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You could be transmitting the virus even if you’re not sick yet — you might not show symptoms for 14 days, or in some cases, longer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Officials have asked us — really, they’re almost begging us — to sit tight. State campgrounds are \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">closed\u003c/a>. Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks are \u003ca href=\"https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2020/03/coronavirus-and-national-parks-whats-closed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">closed\u003c/a>. Last weekend, A number of Bay Area parks and beaches are also \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11808351/check-has-covid-19-closed-your-bay-area-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">closed\u003c/a>. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AirBnb and other online vacation rental companies are offering refunds. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Our locals have welcomed visitors from around the globe for generations, but right now, our community needs the time and space to protect our loved ones and health resources,” says the official \u003ca href=\"https://www.gotahoenorth.com/\">North Lake Tahoe visitor website\u003c/a>. “The Sierra region will be ready to welcome visitors back when this crisis is behind us, but now is the time to stay put.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Small towns do not need urban visitors bringing in the virus, nor do you want to get critically ill from COVID-19 in a remote location. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“We have a small, rural, geographically isolated community hospital,” says Clay Josephy, an emergency physician in South Lake Tahoe. “We don’t have a cath lab, or a neurosurgeon, or interventional radiology.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Josephy says he’s worried about Tahoe’s capacity to meet patient needs if the community receives a surge of coronavirus cases.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“You need a bunch of ventilators,” says Josephy. “And you need a bunch of devices that can provide respiratory support. We have very limited numbers of all of the above. And it would be very easy to overwhelm that system.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A tiny ski town in Blaine County, Idaho is living Josephy’s nightmare. In mid March, Sun Valley reported its first positive case, and the coronavirus spread quickly. Many health care workers were exposed to the virus in the early days of treating initial cases. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>\u003c/b>“We exceeded medical capacity in just 12 days,” says Terry O’Connor, Blaine County emergency medical services director. \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“We took a big hit in our medical capacity with losing a lot of personnel.“\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A quarter of the health care workers at the only local hospital in Sun Valley were quickly sickened or quarantined. The hospital ran low on testing kits, ambulances, inhalers and breathing support machines. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“This is a cautionary tale for a little, rural, critical access hospital,” says O’Connor. “You know this is going to play out in so many other places in the weeks to come.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The virus has killed 18 people in Idaho, five of which lost their lives in Blaine County. O’Connor assumes the virus arrived in airplanes filled with residents from urban centers. Many people from San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle have second homes in the area. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you’re starting to feel a little stir crazy, there are lots of online activities and resources popping up. Michael Franti and his wife, Sara Agah Franti, are conducting a daily \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/michaelfranti/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“Stay At Home Concert World Tour.”\u003c/a> There are \u003ca href=\"https://time.com/5809322/social-distancing-book-clubs/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">quarantine book clubs\u003c/a>. New York \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/style/new-york-nightlife-goes-online-coronavirus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nightlife has moved online\u003c/a>, reports The New York Times, with DJs and singalongs. And if you’re craving intellectual engagement, San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club is set to launch a series of free \u003ca href=\"https://www.commonwealthclub.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online programs\u003c/a>.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here’s a roundup of KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11807751/a-coronavirus-care-package-care-for-yourself-others-and-still-have-fun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tips\u003c/a> to take care of yourself during these crazy times, and this\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/thedolist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> list \u003c/a>includes books to read, music to listen to, movies to watch and safe outdoor excursions.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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For many, that includes furry housemates like dogs, cats, rabbits, you name it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our animals are especially important companions now as people are forced to distance themselves from one another, and as pets like dogs motivate many of us to venture outside for some essential (socially distant) exercise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But people still have many questions about the impact of COVID-19 on their pets, especially after the World Health Organization deleted a section on their \u003ca href=\"https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“myth busters” webpage\u003c/a> on March 12 that said there was “no evidence that companion animals/pets such as dogs or cats can be infected with the new coronavirus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED spoke with veterinarians \u003ca href=\"https://ohi.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/people/brian-bird\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Brian H. 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Their answers are below, along with guidance from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/animals.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, \u003c/a>edited for length and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Can I get COVID-19 from my pet?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dr. Brian Bird:\u003c/em> It does not seem like a likely transmission route, but we’re early on in an outbreak and we’re learning more and more every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is evidence that at least two dogs from Hong Kong have tested intermittently positive for the virus. These were pets of COVID-19 patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Were they able to shed the virus into the environment in a way that could have infected someone else? That’s completely unknown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Editor’s Note: For more on the Hong Kong story, see this March 24 \u003ca href=\"https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3076480/coronavirus-hong-kongs-infected-dogs-were\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article\u003c/a> from the South China Morning Post. From a Hong Kong University virologist quoted in the story: ‘“Neither of the two cases had the disease caused by the coronavirus. The public might have confusion, but when dogs are infected, it does not mean they have the disease or they are sick.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CDC:\u003c/em> At this time, there is no evidence that companion animals, including pets, can spread COVID-19 or that they might be a source of infection in the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If someone coughs on my pet, could I get COVID-19 from their fur?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dr. Dorrie Black:\u003c/em> This is where it gets a little difficult. Technically, yes. 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