Posted on 01/12/2021 8:28:03 AM PST by TigerClaws
A Covid-19 outbreak at a Cayuga County nursing home that began two weeks ago has infected 137 residents, 24 of whom have died.
The outbreak at The Commons on St. Anthony in Auburn started Dec. 21 as a wave of post-Thanksgiving Covid-19 cases began hitting the county, said Julie Sheedy, an official of Loretto which operates the 300-bed nursing home.
Forty-seven employees have tested positive.
Since the outbreak began, 21 residents have died at The Commons and three in the hospital, Sheedy said. Eleven residents have died since Wednesday, she said.
There had been no nursing home Covid-19 deaths in Cayuga County until the first three deaths at the Commons were reported Dec. 29. The three other nursing homes in Cayuga have not reported any Covid-19 deaths.
“Our team is always deeply affected by any loss of life, and our hearts are with the families of these individuals,” Sheedy said.
The total Covid-19 death toll in the county has increased from 13 on Dec. 21 to 44 as of Thursday. The nursing home deaths account for 54% of the county’s Covid-19 fatalities.
There have been 3,650 confirmed Covid-19 cases in Cayuga since the pandemic began. Nearly half of those cases have been reported since Dec. 21.
The average percentage of people testing positive for Covid-19 in Cayuga County is 12%, the highest rate in Central New York. Here are the average positive test rates for other counties in the region: Onondaga, 7.8%; Oswego, 9.7%; Madison, 8.5%; and Cortland, 8%.
During the outbreak Commons employees are wearing gowns, gloves and face shields at all times when working with residents, Sheedy said. The nursing home also is isolating residents who test positive on Covid-19 floors.
Sheedy said the nursing home is testing residents on a schedule established by the state Health Department. The facility also is testing employees weekly. Sheedy said the state Health Department inspected the nursing home’s infection control practices Wednesday and found no deficiencies.
The Commons gets a one-star rating, the lowest, from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. The one-star rating means the nursing home is considered much below average based on health inspections, staffing and quality of care.
The nursing home began vaccinating residents Dec. 22. So far 193 residents, or 80%, and 113 employees, or less than half the staff, have been vaccinated. The nursing home plans to do more vaccinations Jan. 12.
Kaylee Gabak, a certified nursing assistant at The Commons, is on life support at Upstate University Hospital after becoming infected with Covid-19. Her family believes Gabak was infected at The Commons before she went on maternity leave Dec. 16. Gabak gave birth to a baby girl Dec. 26, went home, then had to be hospitalized after developing breathing problems.
A family member was diagnosed recently with COVID-19 and put on .... worm pills. Said the virus contains a parasite. ?? Doesn't seem like any virus I've ever read about...
You will soon be required to have the vaccine to attend school, university, or to fly.
Thanks so much for posting, TigerClaws.
There is much more to the virus than we are being told about.
Condolences to families and friends.
Do we still maintain that the vaccine and accompanying documentation are not part of the mark of the Beast?
May have more to do with cases caught during Christmas and less to do with the vaccine.
In any case, the stats are crap.
Show me what’s on the death certificates.
“You will soon be required to have the vaccine to attend school, university, or to fly.”
The problem will be over on inauguration day.
Joe Biden could have solved this quickly a year ago. He has said so.
With a year to perfect his plans he stands ready to save us upon taking oath of office.
If it doesn’t happen just this way I will demand his impeachment.
Thats also a very substandard residential care facility.
Someone should be after Cuomo to explain WTH it’s allowed to remain open.
Covid is highly contagious and it takes a while for the vaccination to work
“worm pills and parasite”
Clearly whoever said this is talking about Ivermectin and does not know much about it.
According to the article it started on 12/21/20 and vaccines were started 12/22/20...no info (even if you choose to believe any of the testing results etc...)on if persons who got or didn’t get the vaccine died or are NOW testing positive? Like most “click bait” news it say’s nothing and just regurgitates #’s and things we already know.... SO rather than chasing our own tail nationwide , why is it we never see who and where this actually came from ? Immediate retaliation on OUR own researchers who initiated this mixing of viruses which would never have come to being naturally. From what I understand Obammy outlawed the research and Fauci sent it to Wuhan lab with millions of our dollars?....meanwhile constant flu fear dominates and most run around like a chicken with its head cut off....am I wrong?
OK. What’s the next excuse.
“No deaths until vaccinated?”
Don’t warp the facts
That’s probably ivermectin. It’s an anti-parasitical and it actually does work against COVID. She’s lucky to get it. Anti-Trump docs won’t prescribe it. (It was one of the treatments used for Trump when he got Covid.)
A Bill Gates vaccine ALWAYS needs an update....???
Ivermectin... your family member got her or his info mixed up. Ivermectin was made for parasites but according to the East Virginia School of Medicine, has also found to be highly effective against Covid, almost curative in all but the most advanced cases of COVID.(By then the death spiral has done too much damage to pull out of).
The virus does not contain a parasite; rather, ivermectin has antiviral properties and has been proven highly effective in treating COVID-19. I bought some for myself for prophylaxis.
ivermectin is a horse worm medicine. It’s being used. I have a tube. Apple flavored. i don’t think i can really take it if i get infected but i might.
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