Ohio health official estimates 100,000 people in state have coronavirus

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

A top health official in Ohio estimated on Thursday that more than 100,000 people in the state have coronavirus, a shockingly high number that underscores the limited testing so far.

Ohio Department of Health Director Amy Acton said at a press conference alongside Gov. Mike DeWine (R) that given that the virus is spreading in the community in Ohio, she estimates at least 1 percent of the population in the state has the virus.

"We know now, just the fact of community spread, says that at least 1 percent, at the very least, 1 percent of our population is carrying this virus in Ohio today," Acton said. "We have 11.7 million people. So the math is over 100,000. So that just gives you a sense of how this virus spreads and is spreading quickly."

She added that the slow rollout of testing means the state does not have good verified numbers to know for sure.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/487329-ohio-health-official-estimates-100000-people-in-state-have-coronavirus

[yaesu]

1. By guess and by gosh governing the republican way. nt

[squirecam]

2. Actually this Gov was one of the first to close events.

He’s been ahead of the curve.

https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/major-arnold-bodybuilding-event-columbus-impacted-coronavirus/yqkLFA35qTTDvN5imTrwYI/

[pat_k]

3. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's clear coronavirus response seen as contrast to White House approach

Clevland.com
March 12

https://www.cleveland.com/open/2020/03/ohio-gov-mike-dewines-clear-coronavirus-response-seen-as-contrast-to-white-house-approach.html

Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley (Dem) added: “We're certainly are getting our direction from the State of Ohio, and not the federal government, and that’s very difficult for a national crisis."

[Botany]

4. Shit just got real

I'm in Columbus, OH. I don't think these #s are just limited to OH.

God damn Trump's stopping testing and firing the response team for global pandemics.

[LisaL]

5. Obviously such numbers wouldn't be just limited to OH.

There are basing the number on the fact that one known case is a case of community transmission (they can't trace it). If they think OH has 100,000 cases based on 5 known cases, just think how many people are infected in states that have hundreds of known cases?

[Botany]

6. I heard an epidemiologist speak the other night that the states on the U.S. map that show no ...

... C-19 cases are not disease free but that those states undoubtedly have the disease but
they just have diagnosed any cases in those states yet.