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In reply to the discussion: All K-12 schools in Pennsylvania shut down for 2 weeks amid coronavirus outbreak [View all]BumRushDaShow
(144,234 posts)165. The difference between IL and PA
is that IL's state general assembly (both chambers) is majority Democratic and PA's (both chambers) is majority Republican (even with Wolf having been re-elected by almost 60% of the vote).
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All K-12 schools in Pennsylvania shut down for 2 weeks amid coronavirus outbreak [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
OP
it is not an overabundance of caution, you should demand a 2 month shutdown
Fresh_Start
Apr 2020
#177
Inquirer just had a breaking that Wolf is expected to extend the closures
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#10
PLCB will be doing an orderly shutdown of the State Stores in the impacted counties
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#16
Our school district, just south of Pittsburgh, is out until at least April 14.
Efilroft Sul
Mar 2020
#30
Wolf orders restaurants and bars to close dine-in facilities in 5 counties
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#33
There may be plenty of people in the hospital for what they are tentatively calling "flu"
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#56
I actually heard a commercial on the radio for that election this afternoon
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#54
Without a Delaware County health department, agreement would allow Chester County to help
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#60
Coronavirus: Pennsylvania Task Force 1 crews setting up at Citizens Bank Park
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#67
Pennsylvania to join the N.Y., N.J. and Conn. coronavirus 'coalition,' Cuomo says
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#80
Philadelphia 'clearly in a rapid growth phase of this epidemic' as coronavirus cases double
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#81
State still doesn't have updated Philly numbers (on their site as of today 3/18/20)
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#82
Dad Vail officials cancel 2020 regatta on the Schuylkill because of coronavirus
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#88
Pennsylvania Dept. of Education cancels PSSA, Keystone exams amid coronavirus outbreak
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#89
Gov. Tom Wolf orders all Pennsylvania businesses that aren't life-sustaining to close, will enforce
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#92
My local nursery had sent out an email a couple days ago noting they would open
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#94
With an additional 18 positives in Philly, the city has now surpassed Montco as of 3/21/20
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#104
Philadelphia residents ordered to 'stay-at-home' starting Monday morning
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#105
Pa. legislature expected to begin action today on postponing state primary election until June 2
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#107
Pa. top court tosses challenge to Wolf's ban non-life-sustaining businesses
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#109
Latest PA totals reported since noon 3/23/20 - 644 positives (10% of those tested)
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#110
Gov. Tom Wolf to issue stay-at-home order for 7 counties including Philadelphia, suburbs, & Allegn'y
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#111
Pa. State Police issue warnings to businesses ordered to close to stop spread of coronavirus
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#117
Per Philly Mayor's daily presser - 77 new positives since 1 pm yesterday/252 total in city
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#118
Gov. Tom Wolf extends 'stay-at-home' order to Erie County amid exponential rise in Pa.
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#120
Pa. unemployment claims skyrocket to 540,000 since statewide coronavirus shutdown, shattering record
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#121
Pennsylvania looking into 'soft reopening' of liquor stores, lawmaker says
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#126
Philly could use Temple University (Liacouras Center) for coronavirus hospital overflow
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#131
3 more PA counties added to the stay-at-home order - Beaver/Centre/Washington (total 22 counties)
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#135
Gov. Wolf today requested a major disaster declaration per his office twitter account
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#137
That is the scary part - something like this getting into a nursing home
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#149
PA schools now closed "indefinitely" and 3 more counties added to "stay at home" order
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#143
wouldn't it be best to close all schools now & plan to finish the year online or july-aug?
Sunlei
Mar 2020
#150
I have been using the thread for updates but all schools here are now on indefinite closure
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#151
To clarify-the "2 weeks" was the decision back on March 13 (OP date). NOW it is "indefinite" closure
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#157
Wolf adds 7 more counties to "stay at home" order - now at 33 counties as of 3/31/20
BumRushDaShow
Mar 2020
#154
In PA now, businesses are until April 30 and school closures are extended "indefinitely".
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#159
Philly number of positives increases by 360 since 3/31/20, going from 1,315 to 1,675 on 4/1/20
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#167
I thought I had heard that from some of the news outlet asking questions during today's presser.
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#173
Pa. announces pay freeze for 9,000 state workers amid coronavirus fallout
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#179
Philly has an additional 330 new positives for a total of 2,430 as of 4/3/20
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#180
PA adds another 1,404 positives since 4/2/20, for a total of 8,420 as of 4/3/20
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#181
PA has another increase in positives (by 1493) and now at 11,510 as of 4/5/20
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#185
Philly positives now up to 3,189 as of 4/5/20 (increase of 181 and without some lab data)*
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#186
PA has another increase in positives (1,470) from 11,510 to 12,980 as of 4/6/20
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#187
Philly has a 1-day increase of 539 new positives and now at 3,728 as of 4/6/20
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#188
Latest from Philly - 544 more positives to go from 3,728 to 4,272 as of 4/7/20
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#189
And I heard it was altered where people would be allowed to see the stocking
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#191
It is. lol Philly went from their 1st positive March 6th and a month later, over 4000
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#196
PA curve not flattening yet - now up 1,680 more cases, from 14,559 to 16,239 as of 4/8/20
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#197
Gov. Wolf to order school buildings to remain closed for rest of academic year
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#199
Philly now up 494 to 5,271 total so far as of 4/9/20 (daily increase rate is stablizing)
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#201
Philly increases by 359 to 6152 positives (which doesn't include labs that don't report on weekends)
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#205
PA positives up by 1,178 to 22,833 on 4/12/20 (drop due to labs that don't report on weekends)
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#206
Philly positives up by 234 to 6,386 on 4/12/20 (drop due to labs that don't report on weekends)
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#207
PA positives increase by 1,366 to 24,199 as of 4/13/20 (curve flattening)
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#209
Philly's positives increase by 317 (although missing results), for a total 7,130 as of 4/14/20
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#213
PA new positives appear to be plateauing with 1,145 new cases for a total of 26,490 as of 4/15/20
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#214
Philly positives continue to be on downswing, with an increase of 311 to 7,441 as of 4/15/20
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#215
Plus the state assembly passed a DOA bill to require the opening of businesses faster
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#217
One of the problems that cropped up with those counties bordering north Jersey and southeastern NY
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#219
Big batch of backlog came in for Philly for 604 new cases for a total off 8,045 positives on 4/16/20
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#226
PA positives now up by 1,628 to 31,069 (now coming in 4th for total positives for the U.S.)
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#238
Gov. Tom Wolf extends Pa. stay-at-home order to May 8, but plans to ease some restrictions;
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#248
I was out and made trips to multiple places yesterday, both here in Philly and in Montco
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#251
Philly positives increase by 200 as of 4/19/20 by 339 to 9,553 as of 4/20/20
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#249
Philly broaches the 10K positives mark with 475 additional, for 10,028 as of 4/21/20
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#255
Philly positives up by 615 (including cases reassigned here) to 10,643 as of 4/22/20
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#261
Philly positives increase by 583 (with re-homed data) to 11,226 as of 4/23/20
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#266
I think the other criteria to open includes a region's access to sufficient testing & tracing
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#268
Updated CDC tweet/map of spread (as of 4/29/20 - just 1 week after the above)
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#315
This week's CDC update (as of 5/6/20) - VA getting walloped & rapid spread in IA, SC, TN
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#321
Pa. liquor board to expand curbside pickup to nearly all stores on Monday
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#271
Philly positives up by 302 to 12,868 + Blue Angels/Thunderbirds flyover on 4/28/20 @2pm
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#288
Verge Aero, part of UPENN's Pennovation Works program, had a light show over W. Philly on 4/28/20
BumRushDaShow
Apr 2020
#294
Philly cases in crease by 186 to 16040 as of 5/4/20 (also 1st day without a death)
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#309
I listen to Montco's presser every day and they had 8 more deaths today.
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#312
Allegheny County 7 new deaths on Tuesday 5/5/20 + 2 today 5/6/20 & Beaver County 3 deaths on 5/6/20
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#320
Philly positives increase by 370 to 16,410 (with 17 new fatalities) as of 5/5/20
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#317
Philly cases increase by 287 to 16,697 (including 60 new fatalities) as of 5/6/20
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#319
Pennsylvania extends pause on evictions and foreclosures through July 10
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#323
Philly positives increase by 350 to 17,047 as of 5/7/20 (13 new fatalities)
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#324
Wolf officially opens 24 northern/central/western counties with 13 additional to open 5/15/20
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#327
So they get no mail or boxes/cans of institutional-type food for the patients
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#333
Am guessing you've never done "investigations" or are aware of governmental functions
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#335
Gov. Wolf threatens to pull funding from counties that buck closure orders
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#344
"I assume, at nursing homes in the state. Just a little late in the game..."
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#352
Philly positives increase by 314 to 19,093 and death toll surpasses 1,000 as of 5/14/20
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#360
As of 5/15/20 - 13 more counties announced for transition to "yellow" opening
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#361
Philly positives increase by 256 to 19,349 as of 5/15/20 with 13 new fatalities
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#365
Wolf announces 12 more counties during presser, to go from red to yellow on May 22, 2020
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#366
No reporting from Philly 5/17/20 (IIRC Friday, that may have been announced at the presser)
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#373
It's completely unprecedented - and it's not trivial and nowhere near "relatively low"
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#377
The number of deaths from this is many times that for any flu including H3N2
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#379
PA positives increase by 822 to 63,056 as of 5/18/20 - and that's after a weekend
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#380
Philly postives increase by 347 over the past 2 days to 19,953 as of 5/18/20
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#381
PA Dept. of Health releases COVID-19 data for specific long-term care facilities on 5/19/20
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#384
Governor Wolf Announces Real Estate Industry May Conduct Limited Business Transactions Statewide
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#385
Philly positives increase by 227 to 20,359, and reconciled fatalities were reported to be 103*
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#387
PA positives (finally posted on their site) increased by 746 to 64,412 as of 5/20/20
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#388
Philly Inquirer breaking: Sources: All Pennsylvania counties will be in 'yellow'
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#393
Pa. GOP lawmaker says he tested positive for coronavirus as Democrats demand more information
BumRushDaShow
May 2020
#409
Wolf signs Executive Order extending the mail-in ballot receipt deadline until June 9 (6 counties)
BumRushDaShow
Jun 2020
#423
Pennsylvania to allow schools to reopen, in-person teaching to resume July 1
BumRushDaShow
Jun 2020
#428
As of today June 5, 2020 - ALL PA counties are out of the "red" phase, and more have moved to green
BumRushDaShow
Jun 2020
#432
"'We can't let our guard down': 11 new Pa. COVID-19 cases traced to Jersey shore gatherings"
BumRushDaShow
Jun 2020
#441
Philly positives increase by 162 (2 days worth of data) to 23,691 as of 6/8/20
BumRushDaShow
Jun 2020
#443
Eight counties will move to the green phase of reopening Friday, June 19
BumRushDaShow
Jun 2020
#452
Reopening Phase Orders Updated to Include 8 Additional Counties Moving to Green on June 19
BumRushDaShow
Jun 2020
#466
Next set of green counties to include SE PA on 6/26/20, with Philly as "modified" green until 7/3/20
BumRushDaShow
Jun 2020
#470
Is this really "latest breaking news"? Let it go, the 1st post was Mach 13th......nt
essme
Jun 2020
#479
Philly positives increase by 219 (includes 100 re-homed) to 25,335 as of 6/23/20
BumRushDaShow
Jun 2020
#490
Today 12 more counties moved from the yellow to green phase of #COVI19 reopening
BumRushDaShow
Jun 2020
#497
Just in - "In Pennsylvania, masks must now be worn whenever anyone leaves home."
BumRushDaShow
Jul 2020
#508
Philly positives increase by 168 (includes reconciled past data) to 27,069 as of 7/8/20
BumRushDaShow
Jul 2020
#520
PA positives increase by 763 and takes us over the 100K mark, to 100,241 as of 7/18/20
BumRushDaShow
Jul 2020
#539
Philly positives increase by 319 (3 days of data) to 31,439 as of 8/7/20
BumRushDaShow
Aug 2020
#578
Philly positives increase by 137 (per Health Dir.) to 31,584 as of 8/11/20
BumRushDaShow
Aug 2020
#580
Philly positives increase by 141 (per Health Dir.) to 31,725 as of 8/12/20
BumRushDaShow
Aug 2020
#582
Philly positives increase by 185 (data dump per Health Dir.) to 31,910 as of 8/13/20
BumRushDaShow
Aug 2020
#584
When we went to green July 1, was gonna end it and then we started spiking again
BumRushDaShow
Aug 2020
#590
Philly positives increase by 291 (3 days of data) to 32,348 as of 8/17/20
BumRushDaShow
Aug 2020
#593
Philly positives increase by 105 to 32,674 as of 8/20/20 and Philly to move closer to full "Green"
BumRushDaShow
Aug 2020
#599
Philly positives increase by 283 (3 day total/residents-only) to 33,778 as of 8/31/20
BumRushDaShow
Aug 2020
#616
Now @ 6 months, today will be my last numbers updates - PA positives increase by 770 as of 9/1/20
BumRushDaShow
Sep 2020
#617
Philly positives increase by 131 to 33,909 as of 9/1/20 - LAST NUMBERS POSTING
BumRushDaShow
Sep 2020
#618