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  • #46
    Dude, Here's a timeline of events. Had the Feds acted in a timely fashion rather than claiming that it was a Fake News! hoax and spent more time working on it and less time golfing, the results might have been different. It's a good thing Inslee has and is stepping up. That is leadership. It has been sorely lacking on a national level.

    A timeline of the coronavirus outbreak in Washington state is below.

    Jan. 21

    The first coronavirus case in the United States was confirmed in Washington stateContent Continues Below
    Feb. 29

    At 9:38 a.m., March 1

    A local postal service employee tested positive for the coronavirus. A man in his 70s with ties to Life Care Center of Kirkland was the second person to die from the coronavirus in King County. More schools announced closures, including Hazen High in Renton. Local Costcos were packed with people stocking up on toilet paper and supplies, and some locations sold out.

    March 2

    The coronavirus-related death count jumped to six in Washington stateMarch 3

    The Washington state death toll increased to nineMarch 4

    The coronavirus death toll in Washington state increased to 10March 5

    The death toll increased to 11. A CenturyLink Field employee who worked the Feb. 2 Seattle Dragons game tested positive for the coronavirus. The total case number jumped to 70 statewide. That included 10 deaths from 51 cases in King County; 18 cases and one death in Snohomish County; and one death in Grant County. Snohomish County and Everett officials declared a state of emergency. Copays and deductibles for coronavirus testing were waived by emergency order in Washington state. Monroe School District schools closed. Vice President Mike Pence landed in Washington and met with Gov. Jay Inslee. Families of Life Care Center patients in Kirkland talked about the deaths of their parents from the coronavirus and said staff members were overwhelmed. One said the report that people were quarantined there was false. Amazon employees in Seattle and Bellevue whose jobs can be done remotely were advised to work from home. Microsoft, Nordstrom and Starbucks corporate offices and Boeing also gave the same advice to workers.

    March 6

    Emerald City Comicon, which brings tens of thousands of visitors to Seattle and tens of millions of dollars to the local economy, was postponedMarch 7Starbucks closed a downtown Seattle store after learning an employee was diagnosed with the coronavirus.

    March 8

    A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services strike team started work at Life Care Center, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in King County. Clark County confirmed its first case of the coronavirus after a man in his 70s tested positive for the virus. Inslee said Washington officials were considering mandatory social distancing measures to combat the coronavirus. The statewide totals increased to 123 people in eight Washington state counties. Grant County reported its first coronavirus death. King County announced two more coronavirus deaths.

    March 9

    The statewide death toll increased to 22 deaths. Jefferson County confirmed its first coronavirus case, which was a man who visited Life Care Center in Kirkland and traveled back to Jefferson County. The State Department warned about cruise ship travel. The number of deaths linked to Life Care Center in Kirkland increased to 19. March 10

    The new statewide coronavirus case number, as reported by health officials, reached at least 269. There were two new deaths reported in King County and 74 new cases there. The Snohomish Health District reported 17 new coronavirus cases, bringing its total to 54. It also announced a presumptive positive case at a Stanwood caregiving facility. There were reports that Inslee would ban gatherings of 250 people or more. Amazon announced a $5 million grant to help businesses impacted by the coronavirus. Trevor Bedford, a computational biologist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and collaborators at the University of Washington and the Institute for Disease Modeling were looking at the genome sequencing of 18 cases and the infection rate in the recent Seattle Flu Study. Based on that data, they believed there could be 1,100 active infections, Bedford told The Associated Press.

    March 11

    The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. Inslee banned gatherings of more than 250 people in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties, including weddings. The NCAA announced March Madness games would be played without fans. Seattle Public Schools announced a closure through the end of March. The Shoreline and Lake Washington school districts also closed through the end of March. Everett and Bellevue public schools announced a closure for the month starting March 13. Schools in the Archdiocese of Seattle announced closures from March 16 until the end of the month. The Monroe School District announced all schools would close for six weeks, starting Friday. The Sounders postponed their March 21 match, and the Mariners were working with Major League Baseball on how to handle games. The Woodland Park Zoo closed for the month. The death toll rose to 31 deaths from 374 confirmed cases statewide. That included 27 deaths from 235 cases in King County. Of those deaths, at least 23 were linked to Life Care Center in Kirkland. The Snohomish County toll increased to three deaths from 75 cases. The coronavirus was known to have spread to 13 Washington counties. State health officials also said 36 confirmed coronavirus cases were not yet assigned to a specific county. Luise Weatherill, 85, is the first person officially announced as a coronavirus victim by the King County medical examiner, though her death is not the first from the coronavirus in King County. Weatherill was first identified by her son, Mike, outside Life Care Center during the March 5 family briefing with reporters. Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, announced they had the coronavirus. President Trump announced Wednesday a 30-day travel ban on all incoming travel from Europe, except for the U.K. The ban begins Friday and applies to foreign nationals who have been in 26 European countries with open border agreements and have been in the countries in the last 14 days. U.S. citizens are exempt and will be directed to airports where screening can take place. The NBA suspended games. On Wednesday, Sen. Maria Cantwell closed her D.C. office after a staff member tested positive for the coronavirus. The person has been in isolation since symptoms started. That person has not had any known contact with the senator or other members of Congress.

    March 12

    The statewide death count increased to 31 from 457 total cases. Gov. Jay Inslee said all schools in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties would close through April 24Some casinos stay open.
    I feel like I am watching the destruction of our democracy while my neighbors and friends cheer it on

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    • #47
      https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...y-rarely-seen/
      With crowd restrictions to slow coronavirus, Inslee uses emergency powers in a way rarely seen

      March 11, 2020 at 1:47 pm Updated March 11, 2020 at 7:51 pm Gov. Jay Inslee at a press conference in Seattle on Wednesday. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
      Joseph O’Sullivan
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      announced restrictions on gatherings of more than 250 people across King, Pierce and Snohomish counties to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. The order, Inslee said, would lead to the cancellation of concerts, sporting events, large church services, conventions and festivals.

      The day before, Inslee placed restrictions on visitors entering long-term care facilities to protect people most vulnerable from COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. the 2013 I-5 Skagit bridge collapsekilled 43 people in Snohomish County in 2014

      Brown added.
      Last edited by CGVT; March 12, 2020, 08:21 PM.
      I feel like I am watching the destruction of our democracy while my neighbors and friends cheer it on

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      • #48
        What you are saying is for 5 weeks the U.S. Government was expected to do nothing - because there was nothing to base a decision off of. There was 5 weeks between the first confirmed case and the first death. Everything we have seen since has happened in the last 2 weeks - that isn't proactive it is reactive.

        Again, Democratic societies don't have the liberty of acting like Communist states and shutting institutions down without just cause. We don't live in Siberia.

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        • #49
          Jesus Christ. Nothing happened in the first month because nobody knew what they were dealing with, especially with the messages coming out of the White House. Inslee fought this alone while Trump was denying it, firing the scientists and golfing.
          He took action that the president should have before the president was forced to because his bullshit didn't stand to the reality of the situation.



          I feel like I am watching the destruction of our democracy while my neighbors and friends cheer it on

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          • #50
            They STILL don't know what they are dealing with. Look, most of those deaths in Washington State are of the same demographic that is most at risk from the common flu. 60+ years old, or those with pre-existing conditions. The time to be proactive was in January (actually, December). The ONLY way to be proactive in this day and age is to restrict quick travel. That means most certainly shutting down overseas airline flights. That just ISN'T going to happen in this country unless you have a CATASTROPHIC event (think 9/11). It might take another couple of months to reach the death tolls of 9/11.

            Look, I work for American Airlines. Shutting down DFW simply isn't going to happen. International terminals? Still rocking like normal.

            What did you expect Trump to do? Shut down the entire country in January?

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            • #51
              biggest mistake
              I feel like I am watching the destruction of our democracy while my neighbors and friends cheer it on

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              • #52
                The ability to test is the #1 problem. A big fucking miss and when you see why they have these obstacles it's not entirely clear if that was fixable since January. There are a couple single points of failure in the way they designed the system that look totally stupid now. If Senegal and SK can ramp up the testing, it is hard to see how the US can't but here we are.

                There is some debate among the experts on if total shutdowns do much more than these measures.that are being implemented. The key is to not get to the point of what is plaguing Italy.

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                • #53
                  One way it is not like the flu is there is no shot for it like the flu shot. If you are a hospital worker you are taking mandatory flu shots so you can take care of flu patients and not get it yourself. Those are fairly effective and your body has some immunity to flu strains. There is no immunity to this. If you don't have a haz mat suit on, you are quite likely catching it and taking yourself out of the work rotation for two weeks minimum.

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                  • #54
                    Originally posted by Fraquar View Post

                    You CAN'T be proactive - whether Democrat, Republican or other 3rd Party. The ONLY way to be proactive is to essentially take a Bowie knife to your carotid artery and shut down the very life blood of your nations economy - air travel. If this was a Communist society - then yeah, but it isn't. Sure, you might could do that AFTER the fact (i.e. 9/11), but doing it before? Lol.
                    YES YOU CAN.

                    About four weeks ago, CDC should have had testing ready, quarantine ready, and at least had a starting gist of where the disease was spreading and how quickly.

                    Right now, we have no idea where it even MIGHT have spread, in no small amount because health care experts are still waiting on testing MATERIALS, much less RESULTS.

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                    • #55
                      I look back at my own life and realize that the reported numbers are but a tiny fraction of what is currently out there. I have only went to the doctor once in my life for flu-like symptoms, and that was only when after about 7 days my body still hadn't dealt with it. I knew I needed some help to fight that one off (2017). My guess is about 70-80% of people are just like I am, know your body, deal with it and only go to the doctor when you absolutely need to. Can't imagine this is any different - which makes the fatality numbers hard to quantify when most of them are in the highest risk groups.

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                      • #56
                        Some of this is structural. You can point to 1918, one in the 50s and one in the 60s. For the most part these don't come around very often so it is very easy to cut pandemic response money out of the budget. 95 percent of the time you might not need it. You don't win any votes by bragging about your pandemic plan bona fides like you would your military bona fides.

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                        • #57
                          Governor just closed all K-12 schools in Mi until April 6

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                          • #58
                            The attending doctor to the Congress and Supreme Court thinks that 70-150 million Americans will get this. Assuming they all show signs of the virus. At a 3% mortality rate that would mean between 2.1- 4.5 million deaths in the US.
                            2012 Detroit Lions Draft: 1) Cordy Glenn G , 2) Brandon Taylor S, 3) Sean Spence olb, 4) Joe Adams WR/KR, 5) Matt McCants OT, 7a) B.J. Coleman QB 7b) Kewshan Martin WR

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                            • #59
                              My employer just informed us we are working from home till further notice.
                              #birdsarentreal

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                              • #60
                                Originally posted by Forsh View Post

                                Unfortunately you can get it thru the air tho
                                One Chinese doctor said if someone sneezes with this it can go 10 ft and stay in the air for 3-5 seconds.

                                Trickalicious - I don't think it is fair that the division rivals get to play the Lions twice. The Lions NEVER get to play the Lions, let alone twice.

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