Ventura County Public Health, which had its first COVID-19 case on March 10, five days before Santa Barbara did, on Saturday reported 98 positive cases, three deaths, and 1,574 total tests performed. Its daily update included a plea from local doctors for residents to take the risk seriously.
In the near future we are going to experience a coronavirus surge
here in Ventura County. We don’t know exactly what it will look like or feel
like, but it will affect all of us.
Here’s what we all need to understand: This virus is dangerous.
For many of us – including younger people who are indeed contracting the virus
at a high rate – coronavirus will feel like a bad flu. With luck, rest, and
fluids, one could ride out the fever, cough, and body aches and start to
improve over a period of weeks. However, if our experience in Ventura County is
similar to other areas, up to 20 percent of confirmed cases will have a
different experience.