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WHOA! New York really ramping up the Covid-19 testing!! 2,220 new cases there today alone! (Original Post) Roland99 Mar 2020 OP
Florida about to start mass testing tomorrow, per Gov Ron Roland99 Mar 2020 #1
Lots of asymptomatic people walking around and spreading it dalton99a Mar 2020 #2
This is the daily info we should be getting Midnightwalk Mar 2020 #3
Number of confirmed cases is doubling every 2.5 days VMA131Marine Mar 2020 #4

Roland99

(53,342 posts)
1. Florida about to start mass testing tomorrow, per Gov Ron
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 04:30 PM
Mar 2020
https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/more-test-kits-swabs-on-the-way-to-florida-as-testing-is-expected-to-ramp-up-governor-desantis-says
Several thousand testing kits are also on the way and those could perform about 625,000 tests if the state has all the swabs needed.

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He also went on to warn millennials to take the COVID-19 pandemic seriously.

"You could be relatively healthy, in your 20', and you can wound up in the hospital. It may not totally put you out of commission for good but it's not something that you want to mess with," Governor DeSantis said.

Mass testing is supposed to start on Friday, meaning results will come in faster.

Midnightwalk

(3,131 posts)
3. This is the daily info we should be getting
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 04:33 PM
Mar 2020

We should know how testing is ramping up and should have estimates of what we expect. At least some expectation.

The numbers are expected to jump. Tell people that and use it to reinforce self isolation.

Manage the situation don’t stumble from day to day.

VMA131Marine

(4,139 posts)
4. Number of confirmed cases is doubling every 2.5 days
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 04:38 PM
Mar 2020

3 more doublings, that’s 7.5 days gets us to over 100,000 confirmed cases.

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