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Man tests positive for novel coronavirus in Santa Clara County

Original post made on Jan 31, 2020

A man has tested positive for novel coronavirus in Santa Clara County, marking the first case of the disease that has become widespread, the county's Public Health Department announced Friday.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, January 31, 2020, 1:57 PM

Comments (8)

Posted by Avoid
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on Jan 31, 2020 at 2:24 pm

Avoid areas and people where the probability of you being exposed is increased.
It starts now people. This is real.


Posted by Corona
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on Jan 31, 2020 at 3:10 pm

It's really important for authorities to disclose whether the person had been to heavily affected areas or not.


Posted by Why?
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Jan 31, 2020 at 3:14 pm

Why won't they tell us what city? It feels like they are purposely hiding this info making it harder for others to make good decisions to project themselves.


Posted by Joe
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Jan 31, 2020 at 3:33 pm

Silicon Valley is highly populated. .... What about children at school? Do we need to keep open or close the school temporarily?


Posted by Other Sources
a resident of Bailey Park
on Jan 31, 2020 at 3:55 pm

Other sources are reporting the man self isolated upon his return and only went out in public after he felt ill and went to the dr.


Posted by It's in SF
a resident of Rengstorff Park
on Jan 31, 2020 at 4:22 pm

It's in SF
Here is the link
Web Link


Posted by This one is not in SF
a resident of another community
on Jan 31, 2020 at 5:42 pm

This specific case is in Santa Clara county, so if there’s someone in SF, that’s another case

I agree that since he only went to the doctor after he started feeling sick and we know that the contamination period is 14 days prior to that, we need more info.

Also, he clearly did go to a medical office and hospital so who was in the waiting room? Bathroom? Elevator? Which airport was he at? Who was on the plane? Why is this so secret? And I’m not even a scared kind of person.


Posted by Annababe
a resident of another community
on Mar 7, 2020 at 6:12 pm

This is the man who was able to leave the hospital after being diagnosed with "coronavirus" because he agreed to be quarantined in his home. Really? Why would the hospital allow that. They just took his word that he would not leave his apartment! C'mon...the CDC would never allow him to do that if he has a deadly disease


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