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Ohio’s Top Health Official Says "We Believe 100,000 People" Already Infected With Covid-19 In State

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Ohio’s top public-health official said during a press conference on Thursday where the state’s governor announced a three-week closure of all schools in the state that her office estimates that as many as 117,000 people in the state have already been infected with the novel coronavirus.

During the press conference, a clip from which we’ve included below, Department of Health Director Amy Acton said that the virus has likely been spreading in the “community” of Ohio, and that, given the number of weeks it has likely been present, at least 1% of the state’s population likely already have the virus.

“We know now based on the basic facts of community spread we know now that at the very least 1% of our population is carrying this virus…We have 11.7 million people, so that just gives you a sense of how this virus spreads, and how it’s spreading quickly,” Acton said.

She went on to explain that the “logorithmic” rate of infection means that for every person who catches the virus will likely spread it to two or three other people.

“The choices I make for me and my family may not infect us, but we could infect your grandmother,” she said.

Gov. Mike Dewine and Dr. Acton explained that they knew they were going to close the schools at some point, but by consulting with experts, they figured that now is “the sweet spot…to act”.

To put all this in context: as of Thursday evening, Ohio had five confirmed cases.

A little shaken up by Dr. Acton’s comment? Now that the doctor herself will likely go viral due to the nature of her comments in this clip, it’s only fitting for her to explain steps to keep your family coronavirus-free.

via zerohedge

15 COMMENTS

    • How smart of her to advise Ohio residents to be prepared. Italy was not prepared and did not take this flu seriously. And, what happened to them? Hospital beds in the hallways, not enough medical people to respond to treatment of all of the sick. Get serious, America. Get your heads out of the sand.

    • Bet money she votes for Joe.
      So now 5 cases transfers to 100K.
      That’s some cool math.were all infected with all kinds of critters.
      Some put us in bed some don’t get that far.
      Get a grip.
      And don’t compare Italy with us.
      They didn’t react at all until it was in country .
      And they are not us.

    • I Heard she inflated the figures, well how else do you get more funds than the other state, LIE, LIE and there will be more lies.

  1. Acton cannot know that with any certainty and she’s just fear mongering. Such hysterical declarations are harmful to America and to Americans anxiety levels.

  2. I am glad leaders are thinking out of the box; however, believe they should base their numbers on something a bit more realistic than she did to arrive at the great number. That will scare the heebie jeebies out of some people - use same % on the country, then the percentage we are hearing from national health officials regarding serious cases and then critical cases. Astronomical numbers! Let’s tune it down.

  3. AGAIN: SEEING THE REAL IGNORANCE IN THESE COMMENTS, NOT ONCE IS IT MENTIONED THAT THIS VIRUS WAS OUT 45 DAYS “PRIOR TO” WashingDUMBs Impeachment Trials Ending…..not once…..this poliDICKal brainwashing, programming, agenDUH Is Working GREAT, forming robotic, following, sheeple slaves, internationally…..”Gather, Quarantine, Isolate & Rule Them”…….more so than before…….”let’s impeach Trump 1st, them asswipes don’t need to know abt. an VIRUS Shit”……..yaaaaa…..”they work for YOU”………….SLAVES……..

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