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Source: nytimes.com ·
The new cases, a man in his 40s and a woman in her 80s, bring the total in New York State to 13.
Neeraj K. Agrawal - @NeerajKA
3 weeks ago
RT @cliffordlevy: JUST IN: 2,733 people are under coronavirus quarantines in New York City, officials say
https://t.co/MRuqOppAOj
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Frank Chaparro - @fintechfrank
3 weeks ago
RT @TheStalwart: two new virus cases in NYC https://t.co/q0OJ1V7qLN
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Marvkid27
3 weeks ago
Of course the airlines aren't offering a change waiver for Japan even though you have to self quarantine now.
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KillermanGaming
3 weeks ago
In the time since this post was written, the number of people quarantined has increased by 40 to 2,773.
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IrrationalExpression
3 weeks ago
My boss just asked us if we had laptops to work from home with yesterday. If the company wants us to work from home they can pay for them, I'm not letting IT take a peek at my porn stash.
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Alejandro4891
3 weeks ago
so should i be buying more emergency supplies in case a quarantine happens? i am trying to stay informed of what's happening, but i also don't want to blow $200 just for nothing to happen. i will eventually use everything that i buy, but i don't want to go overboard.
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faustkenny
Lower East Side 3 weeks ago
We used to have an island to put all these momos on in the 19th century.....
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LogothX
3 weeks ago
Don't worry guys, America's health care system is second only to Japan, Canada, Sweden, Great Britain, well ... all of Europe. But you can thank your lucky stars we don't live in Paraguay!
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0io-
3 weeks ago
Are you really "under quarantine" if they just tell you "hey, just stay home and try not to infect anyone else for a couple of weeks, OK?"
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Joesalami99
3 weeks ago
so we can quarantine people over the common cold but we let the homeless colonize the subways?
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skeeerra
3 weeks ago
I’m thinking more of: suppose you get diagnosed. Do your roommates have the right to know? Can you get kicked out? Do I have the right to know if my roommate has it? Is it my landlord’s responsibility to provide alternative housing? Etc
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annyc
The Bronx 3 weeks ago
My roommate and I have taken a policy of communicating anything we know re: potential exposure, because more than likely if one of us gets it the other will too. Our plan is to just hang out and watch TV and I'm going to bake.
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robhue
3 weeks ago
I really hope it’s common sense that you can’t get evicted from your home for having a medical condition, but with this hysteria it sadly wouldn’t surprise me to see some slumlord try it.
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elNational
3 weeks ago
We're not there yet but I'm sure it's on the drawing board and discussion. Debts are owed all over, what do we do if the economy slows down/people can't or don't go to work. This goes from tenants, landlords, business owners, retail, etc.
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ach_so_tabarnouche
3 weeks ago
Yeah I'm really curious what happens if someone's lease is up and they were just about to move. Where do they go? Movers wouldn't touch their stuff with a ten foot pole.
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traegeryyc
3 weeks ago
How many homeless in NYC? Because if it gets into that population it will be like a brushfire.
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TossAwayGay92
3 weeks ago
But that one Manhattanite was self-quarantined. How could that have not worked?
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English_American
3 weeks ago
Most of those infected are north of the city. But, the guy commuted in and through the city, so I'm assuming that's why these people are quarantined.
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wardser
Manhattan 3 weeks ago
if you think all those people are staying inside, you are nuts
even if 1% of them decides that they aren't really sick and they just need to run to get some sushi or chips, that's 27 people running around NYC spreading this shit
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Tiki-Tiger
3 weeks ago
Right, no voluntary anything. They should be quarantined and it needs to be enforced. We are running out of time... before this blows up, if we are not out of time already.
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bezerker03
3 weeks ago
How about we stop encouraging the use of unconstitutional force on fellow citizens? Unfortunately this is part of the risk living in a large city. You are free to self quarantine to keep safe if you wish.
Let's not justify police states
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gaiusahala
3 weeks ago
It’s silly to try to shut everything down now, imo. It’s clearly already too late. Due to the nature of how people get tested, the numbers are severely underreported and there’s definitely already enough cases in the city that a large breakout is all but inevitable
Call this an unpopular opinion, but I think it should be the at-risk populations who stay home and everything else should go on as normal. There’s not that many of them and theres going to be a lot of mild/moderately sick people who shouldn’t necessarily be treated like they’re Ebola cases
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s3co2
3 weeks ago
there's no holding it back, whatever we do or don't do, we are already fucked.
take for an example:
https://www.reddit.com/search?q=quarantine+unpaid
people gotta work and get paid, bosses gotta be scumbags and be cheap. that is why you are gonna see people going to do what they have to do. if they have to lie to say oh i wasn't in italy, i just came back from madagascar right before they closed their ports, just to come in to work and get paid vs. the boss telling them you are gonna sit 2 weeks no pay, fuck that. whatever small cases we have now gonna explode soon.
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thejimla
3 weeks ago
Given how contagious this seems to be and the fact that they are only testing people who show up in the hospital in serious condition it’s already too late.
EDIT: even you are sick and are not in a high risk group, you run the risk of killing a lot people by not voluntarily quarantining.
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Dreidhen
Elmhurst 3 weeks ago
>It's the flu Jesus
Look at your downvotes, and think about what you said.
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theDangerous_k1tchen
3 weeks ago
"Flu" is just a generic word for respiratory virus. It's also SARS, gives a good chunk of patients pneumonia, and has the potential to do like term damage to the body. People should take this seriously.
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Sublime1980
3 weeks ago
The term “Flu” is not generic at all. It very specifically refers to the influenza virus.
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Dynastydood
Midtown 3 weeks ago
The word often gets used informally whenever someone gets a bad cold, though. Like Michael Jordan's famous flu-game, where he very clearly didn't have actual influenza.
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Backagain18
3 weeks ago
Probably a dumb question but Anyone know if this lingers on clothing?
My wife is freaking out abit and shes said anytime I come back from the trains I should remove my clothes and place them in the hamper to wash.
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julietteb716
3 weeks ago
Get some Lysol disinfectant spray, it may be excessive but our magical city can be so gross sometimes it makes me feel a little better to spray my work bag and my coat down when I get home from a crowded subway
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mienaikoe
3 weeks ago
She wants to see your body.
But also, there hasn't been much testing on fabric, only hard surfaces. It's probably a good precaution.
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jchan4
3 weeks ago
I was going to say it was very unlikely..HOWEVER,
According to the WHO, a study done on a similar corona virus, it was observed that the virus could stay on metal, glass & plastic for up to 9 days.
It's important to note that temperature, lack of UV exposure and humidity is what determines the virus' survival. So if your clothes are exposed and you leave them in your room, in a dark closet, with high humidity, I think that would not be a wise idea.
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Dreidhen
Elmhurst 3 weeks ago
Not dumb at all, I wondered this too myself. The fibrous nature of the material somewhat hinders the spread of the virus, and also without cells to colonize it dies off eventually at a faster rate than versus its rate of spread on smooth non-porous material like plastic and metal surfaces, from everything's I've read.
I don't take mass transit or interact with people much anyway but still change my clothes and give 'em a once over with Lysol if I've been anywhere crowded. Do the same with my wife's coat and clothes when she's home.
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afyaff
3 weeks ago
It depends on the surface.
https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(20)30046-3/fulltext
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Dreidhen
Elmhurst 3 weeks ago
https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(20)30046-3/fulltext
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npip99
3 weeks ago
Most viruses will eventually become inactive, ie "die", within a few hours. There are certain types that are stable though, meaning they last forever / for years just dormant.
I couldn't really find any resources on which is which for covid-19 but this virus is presumably similar to the flu and the flu is not a stable virus that can survive outside of its hosts, it dies / deactivates within a few hours of being exposed to the air. Don't quote me on it though.
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sesameseed88
3 weeks ago
Frustrating because I read somewhere it was up to 9 days on certain surfaces and now googling the hell out of it doesn't give me any answers. I may have heard the 9 hour figure from a BC coastal health press release. It's definitely not as low as a few hours, because that's for the flu, I am sure about this.
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Dreidhen
Elmhurst 3 weeks ago
https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(20)30046-3/fulltext
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ZeroheartX
3 weeks ago
It is not certain how long the virus that causes COVID-19 survives on surfaces, but it seems to behave like other coronaviruses. Studies suggest that coronaviruses (including preliminary information on the COVID-19 virus) may persist on surfaces for a few hours or up to several days. This may vary under different conditions (e.g. type of surface, temperature or humidity of the environment).
If you think a surface may be infected, clean it with simple disinfectant to kill the virus and protect yourself and others. Clean your hands with an alcohol-based hand rub or wash them with soap and water. Avoid touching your eyes, mouth, or nose.
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clothes_are_optional
3 weeks ago
i dont understand how the fuck labs can still not figure this out given how many sick people there are in the world now. its been a *long fucking time* since it began and now that 1st world countries are experiencing it, how in the hell can a lab not get a sample to figure out the details of at *least* how long this fucking thing lasts before it dies and then report it to the WHO??
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ZeroheartX
3 weeks ago
According to the time line in NYTimes, it kinda started Dec 31
[https://www.nytimes.com/article/coronavirus-timeline.html](https://www.nytimes.com/article/coronavirus-timeline.html)
Also guessing biology and germs are hard to tell, since it is kinda a living thing that might change due to situation.
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potdecreme
Turtle Bay 3 weeks ago
I work at a public health school and someone asked a similar question about gloves when you’re holding onto a subway pole. The real answer is, they don’t know for sure how long it lingers on surfaces. Chances are you’re fine. If you touch a wet, slimy subway pole that someone sneezed on and then touched your face, that’s a different story.
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gimme20regular_cash
3 weeks ago
Stick it in the dryer if you’re sick of washing your stuff every time you come home, I’m sure the heat will zap it’s
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Nickjersey
3 weeks ago
It does but clothes are very porous and less likely to result in it spreading as opposed to say a door handle.
Still come on lady...
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TheMoreOne
Upper West Side 3 weeks ago
I use this extension (firefox, but there's a chrome one too) and it works great. https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox
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howmanyones
3 weeks ago
Shoulda done this from the start, but click this link instead
https://www.nytimes.com./2020/03/05/nyregion/coronavirus-new-york-cases.html
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tigersharkwushen_
3 weeks ago
It seems the virus is incredibly easy to spread. The neighbor just drove the guy to the hospital and caught it.
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wasnt_a_lurker
Fort Greene 3 weeks ago
i mean we're being told that it can be transmitted by droplets from sneezing/coughing up to 6 ft away. No surprise the driver got it.
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Existing-Property
3 weeks ago
Cuomo now states 22. Atleast this guy gets it when saying the growth we are gonna see in nyc is exponential and we have to be prepared
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dickUR12
3 weeks ago
TWO confirmed cases in Rome memorial hospital , Rome NY (upstate) FACT. , Confirmed locally
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Goosern
3 weeks ago
A man in his 40s and a woman in her 80s were hospitalized after testing positive for the coronavirus, New York City officials said on Thursday morning. That brings the number of confirmed to 13. Mayor Bill de Blasio said that the two cases were New York City’s third and fourth positive results since the city began testing earlier this week. Mr. de Blasio did not say how the two new patients, who are in intensive care units in Manhattan and Brooklyn hospitals, became infected. Neither traveled to an area where the disease is spreading, nor had a connection to people who tested positive for the disease, he said. “City disease detectives are tracing close contacts of both individuals and will ensure they are appropriately isolated and tested immediately,” [Mr. de Blasio wrote on Twitter.] A spokeswoman for the mayor, Avery Cohen, said the two new cases came in overnight.
“Of the tests we’ve completed, 25 have come back negative so far,” the mayor said during an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” The [first confirmed case] in New York — a 39-year-old woman who contracted the disease while visiting Iran — was announced by state officials on Sunday.
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