Family of eight across the street from us all just tested positive.

[Iggo]

Whittier, CA, suburbs southeast of Los Angeles.

I've been home since March 16th. Now it's across the street.

Nice, huh.

[MontanaMama]

1. Oh no.

That’s too close for comfort. Are they all actually home? Family of 8....holy buckets.

[Iggo]

3. Yep.

Two of them go to work in scrubs every day. One's a nurse and I think the other one is a nursing student.

[MontanaMama]

9. Oh my.

I hope they’re all going to be okay. That could get messy at their house.

[Iggo]

24. Asymptomatic, the lot of them.

But I've got my ten-foot pole just in case.

[pnwmom]

25. How did 8 asymptomatic people end up getting tested, when so many sick people haven't?

[Iggo]

26. One of them's a nurse, and she tested positive. They tested her whole household.

[pnwmom]

28. Okay that makes sense. Thanks! nt

[Texin]

27. Yeah, but a houseful of 8 can generate a lot of carbon dioxide exhalations.....

Good luck to them. Best wishes for the neighborhood.

[Iggo]

35. Yeah, no shit.

Fortunately the prevailing wind blows towards them and not towards us.

Not sure if that has anything to do with anything, but I still feel pretty good about that.

[Warpy]

39. Since they most likely brought it home from work

mask up, knock on the door, stand way back, and ask them if there's anything they need that you can get them.

Even if you don't like them, it's the compassionate thing to do.

[Iggo]

41. Yep.

[EllieBC]

43. This is one of the nicest things I've seen or heard

since this pandemic. It’s turning a lot of people just mean. Your suggestion is kind and wonderful.

[mgardener]

45. My friend just told me

That 2 college girls living in town just tested positive.
I live in NY, in a county upstate.
We just started to open, construction etc. Today. We've had 4 deaths and a low number of cases.
But we just got test kits because we had to have a number of people tested before we could open.

I think the number of COVID cases will rise .because finally testing is available.
I offered to go food shopping for them. Their families obviously cannot visit them.
We should help each other no matter what.

[uppityperson]

18. awwww, that's so sad. I hope they all heal.

[Iggo]

23. So far they're not sick.

Asymptomatic.

The nurse tested positive, so they tested the whole family and hit the jackpot.

[boston bean]

4. People who lived behind me had it.

[malaise]

5. What a mess - Please stay safe

[kimbutgar]

6. We were in Disneyland on March 13th that night we went to the store to pick up water for our

Drive back to Northern California. We went to three stores, smart and final, an Asian Market and a Mexican market all three stores were crowded with people big lines to the other side of the market. I think back about how much infection of the corona virus was going on. We left quickly and ended up buying our water at a liquor store.

Yikes, I hope your neighbors don't die.

[Initech]

49. I was in Vegas the day it shut down.

I flew back from McCarran airport to Long Beach on a crowded flight and stood in a crowded security line. I am still amazed that I got out of there unscathed. That will always be the weirdest experience of my entire life.

[kimbutgar]

55. I hear you!

[roamer65]

7. 8 times the possibility for one of them to bring it into the home.

These large families will be clusters.

[Iggo]

20. We've got 3 working age adults, one grandma late 60s, one grandpa 90, one 4 year old.

Only one of us leaves to do all shopping and any errands that absolutely needs to be done.

Other than that, we've followed the rules since 3/16.

[roamer65]

21. Smart move.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

8. Home has been the most common place of infection.

Excellent evidence-based article by a biology professor regarding the typical means of infection for this virus:

https://www.erinbromage.com/post/the-risks-know-them-avoid-them

[Dream Girl]

10. I'm confused. I thought it was nursing homes, prisons, conjugate living situations.

I realize that families are too but not so many vectors in a family

[Buckeye_Democrat]

11. Once someone has it in a home, that's how...

... it's been mostly passed to others so far.

I live alone, so it doesn't apply to me so much.

[BigmanPigman]

42. I live alone with my dog in a large city

and my apt is probably one of the safest places to be right now. When schools open up and kids give it to their entire family, including babies and and grandmas, you will see tons more cases. I taught K-6 and kids are germ incubators/carriers. The whole family gets it and passes it on...I know from experience. I wouldn't go into a school if you put a gun to my head.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

50. Germ incubators

That's why I avoid kids ,even when covid was not around,the other reason kids annoy the crap outta me. Glad I am child free. I think I would lose my mind raising a kid. Kids are ok at a distance.

[BigmanPigman]

52. Believe it or not but

a lot of teachers don't want kids of their own either. It is so nice to have them go home and I loved my vacations!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

53. Schools are distribution centers for every virus

For the 27 years that my wife taught, I caught the 'flu every fall -- middle of October to end of November. I haven't had it since she retired over 15 years ago.

Many people treat schools as daycare. They send their children to school even if the child is sick, because the parents can't afford a day off nor afford to have someone stay with them. Yet another ripple effect of Rotten Ronnie's austerity economics. Keep the peons desperate so you can control them:



Also:
https://www.filmsforaction.org/articles/defeat-the-right-in-three-minutes/

[BigmanPigman]

54. I got sick 90% of the year WITH a flu shot.

K-3 is the worst for germs I found out. I wasn't nearly as sick teaching 6th as I was in 1st. I had to stop teaching because of the unhealthy environment resulting in permamant damage to my health. Now I survive on disability and the ACA. Fortunately I was a union rep and had their support. If the ACA goes, so do I.

[Igel]

19. Nursing homes and such are the most dangerous.

In most places 30-40% of the deaths are from nursing homes. It infects one person, and spreads--and the demographics , 70+ years old, are the group that's most at risk. Still, it's not a huge number of infections, just an disproportionate number of deaths.

Prisons have the same kind of problem--hard to keep distance. But 70+ are a lower percentage. (Yes, there are comorbidities there, too, and a disproportionate number of men, another risk factor for dying from the disease.)

But overall if you're looking at infections, families are where it's at. One person brings it home and you're in with 1-5 others to infect.

Remember: A low percentage of infections results in hospitalizations.

[mgardener]

47. There is

If one or more family member works outside the home, especially in a health care situation.

[LuckyLib]

56. This is an excellent article. We need to know this information, and the chaos of

the voices and lack of leadership out there makes it difficult to get a clear understanding. Thanks for posting.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

61. You're welcome!

Someone else posted it on DU a few days ago, and now I don't remember who did it.

So thankful that DU has so many reasonable people compared to other online forums!

[stillcool]

12. Yikes, that's scary.

the phrase that comes to mind is "avoid them like the plague". Probably not the best.

[Cha]

13. So sad..

BeSafe, Iggo

[intrepidity]

14. No doubt due to insufficient PPE at work

Trump's fault

[lunasun]

15. They are seeing a lot of virus cases in people who have not left the house for many weeks

It’s unfortunately being brought to them by their own family members working outside the home

Wish them wellness, but from very afar to stay safe

[Hortensis]

16. As long as they're across the street

and you’re home. Really unfortunate for those they have come in contact with, of course; hope all come through it just fine.

Stay cool and well. Think of it as potential advance toward some degree of heard immunity.

[barbtries]

17. eek.

are they very sick with it? That just sucks, but in fairness, more for them than for you. I hope all those contacts are being traced!

[Iggo]

22. The lowdown is, they're all asymptomatic.

The nurse tested positive, so they tested her whole household.

[BamaRefugee]

29. Care to give just a general area of Whittier? I mentioned this to a friend there, she's now in full

panic mode. I’d like to calm her down if possible.
I live just up the 605 a bit. Paramedics came to my next door neighbor house at 2am, a few nights ago, brought out a lady who the paramedics said couldn’t breathe. Off to the hospital.
Yesterday I saw someone bringing a bed out of the house and dumped it on the curb. Not a good sign.

[Iggo]

33. South of Whittier Blvd, North of Imperial, between Santa Gertrudes and Beach Blvd.

[BamaRefugee]

37. Thank you! Stay safe!

[Tipperary]

30. How did you find out?

If someone came over to tell you, I hope everyone involved was wearing a mask.

[Iggo]

34. My brother was heading across the street to ask the neighbor about something....

....and the neighbor yelled "No, no, no, no" and explained the situation from across the street, him on his side, we on our side.

Masks were worn.

[Roland99]

40. Have they been staying at home ? I take it not?

[Iggo]

44. I think all but two of them. The nurse and the nursing student.

My SIL tells me one of others is a restaurant worker and she thinks she's been going to work, too, but I can't confirm that.

I haven't seen her coming and going anyway and like I said, I've been home since 3/16.

[Baclava]

31. yeah, How did U find out? That sounds scary

[Iggo]

46. They told us in a 'cross the street parlay of sorts.

My bro was gonna ask the guy a question and started heading across the street and the other guy stopped him and explained it...from across the street.

[iluvtennis]

32. OMG. Sent up a prayer for them. Be Safe Iggo. nt

[Warpy]

36. Mat the statisitcs be with them

meaning they're among the 80% with mild cases.

Degrees of separation from the ill, injured, and dead are decreasing. With it, any regard for lying, heartless, sack of shit Republicans.

[Iggo]

60. That's what we're hoping.

And yes, decreasing it is.

[GulfCoast66]

38. Thoughts to you and them.

Just highlights the price our healthcare workers are (willing) paying.

Even with the best PPE is is hard to go day after day with exposure and not get infected.

[mommymarine2003]

48. My sister had the virus.

She lives at a lake near Spokane, WA. She has no idea how she was exposed, and her husband never got sick. He had to quarantine for two weeks. It took her a month to recover. She was very sick but never had to go to the hospital. My brother-in-law never got tested, as they would only give him a test if he had symptoms.

[Iggo]

59. Yikes!

How’s she doing now? Mostly over it?

[JI7]

51. Do you know how they could have gotten it ?

[whopis01]

57. One of the family members is a nurse

according to what is said up above.
Once the nurse tested positive everyone else was tested as well.

[Iggo]

58. Two of 'em work in healthcare, one works in a restaurant.

I don’t know if the restaurant worker has been to work, but my SIL thinks she has.

But really, I don’t know. That’s just where it COULD have come from.

Also could’ve been the guy who cuts the grass.

Don’t know. Too new.