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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 10:36 AM Apr 2021

Contact tracing underway in Indianapolis after Alabama basketball fan's death

Source: The Hill


BY JOHN BOWDEN - 04/04/21 08:33 AM EDT

Health officials in Indiana are performing contact tracing after a University of Alabama fan who attended the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament in Indianapolis last weekend reportedly died of COVID-19.

Luke Ratliff 's mother told The New York Times that her son's death on Friday resulted from COVID-19.
Pamela Ratliff said that her son was hospitalized in Tuscaloosa, Ala. for a cough.

“He didn’t have any of the typical symptoms until the cough set in this week," she told the Times, adding that doctors first treated her son for bronchitis.

"Based on a recent news story, the Marion County Public Health Department and the Indiana State Department of Health are contacting the Alabama Department of Public Health to determine if anyone in Indianapolis may have been exposed to COVID-19 by any Alabama resident who visited Indianapolis in recent days,'' officials said in a statement obtained by The Associated Press. "We are conducting an investigation following the county and state's standard contact tracing procedures.''

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/546353-contact-tracing-underway-in-indianapolis-after-alabama-basketball-fans

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Contact tracing underway in Indianapolis after Alabama basketball fan's death (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2021 OP
Ohhhhh boy.... FarPoint Apr 2021 #1
But Let's Lift The Mask Mandates COL Mustard Apr 2021 #2
I see that this is actually the consensus of America... FarPoint Apr 2021 #3
I'm Tired Of Wearing A Mask, Too, And The Other Restrictions We're Living By COL Mustard Apr 2021 #4
Masks kill jobs IronLionZion Apr 2021 #5

FarPoint

(12,316 posts)
3. I see that this is actually the consensus of America...
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 12:05 PM
Apr 2021

It just takes a few that are infected and out without practicing covid-19 protocols to escalate into pandemic mode...I see it every day...especially bars, pubs and restaurants...parking lots filled up!

COL Mustard

(5,896 posts)
4. I'm Tired Of Wearing A Mask, Too, And The Other Restrictions We're Living By
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 02:23 PM
Apr 2021

But I'm more tired of a 9/11's worth of fatalities every day for months on end because people are too:

a. Stupid
b. Ignorant
c. Defiant
d. Selfish

If you don't want to wear a mask or get the vaccine, IMO you give up your right to be treated, and you should improve the gene pool by leaving it.

Now, ask me how I really feel!

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