The father of this family is friends with an earlier confirmed patient, the lawyer who also lives in New Rochelle. He spent time with lawyer in multiple circumstances. The entire family is under self-quarantine right now.
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UPDATE: We have learned of 5 new confirmed cases of #COVID19, bringing the total of confirmed cases to 11.
The cases are all in a single family from New Rochelle: A 46yo woman, her 45yo husband, and 3 of their children.
The entire family is under self-quarantine.
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#coronavirus cases, New Yorkers shouldn't let fear overtake reason. We have been preparing for this. We can all take simple precautions to help prevent the spread of this and other viruses, like frequent hand-washing and staying home when sick.Show this thread
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When are you going to ban large public gatherings and nip this in the bud? When 500 New Yorkers are dead?
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No one goes to the Knicks game so that should help.
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Since this started, over 92,000 cases have been reported worldwide. Michigan Stadium seats 107,601. Everyone take a deep breath, practice good health, and let the medical scientists do their work.
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This would be comforting except the numbers are all extremely under reported
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There are obviously far more unconfirmed cases that no one knows about because of the lack of testing. Thes people are currently infecting others, who are infecting others and so on. The extent of the spread of the virus will become more evident in a few weeks - far too late.
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Where do the kids go to school and how old are they
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So now we will have to test this family's place of work and their kids schools.
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Yep, but luckily unlike the feds, we in NYS and NYC seem to be pretty good at contact tracing and I’m sure they’re gonna be testing all those that could be exposed by these individuals
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