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 didnt 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
FarPoint
(12,316 posts)I would focus on only vaccinated fans be admitted...but, well I'm to realistic.
COL Mustard
(5,896 posts)They don't work anyway!
FarPoint
(12,316 posts)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)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!
IronLionZion
(45,411 posts)somehow