[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by GoodLife

UF test was for active virus, Stanford test was for antibodies.

Very informative. Keep up the good work.

[GoodLife]

Originally Posted by EnglishJW

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

Researchers Develop COVID-19 Antibody Test

Stanford used a lateral flow immunoassay to test for antibodies. Link to study here:

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...463v1.full.pdf

[JoMar]

Originally Posted by Travelhunter

Is this official

No....Sumter won't provide any guidance until the end of the month. Since Social distancing is required for Phase 1 and 2 how do you think that would work?

[donaviv]

I wish....

[boilermaker7091]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

Surge???.................Yes, thanks to all the golfers.

Most people I’ve on the courses are driving their own carts. A foursome on a green seldom get to close unless they’re at the hole. This sounds like a disgruntled tennis player who doesn’t realize how close they are when they play. You can fit several tennis courts on a golf green.

[zendog3]

I think some people do not understand what flattening the curve means. It does not mean that fewer people get the disease or die for it. It means fewer of them get it at the same time. Flattening the curve means the disease spreads much slower, giving time to develop a vaccine and keeping hospitals from being overwhelmed. If we go back to unrestrained socializing before we have a vaccine there will be a secondary surge. This virus spreads fast when people gather together. Your goal should be to stay out from under the curve all the time. You don't want your mourners to say, "At least she died after we flattened the curve."

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by arbajeda

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.

People have died in The Villages. I don't think it's fake news.

[Adorrable1]

Thank you Daphne. It is so frustrating that people who don't live in the state of new york, don't understand the difference between NYC, and the buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse area. People in NYC live on top of each other and live with mass transit. The other side of the state is the total opposite. Don't put us all in one pot. Everything that Cuomo has been spouting for the last month is all about the city
Not upstate. For people that don't know, buffalo is 10 hrs from new york.. don't just look at a license plate and assume.

[72lions]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

That's 2 families out of over 20,000 documented people that have entered the state from the NY Metro area. Do you really think they are all self quarantined? I doubt it very much. And I'm not saying they're ignorant, they are not obeying their governors orders. We would like to go up to Ohio and visit our children and grandchildren but we know we're not supposed to so here we stay.

20,000 documented to have physically abandoned NYC area and relocated to Florida? Documented by whom?

[sheena0904]

Originally Posted by npwalters

If I did the math right the 68 folks are .004% of TV population.

I was so concerned about the outbreak in The Villages and it never came. The fear and lies the media has spread is just unbelievable. Let things go back to normal. Any death is too much from something but 19 in the tri county area over 2 months? Pretty sure a lot more people have passed from other causes.

[EnglishJW]

Originally Posted by GoodLife

Stanford used a lateral flow immunoassay to test for antibodies. Link to study here:

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...463v1.full.pdf

Thanks. After getting past the list of 17 authors, I did get through it. The conclusions are not surprising the only question is the order of magnitude / prevalence. Since Quest can and is providing SARS CoV-2 testing, there is likely to be much more information forthcoming. There are also a number of related articles starting to appear as well.

Community Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Among Patients With Influenzalike Illnesses Presenting to a Los Angeles Medical Center in March 2020 | Infectious Diseases | JAMA | JAMA Network

[Yukon33]

Originally Posted by Adorrable1

Thank you Daphne. It is so frustrating that people who don't live in the state of new york, don't understand the difference between NYC, and the buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse area. People in NYC live on top of each other and live with mass transit. The other side of the state is the total opposite. Don't put us all in one pot. Everything that Cuomo has been spouting for the last month is all about the city
Not upstate. For people that don't know, buffalo is 10 hrs from new york.. don't just look at a license plate and assume.

[Trishakaye]

Originally Posted by starflyte1

Yes, it could haunt The Villages. It also may NOT haunt The Villages! I’ll go with the latter.

I know privacy issues come into play, but I’m curious which Village residents who tested positive reside in AND did they contract Covid from neighbors, shopping, golfing, etc. Since the number are slowly climbing I guess we assume it’s person to person contact

[justjim]

Originally Posted by sail33or

Music in the Squares in 2 weeks. Rec Centers and pools open in 4 weeks.

QUIT LISTENING TO THE MEDIA.

First Amendment guarantees the freedom of the press. This is very important for our democracy as is the Second Amendment that protects an individuals right to keep a gun for self defense.

[Nancy@Pinellas]

They have to talk about the fatalities or no one would take it seriously. Some South Koreans who were cured of the virus are now getting infected again... what about that?