Posted on 04/20/2020 11:14:36 AM PDT by buckalfa
MARION, Ohio (WCMH) More than 1,800 inmates at Marion Correctional Institution have tested positive for COVID-19 coronavirus.
As of Sunday, 1,828 Marion Correctional inmates have tested positive, along with 109 staff members. Of the 1,828 cases, 38 are currently receiving outside hospital level care, according to an Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction spokesperson.
There are approximately 2,500 inmates in the Marion Correctional Institution.
One staff death was announced on April 8, corrections officer John Dawson. No inmates at Marion Correctional have died.
According to the ODRC, mass testing has been instituted at Marion Correctional, as well as Pickaway Correctional and the Franklin Medical Center.
Because we are testing everyone including those who are not showing symptoms we are getting positive test results on individuals who otherwise would have never been tested because they were asymptomatic, ODRC said in its daily release of information.
Individuals who test positive are placed in an area of the facility which is separate from the general population, ODRCs statement said.
Also, our comprehensive testing approach of staff and inmates has assisted us in identifying asymptomatic individuals who have tested positive who can now be isolated from others in order to prevent further spread, the statement said.
Throughout Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction facilities, 2,400 inmates have tested positive and 637 have tested negative.
According to Marion Public Health, as of Saturday, there are 80 community spread cases in the county, leading to one death. Including the prison testing, the county now has the most reported coronavirus cases in the state.
Glad you recovered.
Exactly in the range of the # of people who can be expected to die from taking Plaquenil.
Actually, a good chunk of the inmates are in poor health. Many are drug users, crack heroin, etc. Not as healthy as general population.
Those getting a heavy dose of viral particles sometimes develop infections that are so extensive, the body simply cannot keep up.
Another diabolical thing about this virus is that it can hide from your immune system for quite awhile, and sometimes when your immune system finally recognizes the infection, it over reacts.
Really. nice with the insult. show me any reasonable data that we have changed the course of this disease one whit. show me that we have stopped one person from contracting it now or in the future. Common sense as perceived by ignorant people may be common but it is not sense
Tarp it and fumigate. Send the guards home, though
I have common sense; ergo, I don’t need much data....unless you consider the number of doctors who won’t be scheduling office appointment s for a while. Would you consider 100% of the people I know in the health care business believe it can and should be avoided as sufficient data? It works for me.
Im sure your common sense trumps data. Where have you been for all of human history. We have been waiting for you.
>> The prison is a ‘perfect’ closed ecosystem <<
And in that little fantasy world, prison would be a perfect place to “dry out,” free from drugs.
bort points out worse than average health in a prison population at his post #43.
I might add that the standards of personal hygiene in a criminal oriented population are probably worse than in a population that works hard enough to afford a cruise.
I bet they’re even higher in a disciplined shipboard military crew.
yawn...well carry on. I truly hope you don’t get it.
“The only curve any plan should be based on is the hospitalization curve.”
Absolutely correct. The rationale for the lockdown was to prevent the healthcare system from being overwhelmed.
We can declare victory on that. Even NY did not tax it’s healthcare capacity. In my state, we have barely scratched the surface of capacity and new cases are trending down.
So why are we keeping the lockdown firmly in place? To prevent deaths? Well, everyone is going to get this virus eventually. So all we are doing is postponing the inevitable at the expense of the economy.
At this point, the lockdown is wholly political in most states, based on the calculation that the worse the economy, the more likely Trump loses.
Yes I do care if I spread it to others...I actually want my young family to get it so they will be asymptomatic and they will be immune when they are older. This herd immunity will help people like you. You can thank me anytime.
Let’s infect those on death row and find a cure.
All were tested. The remaining ones were negative. It would be interesting to do antibody tests on the negatives to see if they have had it and beaten it already.
Well, according to in-the-know people, there is no way they were ever exposed without having symptoms of the dead and dying. I mean, if you’ve been exposed you’re as good as dead, right?
I will when I hear we from a reliable source that we have achieved herd immunity. Fair enough?
This morning I heard a doc on FNC say that won’t happen until 90+% of the population have the antibodies.
Good point.
Which leads to this: perhaps we know enough about the Wuhan Flu to be concerned about what we don't know.
For instance, is the U.S. and every other nation so affected simply a walking lab for developing a highly transmissible virus that produces no symptoms; i.e., a potential vehicle?
Perhaps what we have now was just not quite ready for prime time. If so, we should hope Trump has good intel.
If the goal is eradication I heard 90% too. If the goal is no more than a seasonal recurrence affecting a small percentage of people (like the flu), then I think 60% does the job.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.