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Old 04-22-2020, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Hopeful2 View Post
The Villages has 76 confirmed Coronavirus cases (as of Tuesday). The tri-county area has more than 500 confirmed cases to date.

It is critical to recognize the very high probability that every one of those people have passed it on to 2-3 people...who in turn, have passed it on ... and on ...exponentially. Many of those people are out and about in supermarkets, pharmacies, and in every corner of The Villages (even those that might not be Villages residents). The number of confirmed cases is only the tip of the iceberg, as testing has been woefully inadequate.
It's the same dynamic for every contagious disease, this is nothing new. If you are worried about the veracity of the number of reported cases, track the fatalities, those numbers are pretty reliable, since most medical experts agree when a person has expired.