New CDC review: Chicago sheriff, staff successfully stemmed rising tide of COVID-19 cases in jail

[mucifer]

The Cook County Jail successfully beat back its outbreak of COVID-19 even as the virus spread dramatically outside its walls, according to a new paper authored by medical officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and various county offices.

Earlier in the pandemic, the jail had “one of the largest outbreaks of COVID-19 in a congregate setting described to date,” according to the document.

But after expanded testing, mask-wearing, limiting detainee movement and opening up previously unused buildings to allow for greater distancing, the spread within the jail slowed down significantly compared with Chicago at large, the paper said.

“We not only bent our curve, we killed off the curve,” Sheriff Tom Dart said at a news conference Wednesday.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-cdc-cook-county-jail-study-20200715-or4zoyranzf2dmg5fz6wzhwgem-story.html

They are tested when the come into the jail. They went from 900 positive from prisoners and staff to now only 11 positive cases.

[live love laugh]

1. And Republicans are blaming the uptick in violence on this

strategy which included releasing some to house arrest.

However the recent higher than normal uptick has coincided with the local right wing FOP union encouraging police to basically only respond after being summoned as a response to defund and BLM issues.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. "unused buildings". And yet Mr Law & Order prez wants you to believe there is a crime wave. . . nt

[mucifer]

3. No sorry there is an uptick in shootings now in my city. It's horrible

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Yes, it's not good, but not high overall level of crime that the Orange Weevil would like to have.

[crickets]

5. Good. Shows how it can and should be done. nt