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COVID-19 is spreading in WA and around the globe.

To protect our people, we must continue to escalate our response. 1/6
Tomorrow, we will temporarily shut down restaurants, bars and entertainment/recreational facilities statewide.

➡️ Grocery stores and pharmacies will stay open
➡️ Restaurants may continue take-out and delivery service
➡️ Retail outlets can stay open with reduced occupancy
2/6
All gatherings over 50 participants will be prohibited.

All gatherings under 50 participants will be prohibited unless previously announced criteria for hygiene and social distancing are met. 3/6
I know there will be significant economic impacts to all our communities. But every hour counts as we bend the curve of infection.

We have, and will continue to take steps to mitigate those challenges. 4/6
King County will shut down these establishments immediately. As the largest population center and current epicenter of this outbreak, they must act with even greater urgency. I applaud @kcexec’s decision.

We will hold a joint press conference with more details tomorrow. 5/6
We’re in this together, Washington. How each of us responds matters.

And I know we’re up for the challenge.

My full statement: bit.ly/SocialDistanci…
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Governor Jay Inslee
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Most Washingtonians are helping slow COVID-19’s spread by practicing strong social distancing.

To those of you that can be but are choosing not to: Your actions could kill someone.

Stop it.
Most Washingtonians are buying responsibly. @waEMD recommends having 2 weeks of food and supplies on hand.

Those that are overbuying are putting their friends and neighbors at risk.

Washingtonians - you are setting the bar for how other states respond to this.

Right now, your actions matter.

Be kind to one another, care for the people around you and let’s beat this thing together.
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Governor Jay Inslee
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The COVID-19 outbreak is evolving quickly. We are not waiting to take the measures needed to contain it.

Today, I am expanding my school closure order to all K-12 schools statewide. They will close by Tuesday, March 17 and will remain closed through at least Friday, April 24. Image
Critical services schools provide our students will need to continue during closures.

That includes nutrition assistance for any student who needs it as well as child care, particularly for health care workers, emergency personnel and low income families.
I am also restricting activity at all public and private universities, colleges, community colleges, technical schools and private career schools and apprenticeships.

This will match the timeline of K-12 schools – March 17 through at least April 2
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Governor Jay Inslee
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I am directing the closure of all K-12 schools in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Schools must close by Tuesday, March 17th and stay closed through Friday, April 24.
We know school closures impact families. But we must take the difficult steps necessary to slow the spread of COVID-19.

I have asked schools to continue providing services for students who rely on school meals or experience homelessness.
Closing schools can have an impact on staff at hospitals, health care facilities and other critical services.

To mitigate this, I have asked school superintendents to provide free childcare to families of medical professionals and first responders.
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Troy Johnson
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Shut it down. The U.S. disease chief just suggested restaurants and bars close. After 48 hours of studying restaurants' role in COVID and brainstorming ways to help people in my industry, I tragically agree: we should temporarily close nonessential public gathering spaces.
I'm not an epidemiologist or a health expert. I'm a writer whose skill is digesting reams of research until I'm reasonably sure I've found truths. And I believe we need to temporarily shut down. The time for helping small business owners by gathering in crowded spaces is over.
Unfortunately, this is a social disease. And the same awesome people who create social spaces (bars, restaurants, concert venues, etc.) have to fall on the sword.
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Americans “should be prepared that they’re going to have to hunker down significantly more than we as a country are doing” to fight the COVID-19 outbreak, Dr. Fauci says. 

"If you let the curve get up there, then the entire society is going to be hit.” nbcnews.to/33hIlu3
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Jon Szabo
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Collective sacrifice. A concept rarely asked of us as a society, but one being asked of us at this moment in time, as we face off against #COVIDー19 . Our initial response to this request (viewed through the admittedly skewed prism of social media) is underwhelming to the least.
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#SocialDistancing. And to that end, we’ve cancelled concerts, conferences and numerous other venues in which the disease can most easily spread. School districts are closing, businesses are closing and untold amounts of people are working from home.
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Bartolomé Salas
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So this is a thread for friends and colleagues in the US on how fast the Coronavirus spreads. You just can't imagine.
Last sunday, 580 positives, today, a week later, 6.200 positives, and the country is in state of alarm, a pre-military situation.

#COVIDー19 #COVID2019 #Covid_19
So what happened?

Last sunday, march 8th, no one could imagine this today.
It was the demonstrations for women day all across the country and life was normal.

Some voices saying the demonstrations should be cancelled, but they happened.
On monday 9th positives start to spike. Mainly in Madrid.

Tuesday 10th Madrid local Government decides to lock down schools and universities for 15 days.

Remote working is recommended but not mandated.
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Laurel Chor
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As a Hong Konger, I continue to be baffled by the public response in Europe. Though most are concerned, many are still acting like it's nbd. HK was in the news because of #COVIDー19 a month ago. There are travel advisories against HK. Peopled abroad asked me about it. 1/
There are STILL only ~130 cases in Hong Kong. There are now 798 cases in the UK & ppl are still out & about as if nothing is wrong. When I was in Milan (at a time when there were 3,000 cases), I was shocked at the lack of concern, including from police & health workers. 2/
When I was in Milan, I didn't understand how relaxed people were, and I felt like I was the crazy one. I kept trying to convey my disbelief and the severity of the situation to my colleagues, and how worried it made me for Italy – and Europe. 3/
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Jairus Grove
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#COVIDー19 @ewarren @BernieSanders We need a progressive agenda on epidemics STAT! There is going to be panic, an emergency, hoarding and if Dems in office and Dem candidates do not prepare an agenda that is more than Trump is screwing up then Trump ultimately will win.
1. RELIEF FUND: Until we have univ. health care we need an emergency health relief fund. The # of critical cases, meaning cases requiring significant medical intervention, are more than ten fold the number of deaths. For many this will result bankruptcy levels of medical debt.
2. ER COVERAGE: Health Insurance companies should not be allowed to deny coverage for treatments that are not 'pre-approved' or "FDA approved' as all of the treatment options for severe cases of COVID are 'off-label'
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