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6 people have now died from coronavirus disease in Washington state
Seattle Times ^ | Nina Shapiro

Posted on 03/03/2020 7:09:43 AM PST by fireman15

Six people in Washington have now died from COVID-19, the illness caused by a new coronavirus, state and King County officials announced Monday, as they said that an extraordinary effort to contain and manage the health crisis is moving toward a new stage.

While stressing most people will experience mild symptoms, the officials say more cases are inevitable and they will soon stop intensively following up on each one. Rather, they will focus on outbreaks and giving individuals, schools and other institutions the best advice on how to minimize illness...

The majority of King County’s cases are also linked to the Life Care Center in Kirkland, and four of the people who died were residents of the nursing home, according to Duchin. Officials have previously said 50 residents of the nursing home have shown possible signs of the virus.

(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; deathtoll; quarantine; seattle; washington
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Hate to be hyping this more, but this one hits close to home because my wife and I have been frequent visitors to the Life Care Center in Kirkland for the past several years. It is a good clean facility with conscientious employees.
1 posted on 03/03/2020 7:09:43 AM PST by fireman15
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To: fireman15

how many have died of the flu during the same period?


2 posted on 03/03/2020 7:12:26 AM PST by euram
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To: fireman15

Its not the nursing home’s fault. Seniors with underlying health conditions are especially vulnerable.

COVID-19 hits the elderly and the very young hardest.


3 posted on 03/03/2020 7:12:29 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever po)
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To: fireman15

God bless you and keep you safe.


4 posted on 03/03/2020 7:12:50 AM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: fireman15

Not hype, reality. 27 firefighters and 2 policemen are in quarantine, some with symptoms.


5 posted on 03/03/2020 7:13:38 AM PST by LilFarmer
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To: euram
Feel free to get the virus and report back to us.
Dismissing this virus is reckless..
This virus does more permanent serious damage to some victims of it .
Dismiss it but don't peddle this ignorant claims .
We have no idea how many people are ill thanks to the CDC.
6 posted on 03/03/2020 7:18:19 AM PST by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists)
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To: euram
Feel free to get the virus and report back to us.
Dismissing this virus is reckless..
This virus does more permanent serious damage to some victims of it .
Dismiss it but don't peddle this ignorant claims .
We have no idea how many people are ill thanks to the CDC.
7 posted on 03/03/2020 7:18:46 AM PST by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists)
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To: euram
how many have died of the flu during the same period?

Not four from the same facility... where we have been frequent visitors and know and are friends with staff and residents. This situation has now hit close to home for us.

8 posted on 03/03/2020 7:21:09 AM PST by fireman15
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To: fireman15

Life Care Center was fined last year for allowing the flu to outbreak in the facility.

It does not sound that “clean” and sounds like they are run by a group of idiots who don’t know what they are doing.

They did nothing and the Washington state did nothing either, almost like they wanted the outbreak and deaths to happen so the SJW’s that run that state can cry “Orange man bad”!


9 posted on 03/03/2020 7:21:49 AM PST by Trump.Deplorable
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To: goldstategop

COVID-19 hits the elderly and the very young hardest.

I dont think this is correct. Posted a link yesterday about how scientist are baffled at the lack of young getting hit hard. Of course, some get it....but not hard hit

The other thing they are watching is lack of cases in Africa. Nigeria case is an Italian. Egypt- foreign national. ALgeria- says it came from France vistor to a relative.


10 posted on 03/03/2020 7:21:49 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: fireman15

Like the Chicoms, Seattle,King County virus numbers are made up.

Seattle has hyped the numbers as fake news anti Trump propaganda

Believe nothing from the Seattle communist regime


11 posted on 03/03/2020 7:23:40 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: ncalburt

Feel free to get the virus and report back to us.
Dismissing this virus is reckless..

....

It’s equally reckless to try and make Coronavirus a pandemic when only 3100 people have died, and proffering nothing but speculation and conjecture as proof of its potential deadliness.


12 posted on 03/03/2020 7:24:40 AM PST by Artcore (Trump 2020!)
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To: LilFarmer
Exactly these posters trying to promote ignoring the warnings are ignorant
of the level of acute care given to its victims and how contagious this virus is .
The damage and costs done by this virus are not known here
because the CDC blew the testing kits .
The first victim a Chinese in Seattle had to be given Hiv meds to be cured and it took weeks .
Our hospitals would collapse under that patient load .
Pray it does not happen here .
13 posted on 03/03/2020 7:25:15 AM PST by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists)
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The scary ass thing is the fact this virus can have carriers that don’t feel sick for WEEKS/MONTHS!!!!!

WEEKS/MONTHS!!!!

think about that

Most cold/flu and you are only contagious for mere days no more than a week.

When you could be a carrier for ONE OR MORE WHOLE MONTHS!!

And not even REALIZE IT!!!

Not to mention if you can get re-infected with it later and with WORSE effects...

Also the fact the virus can hand around on surfaces for FAR longer than the common cold/flu and it starts gettign scary.

This is basically “flu-AIDS” or “HIV-COLD” that can stick around forever.

Quarantine may prove to be totally useless for this disease.

Since any decent Quarantine protocol would mean you would have to isolate yourself for at LEAST THREE WHOLE MONTHS!!!

Try maintaining that in a modern society?

YOU CAN’T


14 posted on 03/03/2020 7:26:37 AM PST by GraceG ("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
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To: Artcore

You are the health care expert here .
Please give us your credentials to be mouthing off on this subject.
Name them expert .


15 posted on 03/03/2020 7:26:59 AM PST by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists)
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To: euram; IncPen
how many have died of the flu during the same period?

how many people have died of WuFlu, with no testing?

simple, no test, no diagnosis, no WuFlu. go back to buying soap, cars and hamburgers...


16 posted on 03/03/2020 7:30:02 AM PST by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: goldstategop

The youngest of the lot was 50 years old and already had medical problems. Four of the people who died were residents at the Life Care Center nursing care facility in Kirkland, in suburban Seattle, King County health officer Jeffrey Duchin said Monday. Four other coronavirus cases are also linked to the Life Care Center.


17 posted on 03/03/2020 7:30:39 AM PST by Bullpine
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To: Trump.Deplorable
It does not sound that “clean” and sounds like they are run by a group of idiots who don’t know what they are doing.

My wife spent most of her career working in multi-level care facilities and my crews and I responded to more nursing homes than I can remember. I can state unequivocally that this is a very well run facility that is much better than most with very conscientious employees.

I don't know how it is where you live, but all care facilities in Washington get fines at some point or another. I find your comments during this time of crisis for our friends and acquaintances to be ignorant, rude, and distasteful...

18 posted on 03/03/2020 7:32:50 AM PST by fireman15
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To: goldstategop

“COVID-19 hits the elderly and the very young hardest.”

Do you have a reference for the latter. I’ve not heard it hits the young hardest, in fact I’ve heard the exact opposite.


19 posted on 03/03/2020 7:33:39 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: GraceG
You are right .
The length of stay in a Icu level of care is huge burden that
a flu does not need .
The people that have been treated. have been largely very acute level of care which US hospitals beds do not have .
The CDC did not help by not testing .
Dismissing this as the Flu is not correct .
Its a waiting game but the people who have survived where ICU level of care which no health system can staff and treat long .
Pray it burns itself out .
20 posted on 03/03/2020 7:33:39 AM PST by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists)
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