NYC now has 44 confirmed cases. 11 new ones today. Three of them are YOUNG.
Two are 7 yrs old. And one is 14. However, in one of the young kids, s/he has the Coronavirus, but it didn't manifest as any real symptoms in him/her!
It was only found out through testing that he/she even has it. Those three are all in the area where the 2nd case, the lawyer, was confirmed. And it is believed they got it through close contact with the lawyer. One of the kids lives with him or the other family. And now, the first doctor who treated him has been confirmed to have been infected. As well as his rabbi of his congregation.
Edited: All this info may not be accurate. For our safety, I'm crossing it out. I'm going by what an actual Dr said on ABC-TV. Our mayor just gave an update about HOW Coronavirus is spreading through, "Community Spread." As there are more confirmed cases here, the NYC "disease detectives" here. as he called them, are able to study it more and learn new things about it, by the minute. The mayor said the Coronavirus can only be gotten through close contact. AND one can only GET it via the eyes, nose & mouth. HE said:
It is NOT airborne. It doesn't stay in the air, like measles. So someone sneezing into the air and someone else later walking though the air space won't get it. (I wondered about that with the doomsday preppers/panicers at Costco before. If people are standing in line behind someone sneezing & wheezing, then walking though that air space, could they get it? Now confirmed: NOPE.) Even if one does sneeze or accidentally spits on you while talking, you have to then touch your eyes, nose or mouth with the virus on your hand and get it IN you. No random, casual contact like walking by each other, or simply talking to each other, type of contact.
Edited: A few hours later, this is the info ABC-TV's expert medical consutant, Dr. Jen Ashton said. She was asked if someone just sneezes or coughs, and you are standing or sitting next to them, like on an airplane, is it still in the air and is it possible to breath it in?
She said, YES, one can breath it in if you are standing right next to them. However,
technically, medically, it's not considered "airborne." I guess, medically it has to
remain in the air for a longer period of time for them to consider it "airborne." But, i'll go with what she said as she is a medical doctor: she says to stand about 3-6 feet away from other people when possible.
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BTW, I've been posting updates about NYC, not because I think our city or people are more important than the other places which have gotten it. (Seattle now has 14 deaths.
) But, with the close proximity we live and work in here and the way we travel, closely packed into trains, subways & buses, it does essentially make us a gigantic, 9 million human Petri dish.
I thought people might be interested in reading how it's spreading here via "Community spread," how slowly or quickly, and possibly, how deadly. WE haven't had a single death here yet. Crossing fingers that all infected recover.
But, there may come a time when you decide you need to tell your spouse, "Drop the chocolate! It's too late for quarantine at home. Head for the hills!"
Yet, to give some perspective on how the "regular flu" spreads & kills here, I had researched it for myself, a couple years ago. I
never get a flu shot each year. (I know, that's another full thread.
) I never get sick like that. I'm always fanatical about washing my hands often. Yet, I was wondering if I should start getting the flu shot. Out of the whole tri-state: NYC/northern NJ/Western CT area, roughly only 38 people died. 6 of them children. While even one death is unfortunate, 38 deaths out of 9 million is like barely the point on a pencil in comparison to the size of a 2 story house. No one is self-quarantining during the regular flu spreading. (And some people should be.
) But, the local news, every winter, makes it sound like we're doomed if we don't get a flu shot.
