With 3 confirmed cases of coronavirus in Maryland it seems that DC will be impacted soon

[yaesu]

as it spreads. I wonder what the implications might be when the Capital is shut down & will we even notice?

Gov. Larry Hogan said Maryland's Public Health Laboratory in Baltimore has confirmed the first three cases of novel coronavirus in the state.

[wishstar]

1. I was just wondering when DC area would be affected

Hate to hear this as my nearest and dearest live in Baltimore with one employed at Johns Hopkins

[yaesu]

6. I think it will be everywhere or is everywhere by now & we just don't know it. Its been being spread

for a few months now.

[getagrip_already]

2. don't give trump any ideas....

He will selectively furlough departments for public safety without pay. It would be a shutdown with a cover.

[Kingofalldems]

3. Did he say where in Md.?

[eleny]

4. Our first cases here in Colorado were reported today

My heart is with you.

[empedocles]

5. Lot of conventions in DC. Some are probably already cancelling.

[elleng]

7. 'The testing laboratory in Baltimore confirmed the individuals had the illness,

which has infected more than 97,000 people worldwide. These are the first cases of the novel coronavirus, a respiratory illness, confirmed in Maryland.

"The patients, who contracted the virus while traveling overseas, are in good condition," Hogan said in a statement Thursday night.'

[elleng]

8. Hogan plans to hold a news conference around 8 p.m. at the Maryland State House in Annapolis.

[Iliyah]

9. I can see the . . .

politicians will be high tailing out of DC pronto, some on their private transportation heading to 1-2%ers getaway from the regular people down under . . .

[yaesu]

10. Those gated fortresses they have been building in New Zealand will come in handy now. nt

[elleng]

11. Montgomery County

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/maryland-confirms-three-cases-of-coronavirus/2020/03/05/687def10-5f3d-11ea-b014-4fafa866bb81_story.html