CDC transfers coronavirus patient to San Mateo County (Sounds bad)

[Roland99]

https://m.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/San-Mateo-county-coronavirus-repatriated-patient-15092052.php

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is transferring a person who tested positive for COVID-19 to an undisclosed location in San Mateo County, officials said Friday.

San Mateo County Health issued a statement saying it would not be releasing any more details on the patient at this time.

San Mateo County's Health Officer Dr. Scott Morrow said the county's focus is changing from a "containment strategy" to one of "community mitigation," which means taking steps to lessen the impact.

"I share the concerns of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): We all need to be prepared for COVID-19 to spread within the United States," Dr. Morrow said in a statement. "Our lives may be significantly disrupted by the measures needed to respond to a global pandemic."


Dr. Morrow added that the risk to the community remained low.

[Mike 03]

1. Yeah, it sounds ominous because of these keywords:

"to an undisclosed location"
"would not be releasing any more details"
"changing from a containment strategy to community mitigation...to lessen the impact."

[cally]

2. Maybe Stanford Medical?

One of the best hospitals in US

[Brother Buzz]

3. You can almost see San Mateo County from but Stanford in is Santa Clara County

[cally]

4. Thanks...

[Brother Buzz]

5. I'm losing track of the numbers

Sacramento is treating one patient
Sonoma is treating one patient (not Sonoma, but Napa)
Contra Costa is treating three patients
Marin County is treating one patient

Then I heard this morning, Sacramento got bumped up to four.

Are they playing musical chairs with the patients?

[Retrograde]

6. Densely populated county between San Francisco and San Jose

There is a fairly rural strip along the coast and the mountainous parts are pretty empty, but the bulk of the county, the part along the bay, is heavily populated (and strongly Democratic, FWIW). And it's where SFO is located. Facebook and Oracle are headquartered there. What could possibly go wrong?