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Texas

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts) Sat Mar 14, 2020, 06:06 PM Mar 2020

Ok. Just learned from an impeccable source that our local [View all]

hospital is currently treating a corona virus patient.

BUT...there is nothing on news, Twitter, Facebook, internet, or paper.

Our county supposedly has zero cases.

Makes me think there's hiding going on.

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Ok. Just learned from an impeccable source that our local [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 OP

May be a patient with pneumonia suspected but not yet confirmed hlthe2b Mar 2020 #1

Well source said definitely corona. But hope you are Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #9

I see these stories all day everyday lately. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #2

DG...the reporting system has collapsed. Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #10

They are trying their best to avoid a panic. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #14

That's a very generous point of view. I think moreover Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #15

Oops. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #16

It's all very confusing. CDC was controlling everything Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #17

3 Cases in Va Beach for a Virginia total 41, up 11 from yesterday. See links for monitoring... MartyTheGreek Mar 2020 #3

Scary stuff everywhere. Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #8

What county in TX? ekelly Mar 2020 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #7

Someone returned from London to Austin and has been diagnosed as having corona ... marble falls Mar 2020 #5

Yes..starting to think possible that Bell County guy Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #6

We're in a red state, we're being given the 'mushroom' treatment. Knowlege is power ... marble falls Mar 2020 #11

I am an information nut. Reporting on cases seemed Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #12

We can thank our GOP overlords for that. marble falls Mar 2020 #13