Minnesota has reported its first COVID-19 case.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

The patient is an older Ramsey County resident who had been on a cruise ship with a known COVID-19 case. The unidentified person sought health care yesterday after developing symptoms on Feb. 25, according to the Health Department, and is currently recovering at home in isolation. All of the patient’s identified contacts will be asked to quarantine themselves for two weeks and they will be monitored by public health officials for symptoms.

http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-reports-first-novel-coronavirus-case/568566962/

[redstatebluegirl]

1. Those cruise ships are floating petri dishes.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Yes, and not just for the coronavirus.

Norovirus is another one that turns up on cruises - not as dangerous but pretty nasty anyhow. I've never been particularly interested in a cruise and now I'm really not interested.

[redstatebluegirl]

3. My friend Cindy takes them all the time.

She comes home sick almost every time. She tried to talk me into one and I said no way!

[SlogginThroughIt]

7. been on them frequently

Have never gotten sick. Meanwhile everywhere you go outside of your home you are exposed to surfaces that haven’t been cleaned in how long?

On the ship they are constantly cleaning and there is purell everywhere.

[backtoblue]

4. Kick

[CanonRay]

5. So February 26th through March 5th, 8 days

You come into contact with a shitload of people in 8 days. Plus he flew from somewhere, taxi? Who knows. I'd be hard pressed to come up with everybody I'd contacted in the last 8 days

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Even before that. The cruise where he picked up the bug was over on Feb. 21,

so there's another few days of contacts with people from CA to MN.