Contra Costa County is reporting nine new cases of coronavirus today, which brings the county’s number of confirmed cases up to 25.
There is one additional case being treated in the county from another jurisdiction, according to officials.
Nobody has died from the coronavirus in Contra Costa County.
Imagine the numbers we’d have if those in power actually tested at the level they do in other countries. The guidelines are so restrictive and there are so few tests to go around we have no idea of what’s actually out there. Hope the private sector gets their machinery turning to make up for the government that continues to fail us.
From your mouth to God’s ear, Joe.
I can tell you biotech companies are working overtime to fill the need for tests and reagents, look for treatments, etc. These folks work hard and not from home. Too bad absolutely everything they do is treated with so much disdain lately.
This is not the flu. It’s not even the virus that causes the flu.
Guidelines have been lifted per Dr. Fauci, with NIH, but unfortunately no tests widely available. You can thank CDC who insisted on making their own failure of a test, now corrected. Further, it takes FDA approval to do a coronavirus test. Yes the red tape is unfathomable during a public health emergency. Roche labs have a test and equipment ready to go at over 100 labs countrywide (wow! That many. Better than zero); Quest Diagnostics and Lab Corps should be ready in a few weeks. That’s right. Weeks! We knew abt this virus in Dec. in January we (US) were infected (sources include Flu Study in Seattle) and we did not prepare. Inexcusable!
@Mom
Thank you. I Wholeheartedly agree with your comment.
@Mom Germany offered us testing kits that were confirmed to be accurate. We turned it down and made our own version, that ended up being faulty.
Generally speaking, stupid move on the people who turned them down. Shame it will cost some vulnerable people their lives.
Why are they not monitoring flu cases like this? Why are they causing mass hysteria in fools who run to hoard everyday essentials?
Social media is making this cold virus out to be a monster out to get everybody..
People have fallen to a new low, causing bigger problems and a recession.
I guess you are not listening to scientists and experts on pandemics? Go ahead and shoot the messenger, that makes a lot of sense.
The govt’s bank account thrives on turmoil.
I agree Aunt Barbara it’s just the freaking flu, been around for years. Nothing but “FEAR PORN” once again. Stop buying Toilet paper people and buy food and water instead, can’t eat TP!! smdh
What do we expect when our brilliant governor says sure come on over to our ports, we will take all corona patients. We will have hundreds of confirmed cases in a very short time.
You are so uninformed it’s almost criminal.
To have any belief in the current Gov. of Calif.one must be uninformed.
By all rights should have been recalled but Contra Costa and Los Angeles county have illegally withheld their votes that they collect and weren’t sent straight to the state by voters individually.Trump will fix this too.if he doesn’t have the entire state blown off the map out of disgrace.
I got a sore throat after drinking Fiji Water maybe someone should check the water
Everybody around me is freaking out about the Chinese Virus pandemic of 2020, and I’m on Ancestry.com trying to figure out which of my ancestors died from the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918.
Most of the issues surrounding this is caused by the media.
EXACTLY! Remember we had the Swine Flu where 1000’s of American died. I do not recall schools closings, people hording, events canceled. We all went about our everyday lives. What is the difference? President Trump = Media Hysteria / Obama = crickets from media
Bingo
@East Bay Babe – Absolutely agree with you.
Hey Chuck, that is what the media does, even Claycord is doing it…
Hey Babe, perhaps people have learned from the past and decided that they might be a little more proactive this time. There aren’t any agencies available to monitor, track, and recommend courses of action to government officials regarding global pandemics in the United States.
Some things to consider;
-Flu season lasts about 3/4 – (75%) – [8 months] of the year.
-The Coronavirus (aka) 2019-nCoV (aka) SARS-CoV-2 (aka) Covid-19 has been (confirmed) in America for two(2) months.
HEY! Am I reading these comments right? Most are joking (one had to be a joke) but seriously what are you doing right now? Are you prepared so that you are not out and about spreading the virus?
Everyone is just spreading the virus.Stay home too now?Better get checked so you are not out spreading it,eh?Hve you?Stop with the hype,would ya?
Kaiser is denying tests to everyone unless your lung is coming out through your nostril. People are going around spreading it thinking “it’s just a cold.”
By the media suggesting a shortage of toilet paper,they have caused it to happewn.Good one liberals,you guys just use your hand anyway though ,right?It’s free…
Why must you turn this very serious virus into a political twist? Get real, and let’s not keep dividing our communities with politics! Sick of that. Take care of one another no matter if you are a Republican or Democrat. Can’t we be proactively involved by being kind?
popcorn,did someone force you to type that,it doesn’t sound like you.Better stay away from the Rec room at Rossmore,I hear there is 99 people there already.
Why do you deny that he undue panic is caused by the liberal controlled alarnist news?Please don’t lie so blatantly
Not trying to talk sh*t here:
I’m sick. Getting sicker. DEFINITELY not a cold. 50/50 it’s COVID19.
But being in my 30s, I’m being told to stay home; don’t go to the hospital; don’t get anyone else sick. I have to “ride it out.”
Which is what I’m doing. I’m going on day 4 on Saturday. Sweating through my clothes at the moment. I’m really stuck between a rock & a hard place now right / catch22!!
For those of you thinking this is a gimmick: I can’t see my family, as my mother is in her 60s & grandmother late-80s. I couldn’t even walk my dog yesterday & today. I had become my “social obligation” NOT TO SPEAD THIS THING.
You’re welcome.
Good luck with the common flu and psycho sematic after effects.
You’ll be okay.
But of course, on the off chance that you may have a condition you’re not aware of, if you have trouble breathing, definitely hit up the ER. It’s dangerous to try and ride it out after a certain point.
Stay safe, and thank you for helping to slow the spread. if it is indeed COVID19. Try not to freak yourself out too much and focus on getting better. “Feed a cold, starve a fever” isn’t advice to follow, either, as your body goes through fluid really easily when you have a fever. Chug water and eat healthy!
Influenza A is also spreading like wildfire. So you could have either have covid or influenza A or B. I had A last month as well as many around me.
Please excuse my typos.
Me. I’m praying for you.🙏
The hysteria around this virus is ridiculous. Symptoms are very similar to the flu, and your chances of dying from it if you are not very elderly with other conditions such as heart disease or diabetes is very low. Tate precautions as nobody wants to get sick, but there is no need to panic.
People are getting panicked for sure. However this virus is ten times
worse than the flu. The other thing is we don’t know who has it and we don’t have enough tests and it’s been around longer than we thought so this is a very volatile situation. We need to follow the CDC guidelines to lesson the amount of casualties so the doctors can help the infected Coronavirus victims as needed. We are all on this together. Now is the time to follow the rules. No large gatherings, stay at least ten feet apart. Wash your hands and disinfect as much as you can. I use a spray bottle with 2 parts white distilled vinegar to one part water. I clean all door knobs, bathrooms, counters etc!