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Joanne19335 04-18-2020 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by dewilson58 (Post 1748189)
Surge???.................Yes, thanks to all the golfers.


:shocked:

Oh, PULEEEEEZE. Here we go again.

jarodrig 04-18-2020 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Skunky1 (Post 1748427)
If you wish to congregate, get a beer and a hotdog, just go behind Palmer country club.

No longer true to my dismay......that was shut down a week or two ago ....

A tree hugging whiner probably saw folks (who were social distancing) having fun and couldn’t control himself/herself and blew the whistle ......

coastalnh 04-18-2020 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by npwalters (Post 1748233)
If I did the math right the 68 folks are .004% of TV population.

Yes, but the problem isn't the 68 infected, its the 100 people each infected, and the 100 each they infected...

EnglishJW 04-18-2020 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by GoodLife (Post 1748414)
You might want to recalculate by including an estimate for asymptomatic/undiagnosed cases. Stanford study shows 50-85 times confirmed cases have been exposed to virus.

These are the reported results from the ongoing testing program here in TV.

"Additionally, just three out of 2,100 asymptomatic people in a voluntary research study tested positive."

COVID-19 testing continues at The Villages(R) as research and clinical results offer crucial insights | UF Health, University of Florida Health

Dilligas 04-18-2020 10:42 AM

Why does everyone think just because a writer is in the WSJ, it is fact and gospel? WSJ is like most other media, they write to sell papers and subscriptions. Has Arian Campo-Flores ever been here to witness what he wrote about? Or is he looking at media and internet pics to make his conclusions. Remember, the 'we live in the promiscuous capital of the US' label the media falsely wrote about?

arbajeda 04-18-2020 10:44 AM

Just a regurgitation of this Tampa Bay Times article of two weeks ago. The WSJ article is behind a pay wall so you won't be able to read it all unless you subscribe.

For seniors in Florida’s Villages, coronavirus dangers stack up

Watching and Waiting for a Coronavirus Surge at The Villages in Florida - WSJ

Their predictions primarily rely on the fact that the preponderance of Villagers are older and many have preexisting conditions. They both ignore the fact that if there were going to be rampant infections they would have taken place before the mandated social distancing.

Conclusion? It's all fake news. Just something to take up space on a page that predicts doom and gloom, akin to Don Hendley's "Dirty Laundry."

GoodLife 04-18-2020 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by EnglishJW (Post 1748660)
These are the reported results from the ongoing testing program here in TV.

"Additionally, just three out of 2,100 asymptomatic people in a voluntary research study tested positive."

COVID-19 testing continues at The Villages(R) as research and clinical results offer crucial insights | UF Health, University of Florida Health

Yes I understand, as noted above the Stanford study was for antibodies, the UF TV test was for active virus. Apples and oranges

EnglishJW 04-18-2020 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by GoodLife (Post 1748482)
UF test was for active virus, Stanford test was for antibodies.


Do you have a link to that? Was it the ELISA test?

Researchers Develop COVID-19 Antibody Test

jklfairwin 04-18-2020 10:54 AM

Just remember that the outbreak in Washington stated with one case. The outbreak in New York probably the same.

DianeM 04-18-2020 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Rsenholzi (Post 1748477)
This is scary since Fl hasn’t even been quarantined a month yet. What is wrong with the coidiots running this state! Are they trying to kill off the seniors and make social security last longer?

Do you really think the Bambi in a bikini is coming to TV?

DianeM 04-18-2020 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by PugMom (Post 1748557)
Stan, the state where i came from (Ct.) is counting deaths of people who pass away showing symptoms, not whether they actually had it. by doing this, they can create their own stats of how many died from corona, or died DURING the virus, but from other complications. i assume i either have it or am a carrier if i listened to all the media hysteria.

New York is doing that too. Somehow I suspect higher death rates will afford them the opportunity to whine for more federal assistance.

jimjamuser 04-18-2020 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by npwalters (Post 1748233)
If I did the math right the 68 folks are .004% of TV population.

The problem is those 68 were and are wandering around (maybe 2weeks ago or today) and they have been infecting multiple others (it is highly contagious). Those infected may be non-symptomatic and the spread is exponential. Many experts believe that nationwide there could be 50% of all people infected. We have virtually no testing for non-symtomatic people. In an older community like the Villiages it could be 80% carrying CV.

jimjamuser 04-18-2020 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by sail33or (Post 1748245)
Texas will lead the way and maybe Florida will follow.

Down a rabbit hole of pain!

jimjamuser 04-18-2020 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by EdFNJ (Post 1748654)
Just maybe it's because they don't have enough tests to warrant wasting them on DEAD PEOPLE but rather those who may be walking around with it. People are also told to STAY home and not walk in to a hospital, Dr office, emergency care or emergency room if they have symptoms so think about how many aren't counted that actually do have it. I guess you also think all those that died and were stacked up in the morgue in the nursing home in Andover NJ just died of the flu or the 600 in the Smithfield plant just had a bad cold.

I like it.....200ft......social sneeze distancing

DianeM 04-18-2020 11:47 AM

I am so tired of the constant refrain on the shortage of tests. There are more than enough tests to use on people who need to be tested. You can talk all day about asymptomatic but you cannot test the entire population of the United States, 330 million people, on a daily basis. You can be negative on Monday and positive on Thursday. No one is shoving a stick up my nose just to assuage someone else’s fear for the day. Nor are they doing a nasal swab. Not thrilled with someone taking my temperature either but that’s not invasive.


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