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New York

wnylib

(24,628 posts) Fri Mar 6, 2020, 08:13 AM Mar 2020

Western NY - Uh-oh [View all]

Hamburg, NY, just outside of Buffalo. A class and their teacher returned from trip to northern Italy. Teacher informed public health officials who recommended 2 week quarantine.

But the kids had already been in school for a week by then.

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Western NY - Uh-oh [View all] wnylib Mar 2020 OP

Jebus. -n/t lapfog_1 Mar 2020 #1

Yikes! calimary Mar 2020 #2

just the tip of the iceberg beachbumbob Mar 2020 #3

Too damn close to home for me. wnylib Mar 2020 #4

Shoot! Hopefully no one has it to pass on... WePurrsevere Mar 2020 #5

Which college? UB? Buff State? wnylib Mar 2020 #6

Family lives in 'that' area... WePurrsevere Mar 2020 #7

No link. I heard it on Buffalo's NPR news wnylib Mar 2020 #9

Thanks! Here are just a couple of the sources I found... WePurrsevere Mar 2020 #10

Thanks for the links. The first one wnylib Mar 2020 #13

Yes, 22 is what I read in Cuomo's tweet... WePurrsevere Mar 2020 #14

My area is pretty red, too, which is wnylib Mar 2020 #15

There is a husband of a nurse that has been posting dewsgirl Mar 2020 #8

Cuomo has been pretty up front wnylib Mar 2020 #11

I guess anything is possible, he seems pretty certain though. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #12

Buffalo update on quarantines. wnylib Mar 2020 #16