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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,956 posts)
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 03:30 PM Apr 2020

500 TSA employees have tested positive for COVID-19

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said Wednesday that 500 employees who work in U.S. airports have tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

Of the workers who have tested positive for the respiratory disease, 208 have experienced a full recovery and four have died. The figures do not account for TSA employees who have limited interaction with the public.

Most of the confirmed COVID-19 cases include staff employed at airports in the New York metropolitan area, according to data provided by the agency. At John F. Kennedy International airport, 105 employees have tested positive for the virus, while 56 workers at Newark Liberty International have contracted the disease.

Thirty-two TSA employees at the LaGuardia Airport have also tested positive for the virus. Outside of New York, the highest number of confirmed cases among TSA staff is at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International airport, where 27 TSA workers have tested positive.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/500-tsa-employees-have-tested-positive-for-covid-19/ar-BB13nkW4?li=BBnbfcL

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500 TSA employees have tested positive for COVID-19 (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 OP
Holy Shit! malaise Apr 2020 #1
Sure is. Nobody is flying!!!! jimfields33 Apr 2020 #2
Keep in mind it is New York. Initech Apr 2020 #5
Such a mess. New York has been the center of all of this jimfields33 Apr 2020 #6
I know, it sucks. Initech Apr 2020 #7
Yep! jimfields33 Apr 2020 #8
Shocking! 🤬 SheltieLover Apr 2020 #3
And Trump wants to lax social distancing guidelines? Is he fucking kidding? Initech Apr 2020 #4

jimfields33

(15,793 posts)
2. Sure is. Nobody is flying!!!!
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 04:11 PM
Apr 2020

How can they be getting it and why are they working. Are even 100 people flying a day?

Initech

(100,068 posts)
5. Keep in mind it is New York.
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 05:09 PM
Apr 2020

And there was an article I saw the other day that said that 1 in 5 citizens of NYC had it or had symptoms. It could very easily be all over that city right now.

jimfields33

(15,793 posts)
6. Such a mess. New York has been the center of all of this
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 05:11 PM
Apr 2020

Hard to believe one state has the brunt of this.

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