Up until today, Jersey City hasn’t had an official COVID-19 testing site so the numbers reported are going to change dramatically. I’ve been getting a lot of messages on my social media of people exhibiting some symptoms so I decided to run a poll on my social media to get a sense of how many people just aren’t feeling well, or how many people have been tested, or seen a doctor and ofcourse if they’ve been staying the fuck home.

To give you an idea of my follower demographic on Instagram

46% are between 25-34

32% between 35-44

10% between 45-54

and it’s pretty even men & women and most of my followers live in Jersey City/Hudson Country and NYC

Poll Questions:

2,100 People voted

Are you exhibiting flu like symptoms? 

If yes, what? and how long?

We got an overwhelming amount of responses from people so we are sharing a few of the responses.

• 6 Days
• I have been sick two weeks, the first 5 days, I was battling a high fever, cough, body pain
• My HCP told me my symptoms are inline with COVID; but fever, chest, body aches, headaches
• Fever 5 days and counting
• 9 days
• Congestion, headache, loss and taste of smell for 4 days
• 5 days, chest couch, headaches, fatigue, aches, chills, low grade fever
• Headache, sweats, nausea and fatigue
• 3 weeks on and off, sore throat and tired
• Dry cough, fatigue, headache, sore throat, mucus drip, chest pain.
• Cough, mild fever
• Mostly fatigue, scratchy throat.
• I had fever for 7 days and now developed pneumonia
• Chills, body aches, extreme exhaustion, chest pain, shortness of breath
• 1.5 weeks
• Yes (husband) since Saturday, tired, achy, couch fever lasted 6 days.
• All except shortness of breath
• Coughs and sneezes here and there, some body pains.
• 3 weeks
• Fatigue, headaches, chills for 6 days
• Cough with phlegm and fatigue- 8days

If yes, have you been tested? treated by a Dr?

• I was denied a test. Told to stay home and ride it out. Only go to ER if can’t breath
• I had a telecom call. I was told there are no tests in NJ unless severe symptoms
• No, Im self quarantined
• No x 20 (people didn’t get tested)
• Seen by Dr via FaceTime. Not tested but quarantined for two weeks
• I was tested March 16th and still no results
• Every single place I called told me to self quarantine
• Yes, over video call. Given antibiotics and inhaler
• Seen doctor, not tested
• Refused to test me due to age
• No, I work in ED. Have been exposed but staying home
• No tests (x 20)
• No, just stayed home

This is just data for people to read based on a simple social media poll. We will be doing this exercise in a few days after testing has been set up in JC.