Coronavirus in Colorado

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Posted: 2/29/2020 10:15:34 PM EDT

I went shopping a bit today and noticed a fair amount of Prepping Activity at the Littleton Booze Costco, but nowhere else.

What are you all seeing with regards to the potential spread of this crud in our state? I'm 98% ready to bug in, but still need to travel to the office a few days a week for work. Not looking forward to that...

Posted: 3/1/2020 2:09:42 PM EDT

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Not much about it yet in Colorado, but as we all know it could already be here carried by someone with no symptoms (yet). I'm mostly prepped and just picking up more canned food on a regular basis. I did notice all the masks at the local Centennial Home Depot were gone. The only food item missing from the shelves at the local Wally World was powdered milk.

Posted: 3/1/2020 2:39:48 PM EDT

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Western Slope appears to be sleeping.

Posted: 3/1/2020 4:14:05 PM EDT

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I would bet good money that it’s here already and has been for some time. DIA is a seriously busy airport and some random international traveler could have easily brought it here. Look at the big panic thread and you will see that Washington state researchers are saying they believe it’s been in the wild of the state for up to six weeks already. It’s a serious illness but I don’t believe we are going to see the end of the world. Avoid sick people, do your best to stay away from crowds, practice strict hygiene protocols, and you should be good to go. Not saying you shouldn’t have a a week or twos food on hand(we should already to avoid the people panicking when storms roll in). But I’m fairly confident locking yourself in your house like it’s the purge will be unnecessary.

Posted: 3/5/2020 7:44:28 PM EDT

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https://twitter.com/GovofCO/status/1235700741316268033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Posted: 3/5/2020 8:10:17 PM EDT

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It's on.

Fewer than 50 total cases done to date. Claims that testing capacity is now 160/day

They basically admitted that community transmission is likely.

Posted: 3/5/2020 8:28:23 PM EDT

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We all gon' die. Well, 2.5-4% of us. Mostly elderly and immune-compromised. Either way the Aurora Costco is totally out of toilet paper despite this being respiratory and not intestinal...

Posted: 3/6/2020 7:31:50 AM EDT

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There are now two 'presumptively' confirmed cases in Colorado--one in Summit County, one in Douglas County.

Posted: 3/6/2020 5:37:38 PM EDT

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And now a third, in Grand County.

ETA: As of this writing (5:28 pm), two new cases in Denver and one in El Paso county. Here it comes.

https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-colorado/el-paso-county-officials-urge-calm-after-covid-19-positive-test

https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-colorado/2-new-cases-of-novel-coronavirus-reported-in-denver-city-says

Posted: 3/7/2020 7:05:59 PM EDT

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https://www.chieftain.com/news/20200306/colo-reports-8-presumptive-positive-cases-of-coronavirus

Iso alcohol and hand sanitizer were wiped-out at the King Soopers near me. LOL

Posted: 3/7/2020 8:54:39 PM EDT

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Me too, plus they were out of the sanitizing wipes for the grocery carts this morning. Been washing my hands a lot. That California hotshot who traveled from Italy to Breckenridge, then skied at Breck and Vail, exposed thousands of people before he showed symptoms. JFC.

Posted: 3/8/2020 8:52:47 AM EDT

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So, hypothetically, if the big cities were quarantined, what would be the boundaries for Denver?

Posted: 3/8/2020 12:32:26 PM EDT

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Definitely anything south of 112th, north of Castle Rock and west of the airport.

Posted: 3/9/2020 11:41:02 PM EDT

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Supposedly have a case in Larimer county now

Posted: 3/9/2020 11:46:57 PM EDT

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From the Larimer County email list

As of this email, there has been one presumed positive case of COVID-19 in Larimer County.

** Monday, March 9th, at 5:45pm
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The first presumptive positive COVID-19 case has been identified in a Johnstown resident who resides in the Larimer County
portion of the town. Public Health officials with LCDHE understand that there is fear and confusion around COVID-19. The risk
of COVID-19 in Larimer County remains low.

We have a dedicated team doing everything we can to protect the health of our community. We have pandemic response plans ready
to go, we have tools and protocols in place to monitor travelers and other individuals who may be exposed, and we have the
infection control expertise we need.

Our priority is keeping the people of our community safe and informed. We are monitoring the situation in real-time. For the
most current information from us, please visit our website and our social media channels on Facebook and Twitter.
As with any communicable disease, this case investigation will take us some time. We will be contacting anyone who has had
direct contact with the individual who has tested positive for COVID-19. In order to protect the privacy of the individual,
identifying information and medical records will not be released to the public.
LCDHE Website (http://www.larimer.org/health)

Posted: 3/11/2020 2:16:49 PM EDT

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Confirmed in Gunnison

Posted: 3/11/2020 5:23:15 PM EDT

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UC Denver is transitioning all classes to online only beginning March 30th.

Posted: 3/12/2020 12:35:31 AM EDT

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Metro is starting the 16th

Posted: 3/12/2020 7:04:50 AM EDT

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More correctly UCD is starting the 16th and is to be totally online NLT the 30th. Campus is staying open though (library, gym, etc) but no classes will be in-person. Boulder has made the same move regarding classes but I think Anschutz is remaining open for the time being.

Posted: 3/12/2020 10:58:14 AM EDT

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Aspen.

Nine individuals in Aspen tested “presumptive positive” for coronavirus, or COVID-19, on Wednesday, making Aspen the site of the state’s largest outbreak cluster, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment officials said Wednesday.

Posted: 3/12/2020 2:08:16 PM EDT

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If I read that story right, all 9 are Australian who got it from another Australian.

There’s been a grand total of 6 cases in Denver county so far. I know it takes a while for symptoms to show up but I bet this thing is already largely contained outside of Washington, California and New York. I would be very surprised to see any appreciable jump in the number of people contracting it in Colorado post-Europe travel ban.

The swine flu killed over 12,000 people in the US during its peak, Corona still has a looooooong way to go to reach even a fraction of that. Social and traditional media are blowing this thing massively out of proportion.

Posted: 3/12/2020 8:58:12 PM EDT

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I hear Denver schools is supposed to be making an announcement tonight. My sister works for DPS and is guessing they are closing schools.

ETA:
just announced extended spring break starting Monday until April 6th.

Posted: 3/12/2020 9:04:15 PM EDT

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my friend is a trucker, working for company A (that contracts out to other companies to do their local deliveries.

Monday and tuesday he worked at company B. This afternoon he goes over to company B again to pick up a load, delivers it and gets called on the way back to company B to return trailer and gets told "yeah, they are shut down, don't go there"

Another driver making a delivery ON MONDAY went there and has tested positive for beer aids. and of course, was inside, talking, etc, so now not only is it probably throughout company A, but of course company B probably has it too. and of course company B works all over the metro area...................

repeat a 100 times with a 100 different companies.

and let's not even talk about the germ factories. (errr I mean government schools)

They don't have any confirmed cases cuz their testing sucks.

Posted: 3/13/2020 11:39:54 AM EDT

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Polis is making an announcement of some sort at 10am today. I'm guessing mandatory closing of schools.

Posted: 3/13/2020 12:26:13 PM EDT

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this is a fascinating article that puts it in perspective.

https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca

Posted: 3/13/2020 3:15:38 PM EDT

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Medium is a trash website and that article is basing nearly all its assumptions on stats from China where the government could not care less if people die.

We’ll see less than 1,000 deaths from this in the US (which is less than 10% of what the normal Flu kills every year) and the vast majority of that will be old people/people with compromised immune systems.

Posted: 3/13/2020 6:24:53 PM EDT

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toilet paper rationing at Costco. Employee will hand out no more than two bundles per party.

Posted: 3/13/2020 6:26:28 PM EDT

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This is exactly why we need testing. Catch those who are infected, quarantine them and the contact tracing to ensure that others are OK. The R factor must be dropped to 1 or less.

Flatten the curve!

Posted: 3/14/2020 12:08:56 PM EDT

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I’m still not sure why people are hoarding toilet paper in response to a virus.

Individual stores sell out quickly but there is no shortage of toilet paper in the country, nor will there be because of an illness that 99% of the population isn’t going to get.

Latest update still has the US death toll at less than 50 people with over 75% of those in Washington with most of those in one nursing home.

Every single one of the ten new deaths in the UK was someone over 60.

Middle aged and younger people in decent health have almost nothing to worry about if you aren’t being sneezed on by someone infected with this.

As long as containment is effective until spring, rising temperatures and drier air will do most of the heavy lifting in terms of suppressing new cases.

Posted: 3/14/2020 1:06:49 PM EDT

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https://www.kjct8.com/content/news/First-case-of-COVID-19-reported-in-Mesa-County-568799251.html

It's presumptive in Mesa County.

Fuckers are hoarding ammo too now.

Posted: 3/14/2020 3:57:45 PM EDT

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I went to the Thornton Cabelas today... what a shitshow. Dozens of people there trying to buy handguns but the CBI is backlogged 24-48 hrs lol.

The store had loaded carts full of handgun ammo ready to stock that people were pillaging/rooting thru.

My assessment of the types was over 75% were panicking sheeple. Not good.

Posted: 3/14/2020 4:44:48 PM EDT

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I’m still not sure why people are hoarding toilet paper in response to a virus.

Individual stores sell out quickly but there is no shortage of toilet paper in the country, nor will there be because of an illness that 99% of the population isn’t going to get.

Latest update still has the US death toll at less than 50 people with over 75% of those in Washington with most of those in one nursing home.

Every single one of the ten new deaths in the UK was someone over 60.

Middle aged and younger people in decent health have almost nothing to worry about if you aren’t being sneezed on by someone infected with this.

As long as containment is effective until spring, rising temperatures and drier air will do most of the heavy lifting in terms of suppressing new cases.

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One of the biggest disservices the media is doing is failing to report the number of no-symptom, or mild-symptom, or fully-recovered, etc. The South Korea and Singapore data is actually very encouraging!

Instead the fixation is on the doom & gloom numbers.

Posted: 3/14/2020 8:22:17 PM EDT

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I just saw that. Some person who had visitors from abroad.
Stay safe all.

Posted: 3/14/2020 8:24:00 PM EDT

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All Alterra and Vail Resorts closed staring tomorrow.

Posted: 3/14/2020 11:49:54 PM EDT

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Fucking CBI. They got their bullshit charge for back ground checks (passed into law after the last panic a few years ago), and they STILL run retardedly slow. I still don't understand why CO has to do their own "special" bullshit check instead of just letting the feds handle it like most states.

Posted: 3/15/2020 1:26:12 PM EDT

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Fucking CBI. They got their bullshit charge for back ground checks (passed into law after the last panic a few years ago), and they STILL run retardedly slow. I still don't understand why CO has to do their own "special" bullshit check instead of just letting the feds handle it like most states.

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My only guess is that they're wanting the ability to reject/refuse checks for things like unpaid parking tickets.

Posted: 3/15/2020 1:30:09 PM EDT

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https://www.fox21news.com/top-stories/king-soopers-employee-in-colorado-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/

Posted: 3/15/2020 1:49:42 PM EDT

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I read that this morning. Assholes won’t name which store. That’ll probably lose them a lot of customers. I imagine more than their anti-gun stance did.

Posted: 3/15/2020 2:18:18 PM EDT

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I read that this morning. Assholes won’t name which store. That’ll probably lose them a lot of customers. I imagine more than their anti-gun stance did.

The associate worked at the 1950 Chestnut Place location in Denver, they last worked in the store on March 6.

Posted: 3/15/2020 2:25:32 PM EDT

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Thank you. I see they just added that info.

Posted: 3/15/2020 3:57:53 PM EDT

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Thank you. I see they just added that info.

Wish they'd indicate what his job was... night stocker? Bag/cart bitch? Cashier? None are good, but some are worse.

Posted: 3/15/2020 5:06:26 PM EDT

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Fuck I'm damn near surrounded

We are setting up a testing area tomorrow I guess. I bet we have our first presumptive by next week

Posted: 3/15/2020 6:08:04 PM EDT

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https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/news/cdphe-strongly-advises-all-visitors-and-residents-eagle-summit-pitkin-and-gunnison-counties

Posted: 3/15/2020 6:23:46 PM EDT

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Lol, wife and I are officially bugging in. Went to Costco today and bought a new gaming laptop... going to work a few hours a day and PTO the rest. Spend the rest of the day playing games and shorting the stock market. WOOT.