I live 1 mile from Evergreen Hospital and 3 miles from the Life Care facility, and I'm immunocompromised. Most of my B lymphocytes and a bunch of my T helper cells are gone. In the past couple of days 7 immunocompromised people within walking distance of me were killed by this thing. I don't think I'm in hysteria, but I sure as hell am not leaving my house until I can be convinced that it's under control in my area.
So far it would seem that when COVID-19 finds its way into a care facility for the sick and/or elderly, it incubates for a few days and then starts killing people left and right. And some of the best hospitals in America (e.g., Evergreen and Harborview) can't save them.
We've seen what does and doesn't work in places like Japan, Korea, and Italy. Meanwhile most of the schools around here are still open and the workers transferring suspected COVID-19 patients to ambulances are using only loose-fitting face masks as PPE.
I feel like we're collectively failing an open-book test right now.
So far it would seem that when COVID-19 finds its way into a care facility for the sick and/or elderly, it incubates for a few days and then starts killing people left and right. And some of the best hospitals in America (e.g., Evergreen and Harborview) can't save them.
We've seen what does and doesn't work in places like Japan, Korea, and Italy. Meanwhile most of the schools around here are still open and the workers transferring suspected COVID-19 patients to ambulances are using only loose-fitting face masks as PPE.
I feel like we're collectively failing an open-book test right now.