Six Coronavirus Patients in Intensive Care Unit

How about putting portable hand washing stations in front of grocery stores - and places people will still need to go for essentials?

The only thing of importance here - did Public Health chase down EVERYONE these patients have been in touch with? We don't need to know names, only that they've been quarantined. That's how Wuhan put a fast stop to the spread.

It would be REALLY helpful to know if any of the infected, anywhere in the US, were practicing social distancing, and to what extent? I mean, are people doing all this distancing and cleaning and then still getting it? I'd like to know if everything I'm doing is actually helping or not.

Hiding behind HIPAA in the name of privacy is a lie. You know that form you sign when you go to the doctor? It asks if it's okay to share your information. Of course, they add your other doctors but they also releases it to anyone that you approve of. So it.s pretty simple. Add a paragraph now to the form that is crisis specific. Nobody is looking for granular detail about a person. It's just basic facts to track, understand and prepare. Health officials know this. They're dodging.

80% of deaths nationwide are in NYC, New Jersey, Detroit, New Orleans and Washington State. 15% of the nation's population, 80% of deaths. SB County has 64 cases. That's 1 case per 6640 persons. In NYC it's 1 case per 400 persons. It's the overcrowded slums like NYC that are the problem, not low density communities like SB County.

Are these positives that are being reported the results from the 200 tests given last week!

Does anyone think that public transportation is a bad idea yet? Cases are going up rapidly, seriously people HOW DO YOU THINK THIS IS HAPPENING!!!! people are not careful and when it comes to things like buses not stopping the DAMN BUS LINES that’s exactly how it’s spreading! Let’s stop being fools everyone! Stay at home!!! If there is a stat at home government order where the hell are you all going???

Like last weekend, I went for a bike ride for exercise. On State Street, Rite Aid, many of the frozen dessert and smoothie places, and some restaurants doing takeout were open. Otherwise it was a ghost street again. Again there were relatively few people at the oceanfront (Shoreline Beach Cafe was open for takeout) and fewer at the Ledbetter BBQ pits than last weekend but some tight groups of people. Both Wilcox and Elings had fewer people as well - though the sheep are still flagrantly violating social distancing :) Mission Park (aka Rose Garden) had a lot fewer people and not as much bunching . APS was closed at the Mission due to road work. So I walked my bike past the Mission dam/waterworks to get up to Mission Ridge to continue home. Overall not much traffic or people out with good signs of distancing.

It’s 64 cases now

It’s been 15 days since my sister-in-law and niece returned from Madrid. Miraculously they are symptom free after being quarantined behind a plastic wall in half of their house. I’m so glad they were able to get out of Spain which has become a death trap since then as ~5,100 people died in the past 15 days.

The disconnect between what is actually going on on the ground and PH is deeply concerning. The shortage of tests, and moreover, the INSANE PROCESSING TIMES really beggar belief. This country and this state and our medical system are pathetic.

Did SBDPH really fail to alert the community to the North COunty TB case?SBNATURAL I agree with your main point, but I would like to see alink to substantiate that thanks.

We should report businesses that are breaking the law

We can only hope PH officials will scatterplot map cases, not just towns. If one is to take action, we need not just "Santa Barbara" but where in Santa Barbara. Hopefully PH has recovered from its stupidity with Santa Maria drug-resistant TB, where it declined to notify the community because of fears that it would stigmatize ethnicities. If we have more concerns about "social justice" than health, then health officials please resign and become social advocates. The public needs clear, transparent information - and no, that does not mean ethnicities. We just want facts. If you recall back a month or so, that is how South Korea got a handle on this beast - citizens were informed of the geo hotspots.

So if you did into some stats on the OG SARS, you will find "frequent handwashing" is fifty-some percent at preventing infection, mask is 60 some percent, and combo is 91 percent effective. How did they know about "frequent handwashing"? Dunno. But that is what you find.

So while there is nothing to get panicked about, if you have a mask, use it, disinfect it if you resuse. And don't hog N95s which our healthcare providers need.

So while the characteristics of the SARS Cov-2 may be slightly different...It never hurts to wear a mask, be it N95, N99 or surgical. With the infectiousness preceeding symptoms, so it seems, one is protecting others and oneself by doing "something" that reduces droplet/aerolsol spread. Just take care in face/mask handling and learn to do it right.

Is there a test to confirm if a person has already had Coronavirus, and consequently has immunity for up to 12 months? Rep Cassidy ftom Louisiana who is also a physician made remarks worth serious consideration. One is offering paid jobs to those with the immunity to assist medical professionals in various capacities. He also suggested tracking and profiling consenting proven survivors for at least 12 months to be better informed for next wave. PUblic Health has failed us. After Katrina, the messaging was loud and clear: “If you expect the government to save you, you’re a fool.” Personal awareness and preparedness is a personal responsibility.

I wash my hands like Trump just touched them.

This social distancing thing really shows what some people are made of. It’s all about me me me.

How about a bit more information and transparency regarding the victims? What is their general travel history? Where did they contract the virus? Where have they been recently? How many associated people are under observation?
Of course the victims are just that...victims. But the public deserves to know the truth.

SB County PHD has completely let us down. Why aren't reporters asking these pertinent questions? Is anybody competent anymore?

As reported here on Edhat, here is the progression of reported cases in SB County. 3/15: 1st case *** 3/17: 2 cases *** 3/19: 3 cases *** 3/19: 9 cases *** 3/22: 18 cases *** 3/24: 24 cases *** 3/26: 26 cases *** 3/26: 32 cases *** 3/27: 47 cases. These are the official PHD numbers, so take them at face value, or triple them if that makes you feel better.

My family is basically on lockdown in the house. We talked about it tonight again. I still go to work because we are an essential government supplier. I enter the building, I wash my hands immediately, then I go to my office. If I touch another object outside of my office I immediately wash my hands. Today I made isopropyl alcohol sanitizing stations for locations deeper in the building where it’s difficult to wash hands. I wash my hands before going to the car and driving home. I wash my hands again and change clothes. I just realized today my hands are super dry and cracking from all the washing. Keep your kids at home. Don’t let them play frisbee, BBall, or any activity that exchanges an object with someone else. I think we are a week away, maybe less, from an explosion of cases in this town.