Posted on 02/29/2020 12:43:45 PM PST by LouieFisk
A skilled nursing facility in Washington state reported that at least two people have the new coronavirus strain, and state officials say other residents are reporting similar respiratory symptoms.
One health worker at the nursing home, who is in her 40s, was found to have the virus. The other infected person is a 70-year-old resident.
A third person died from the illness, known as COVID-19, in the state, but was not connected to the facility. The patient who died was male in his 50s who had underlying health issues, officials said.
State officials said at least 27 residents and 25 staff are reporting symptoms similar to COVID-19.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Here we go.
They’re just SNFing around /eyeroll.
1 death (a man in his 50s w/underlying conditions)
2 additional confirmed cases associated with a nursing home in the state
27 other patients & 25 staff at the home are also reporting symptoms, will be tested
Wow: The long-term care facility in Kirkland linked to COVID-19 has 108 residents and 180 staff members. So far, 27 residents have symptoms as do 25 staff members, according to Washington officials.
I dont really understand this story. Are they talking about the kind of virus Lysol can kill as they say on their can which is more like a common cold coronoavirus.
There are a lot of stains of coronovirus.
Worse than a cruise ship, and harder to quarantine
Well it would help if I didn’t just skim the story. Apparently it is the Wuhan Flu virus they are finding.
You wouldn’t think that nursing home patients would be doing much foreign travel...possibly the staff or the patients’ families...
Way back when, pneumonia was called the old people’s friend.
If these oldsters are like my MIL in Assisted Living...they don’t remember to was their hands, ever
“I dont really understand this story.”
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Have you been following the news on the current coronavirus breakout in China and across the world? If not, google the term “coronavirus”.
Was s/b WASH
Supposed to be a press conference a bit later on. Hopefully most people at the facility don’t have this thing. There’s been so little testing, so it’s hard to know.
It’s definitely here and spreading now.
Stock market is going to crash Monday.
Obvious question...How did it get there ?? Hope that is first question on the mind of DNC.
“I dont really understand this story.”
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Just to let you know I wasn’t being snotty telling you to google - it’s just that I can’t answer specific medical questions such as you asked!
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