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Mike 03

(16,616 posts) Thu Mar 12, 2020, 02:04 PM Mar 2020

San Jose, California: "At least" 50 firefighters possibly exposed

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#Breaking : San Jose Fire fighter is hospitalized and being treated for #COVID19 #CoronaVirus , another firefighter is being tested. At least 50 additional firefighters possibly exposed have been placed on leave.

This crisis is cascading as more and more First Responders and Medical Professionals are affected.

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San Jose, California: "At least" 50 firefighters possibly exposed (Original Post) Mike 03 Mar 2020 OP

That sucks. They live and cook together for shifts, so that's not good. BusyBeingBest Mar 2020 #1

Aw man Leghorn21 Mar 2020 #2

BusyBeingBest

(8,052 posts)

1. That sucks. They live and cook together for shifts, so that's not good.

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Thu Mar 12, 2020, 02:05 PM

Mar 2020

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)

2. Aw man

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Thu Mar 12, 2020, 02:12 PM

Mar 2020

I’m afraid this will happen repeatedly until ALL our first responders are appropriately protected - some firemen in Kirkland, WA, had to quarantine themselves after they helped move an infected person out of the nursing home there...

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