King Solomon he never lived ’round here
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This seems….extremely bad:
The novel coronavirus is suspected or confirmed in 19 long-term care facilities in Florida, potentially exposing hundreds of the state’s most vulnerable people to the virus, state officials said Wednesday.
But state officials are refusing to identify the facilities, citing privacy concerns. One person in a Broward County assisted living facility who tested positive for the virus died this week. Two other people died at the same facility around the same time, but they tested negative for the virus, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday.
Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Mary Mayhew said the state was sending teams of health officials to every facility that raises concerns about the virus, but she would not answer when asked whether everyone in those facilities has been tested.
There are thousands of nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other sites in Florida, and an outbreak of COVID-19 in one of them is a worst-case scenario public health officials have feared.
The virus is far more fatal than the flu among older people and people with underlying medical conditions, and the state has stopped all visitation for the next 30 days at nursing homes, assisted living facilities, adult family care homes, long-term care facilities and adult group homes.
When a nursing home outside Seattle experienced an early outbreak of the virus, at least 25 people associated with the facility died.
As bad as things have already been, it’s about to be a LOT worse. Nor is the governor taking things nearly seriously enough:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis refused to issue an order to close the state’s beaches, despite fears regarding the spread of the coronavirus.
He instead signed an order that would limit parties on beaches to 10 people per group and force any businesses authorized to sell liquor to reduce occupancy by half, DeSantis told reporters Tuesday. The governor said that local governments can make their own decisions but that his order would follow the latest guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Straight to hell, boys.