Even more ridiculous is the local county health official’s comments regarding the situation; he basically came out and said that this patient posed no threat to the general public and that his office was “looking into how many people the patient may have come into contact with over the last few days.” And yes, the moron said this with a straight face...
NO LINK NO DICE.
Um, what else was he supposed to say? He was describing basic contact tracing, a fundamental principal of disease control. Everyone this person has encountered since he/she became symptomatic (on the 24th IIRC) will be evaluated. Depending on whether the evaluation places them in high or low risk category, they will be followed for the next 21 days. And that will be the end of that.
Is it my imagination or is it becoming quite common for people to babble like idiots without realizing they sound like idiots and quite often no one ever seems to notice. Surely it’s just my overactive imagination...isn’t it?