[dekhn]

There have been confirmed coronavirus cases in SF, as a number of sick patients are/were being treated at hospitals in the city (I know, because my alma mater, UCSF, sent out a big press release about it). They probably mean nobody has been reported to be infected while in SF. That's probably also not true.

[fluxsauce]

Can you link to the press release in question? Thanks!

[mikeyouse]

Not the press release, but here's UCSF's Coronavirus info page where they state that there were two patients from a different California county with confirmed Coronavirus who were treated and released at UCSF Parnassus (the main campus on the hill near Cole Valley):

https://www.ucsf.edu/coronavirus#cases

[dekhn]

Hmm, I guess it was a 'statement', not a PR. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/U-S-officials-ta...

"""ix people have tested positive for the new coronavirus in California — two in Southern California and the four people now in the Bay Area. The San Benito County patients, who are both 57, were at home until early Monday, when they were taken by ambulance to UCSF after their symptoms suddenly worsened. They are being cared for in isolation at the hospital.

In a statement, UCSF said that it “specializes in the care of patients with complex illnesses, including infectious diseases like the novel coronavirus.” Doctors there “also treated patients during past epidemics, such as SARS in 2003.”"""

(of all the places in the US you'd want to treat patients while studying them, UCSF is one of the top ones. They really are experts in infectious diseases).