New Hampshire coronavirus patient broke quarantine to attend Dartmouth Business event
Source: The Hill
A coronavirus patient disregarded directions to remain quarantined and attended a Dartmouth Business School event in Vermont on Feb. 28, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday.
State epidemiologist Dr. Benjamin Chan said the unidentified man had recently traveled to Italy, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in Europe, and that a second man is believed to have contracted the virus from him, although it remains unclear if it was transmitted at the Dartmouth event.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center has announced that the first person identified as a positive case is an employee. DHMC has identified staff who may have been exposed through close contact with the patient and will monitor those individuals self-monitoring or self-isolating, the department added. At this time, DHMC is not aware of exposure to any patients in clinical areas.
Although there are no current cases who have tested positive for the virus in Vermont, health officials advised all attendees at the Feb. 28 event to self-quarantine for 14 days.
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Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/486040-new-hampshire-coronavirus-patient-broke-quarantine-to-attend-dartmouth
GemDigger
(4,305 posts)If someone is told to self quarantine and they do not, there should be serious legal repercussions.
certainot
(9,090 posts)repercussions
BusyBeingBest
(8,049 posts)gatherings!
jpak
(41,741 posts)Selfish Asshole Number One.
Yup
TheCowsCameHome
(40,161 posts)3Hotdogs
(12,207 posts)Capitalism good. Socialism bad.
He went to Dartmouth, he got money. Who are we to tell him where to go? He's entitled. You and I ain't.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,161 posts)but not in a good way.
Auuuugh!
keithbvadu2
(36,360 posts)"business event" - work related. He will be healed by next week according to Trump.
BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)If this guy was in North Korea, he would no longer be with us. And I believe Putin, is literally sending them to Siberia, they can't break quarantine there.
OldManTarHeel
(435 posts)roamer65
(36,739 posts)OhioChick
(23,218 posts)I expect this 14 day quarantine process in this country to have many cases such as this.
sinkingfeeling
(51,275 posts)bucolic_frolic
(42,661 posts)requires ankle bracelets. The technology exists. The understanding of human nature (last fling) is understood. This is a legal and public health matter.
MFGsunny
(2,356 posts)IronLionZion
(45,255 posts)anti-vaxxer conventions (for adults, not kids), megachurches in the bible belt,
Some of my younger coworkers joked it's a great time for young healthy people with strong immune systems to travel cheaply. See the world. Come home and visit elderly folks at the nursing homes of key swing states.
Kidding. Seriously just stay home or in quarantine. Listen to your doctors.
mmbrevo
(123 posts)Trump said it was a hoax, no reason for me to stay home.
MosheFeingold
(3,051 posts)Stick the person in prison for a year.
I not exactly what one calls a big law and order person, but putting human life in jeopardy like this needs to be slammed hard and fast.
Not time to screw around.