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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]essme
(1,207 posts)479. Is this really "latest breaking news"? Let it go, the 1st post was Mach 13th......nt
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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