu symptoms could be considered "presumptive". There's a huge difference between being tested and a confirmation. The CDC refers to individuals to be tested as Patients Under Investigation(PUIs) for covid-19.
My point was that the media should not be reporting on the unconfirmed. It serves no other purpose than to cause panic.
Shack165 said:PJYoung said:leakypipes said:
I thought a "presumptive" case was a positive test, but not confirmed because that test has to be verified by the CDC.
Do I have that wrong?
Exactly correct.
Actually, the CDC does not use "presumptive". If they did then anyone with cold and flu symptoms could be considered "presumptive". There's a huge difference between being tested and a confirmation. The CDC refers to individuals to be tested as Patients Under Investigation(PUIs) for covid-19.
My point was that the media should not be reporting on the unconfirmed. It serves no other purpose than to cause panic.
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Israel on Monday evening drastically ratcheted up its measures to close off the country from the coronavirus threat, requiring all those arriving from abroad to go into quarantine.
All Israeli citizens returning to from overseas were ordered to self-quarantine for 14 days with immediate effect.
Non-Israeli citizens will be allowed into the country for another 72 hours. But after that, they will be barred completely unless they can demonstrate that they have a place to quarantine here for 14 days.
cone said:
what happened in Italy is what I thought was going to happen to Japan two weeks ago
so i wonder what the difference is between the two
Japan also took much more proactive steps to try and contain it.cone said:
what happened in Italy is what I thought was going to happen to Japan two weeks ago
so i wonder what the difference is between the two
Probably caught it on flight back to India.Quote:
It is believed the patient developed symptoms about five or six days after leaving Austin.
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All of Italy will be placed under the lockdown conditions thus far imposed upon the so-called "red zone" in the north of the country, the Italian prime minister Giuseppe Conte has said.
The restrictions will include banning all public gatherings and preventing all movement other than for work and emergencies. According to the Reuters news agency, he has said the decision was necessary to protect Italy's most vulnerable citizens and that the right course of action now is for people to stay at home.
NoYouBet said:who?mikejones said:
This is FRISCO man?
cone said:
Japan has not been aggressively testing
i do think they are cleaner and more easily cowed than europeans
Went to school multiple days while sick.PJYoung said:
cone said:
what happened in Italy is what I thought was going to happen to Japan two weeks ago
so i wonder what the difference is between the two