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Good info about WA COVID-19 death - it was a man in his 50's, not a woman
Last edited Sat Feb 29, 2020, 05:35 PM - Edit history (1)
Helen Branswell ✔@HelenBranswell
1. Turning this into a thread.
2. The Washington State situation is very concerning. The long-term facility has 108 residents and around 180 staff. 27 of the residents & 25 of the staff are reporting having some symptoms; they are being tested, said @DocJeffD said.
3. The new cases today in Washington State — 3 — are in addition to 2 reported yesterday. 1 of yesterday's was a case of community spread, as were today's.
Washington just started testing.
If they've found 4 and have had 1 death, there are more.
4. The person who died in Washington State — the first confirmed #Covid19 death in the US — was a man in his 50s.
Man. Male. He/him/his.
3:43 PM - Feb 29, 2020
1. Turning this into a thread.
Helen Branswell ✔@HelenBranswell
Washington State announced an awful trifecta today: The 1st US #Covid19 death, the 1st case in a health worker & the 1st outbreak in a long-term care facility.
The death was not there, though.
And the person who died was a man. Not a woman.
2. The Washington State situation is very concerning. The long-term facility has 108 residents and around 180 staff. 27 of the residents & 25 of the staff are reporting having some symptoms; they are being tested, said @DocJeffD said.
3. The new cases today in Washington State — 3 — are in addition to 2 reported yesterday. 1 of yesterday's was a case of community spread, as were today's.
Washington just started testing.
If they've found 4 and have had 1 death, there are more.
4. The person who died in Washington State — the first confirmed #Covid19 death in the US — was a man in his 50s.
Man. Male. He/him/his.
3:43 PM - Feb 29, 2020
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https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/29/new-covid-19-death-raises-concerns-about-virus-spread-in-nursing-homes/
First Covid-19 outbreak in a U.S. nursing home raises concerns
By ERIC BOODMAN @ericboodman and HELEN BRANSWELL @HelenBranswell
FEBRUARY 29, 2020
Washington state reported on Saturday the first death in the U.S. from the new coronavirus, the first health care worker to be infected with the disease, and most worrying, the first known outbreak in a long-term care facility.
At a nursing facility in Kirkland, Wash, approximately 27 of the 108 residents and 25 of the 180 staff have some symptoms, health officials said during a teleconference with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Authorities report that some among them have pneumonia.
“We are very concerned about an outbreak in a setting where there are many older people, as we would be wherever people who are susceptible might be gathering,” said Jeff Duchin, health officer for public health for Seattle and King County. He added that older adults and people with underlying health conditions like diabetes, heart or lung disease should be especially careful to protect themselves by washing their hands, not touching their faces, and avoiding contact with people who are sick.
The deceased, a man in his 50s with underlying health conditions, was not a resident of the facility, and officials have not yet found a link between his case and the outbreak in the nursing facility.
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First Covid-19 outbreak in a U.S. nursing home raises concerns
By ERIC BOODMAN @ericboodman and HELEN BRANSWELL @HelenBranswell
FEBRUARY 29, 2020
Washington state reported on Saturday the first death in the U.S. from the new coronavirus, the first health care worker to be infected with the disease, and most worrying, the first known outbreak in a long-term care facility.
At a nursing facility in Kirkland, Wash, approximately 27 of the 108 residents and 25 of the 180 staff have some symptoms, health officials said during a teleconference with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Authorities report that some among them have pneumonia.
“We are very concerned about an outbreak in a setting where there are many older people, as we would be wherever people who are susceptible might be gathering,” said Jeff Duchin, health officer for public health for Seattle and King County. He added that older adults and people with underlying health conditions like diabetes, heart or lung disease should be especially careful to protect themselves by washing their hands, not touching their faces, and avoiding contact with people who are sick.
The deceased, a man in his 50s with underlying health conditions, was not a resident of the facility, and officials have not yet found a link between his case and the outbreak in the nursing facility.
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Confirmed victim was male, not a woman as Trump claimed:
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Those needing such care are likely the most physically vulnerable to the virus. The *last* place you would want to get hit with this. 
...he couldn't even do that. 
Jeffrey Duchin @DocJeffD
Health Officer & Chief, Communicable Disease EPI/Immunization Section, Public Health - Seattle & King County; Professor in Medicine/Infectious Diseases, U Wash
Seattle, WA
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Health Officer & Chief, Communicable Disease EPI/Immunization Section, Public Health - Seattle & King County; Professor in Medicine/Infectious Diseases, U Wash
Seattle, WA
Link: https://twitter.com/DocJeffD
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