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Up to a hundred health workers were exposed to the undiagnosed coronavirus patient
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By Bob Miller On Feb 28, 2020
As many as 100 healthcare workers may have been exposed to the California woman who went four days untested for coronavirus.
The doctors and nurses are from the University of California Davis Medical Center, where the woman is being treated, and from NorthBay VacaValley Hospital.
”There were multiple health care personnel who were exposed to the individual,’ Dr Bela Matyas, public health officer from Solano County, said at a news conference on Thursday.
‘At both hospitals we are at present aggressively evaluating everyone who may have had contact with this patient. They are being identified and their risk for exposure is being assessed.’
Some are under isolation, some are under quarantine and others have been sent home to continuously monitor their status.
As for the patient, she is reportedly in very serious condition and is currently intubated, Rep John Garamendi (D-CA) told CNN.
What’s that about conquering the US without a shot fired? Hit the healthcare workers and the military with this and cut supply lines.
I was at the doc’s yesterday and pharmacy today for a routine prescription refill, and I feel nad for all of them working in such an environment of uncertainty.
If the hospital allowed exposure after they determined they wanted the patient tested, that is just stupid. Once you think someone has something, you TREAT them like they do, until you have confirmation otherwise.
So any paper claiming that somehow these people were exposed because it took 4 days to get around to the test are probably lying.