Ohio Department of Health believes 100,000 Ohioans are carrying coronavirus

[MyNameIsKhan]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — More than 100,000 people are believed to be infected with the coronavirus, according statements by officials with the Ohio Department of Health during a Thursday afternoon news conference.

That number accounts for around 1% of Ohio’s population.

"We know now, just the fact of community spread says that at least 1%, at the very least 1% of our population is carrying this virus in Ohio today," said Dr. Amy Acton, Director of ODH. "We have 11.7 million people."

According to the Governor Mike DeWine’s Office and the ODH, cases are expected to double every six days.

"Whenever you know of 2 people that have it due to community spread, then you can assume that 1% of your population has it," said ODH Press Secretary Melanie Amato, citing a 2017 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from the CDC.

Currently, Ohio has five confirmed cases of the virus. Three of the cases are in Cuyahoga County, one is in Stark County and the newest case—announced Wednesday—is a 55-year-old man in Trumbull County.

The man is the second known case who contracted the disease via community spread.

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https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/continuing-coverage/coronavirus/ohio-department-of-health-says-100-000-ohioans-are-carrying-coronavirus

[Leghorn21]

1. Sonofabee

And that’s just one state

one state

[dewsgirl]

3. I just posted, I thought 100,000 for the whole country,

there must be millions.😳

[Leghorn21]

8. No doubt, my friend - we're just getting started here, eh? - and as I believe we both anticipated,

we knew the initial blast of cases would hit fast and hard

In a weird way, apparently LOSER45’s “speech” last night got EVERYBODY clued in about the coming...misery......well, whatever it takes I guess

[dewsgirl]

9. Indeed, whatever works.🤷‍♀️

I wish I would have been wrong and those who thought I was crazy were right. The time is here.😔

[MyNameIsKhan]

11. 1% of entire country 330mil is 3.3million infections!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. We are behind in our response because of the deliberate actions of trump.

[Ohiogal]

7. It's all on him, the evil delusional bastard.

[Crunchy Frog]

5. They need to start testing large, random segments of the population.

Just to get some idea of what the current baseline is.

[MyNameIsKhan]

20. We still lack critical component of testing RNA extraction kits and also training people

[Crunchy Frog]

21. Which is criminal.

There's no conceivable justification or excuse for the lack of mass scale testing at this point.

I'd gladly volunteer for the firing squads for the people found guilty under the next administration.

[Bengus81]

6. If true that would get the OFFICIAL Trump CV count in the US

up to about 50-75.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

10. It would be nice

if we could replace "belief" with actual, you know, test results

[irisblue]

12. First weekend in March was the Arnold Fitness Expo in Columbus Ohio

Lots& lots of people were planning on going, flying into town for the body building exhibitions.

DeWine & Mayor Ginther, limited access to the event.

They had early information.

[GulfCoast66]

14. That or they just listened to actual experts on epidemics.

This has been predicted for a month.

[doc03]

13. I live in Ohio I have had a slight sinus problem

and dry cough for about 5 days. I don't know how but I could have it from what I read. Don't know where you would get a test. Maybe call they county health department? The thing is I get this every spring pollen I hope.

[MyNameIsKhan]

17. Your PCP should be able to order one, here in CA Quest Diagnostics is running tests.

[doc03]

18. If it gets worse I will, so far just a slight cold I hope.

[Botany]

15. Shit just got real

I'm in Columbus, OH

[MyNameIsKhan]

16. Very real, 1mil infections by May (Harvard Study) seems like low number

[doc03]

19. I was at the Cleveland auto show a couple weeks ago

thousands of people in and out of cars checking them out.That would be a perfect place to pick it up.

[former9thward]

22. What BS

If there were 100,000 with the virus then there should be at least 1,000 dead in Ohio with a 1% death rate. Where are they?

[mackdaddy]

23. The Licking Memorial Hospital in Newark OH ER was full of Coughing people Wed evening.

My 86 year old mom was admitted with a cough and was tested negative for the flu Wed after having a low blood glucose episode.

My sister who went up to be with her said that the ER waiting room was completely full of coughing people. They did not test my mom for Covid19, and sent her back to her Assisted living facility today. Probably just a bacterial infection. Everyone hopes so anyhow.

But are any of these people being tested?

If not, then any deaths are "just the flu".