More than 100 residents, staff in Tennessee nursing home test positive for coronavirus

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Source: The Hill

At least 74 residents of Gallatin Center for Rehabilitation and Healing and 33 staff have tested positive for the virus, according to an announcement from Gov. Bill Lee’s (R) office. Of those residents, 59 tested positive on Sunday and headed to Sumner Regional Medical Center for treatment.

Two nursing home residents have died from COVID-19, according to a Facebook statement from the Sumner Regional Medical Center. A total of 34 noncritical patients were relocated to various health care facilities in the area Sunday.
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"This situation has escalated quickly and we urge nursing homes and assisted care facilities to reach out to us as soon as cases are identified within their populations," Unified Command Director Stuart McWhorter said.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/490170-more-than-100-residents-staff-in-tennessee-nursing-home-test-positive-for

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Out of nowhere, 100 test positive?

UPDATE: Local news headline -- 2 dead, 100 hospitalized amid COVID-19 outbreak at Gallatin rehabilitation center
https://www.wsmv.com/news/dead-hospitalized-amid-covid--outbreak-at-gallatin-rehabilitation-center/article_d3c90612-7106-11ea-b327-a380e71a02a6.html

[Docreed2003]

1. So our little community hospital has been preparing for this scenario for over a month

We took on 25 pts Friday, one of whom died from the virus, 17 Saturday, and yes, basically 65 pts yesterday. It's been a nightmare, but we were prepared. Not sure how long we'll hold but we are. The governor needs to shut everything down, he still hasn't, and, frankly, they're going to have to have "Covid positive nursing homes" in order to offload some of these patients who aren't critically ill but require long term nursing care.

Trust me, this story will very well be repeated across the US very very soon.

[peacebuzzard]

8. Take care, Doc.

wondered how you were.

[Docreed2003]

11. Thank you! Will do

Hope you are yours are safe!

[gibraltar72]

2. That is why Kentucky Governor Bashear told Ky. residents not to go to Tennessee.

[BComplex]

3. Not out of nowhere...out of tests being available.

If the rest of the country could get tested, and not just the wealthy, you'd faint finding out how many of us would test positive.

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4. Stop telling me the truth!

[BComplex]

6. Sorry. I'll try to word it more softly next time.

We're all scared.

[paleotn]

10. Bingo.

That would scare the shit out of us.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Your governor should be hauled off to jail.

[iluvtennis]

7. So, sad. Sending good karma that they all recover. nt

[paleotn]

9. Unless someone shows symptoms....

they probably won't get tested. And those most prone to the illness are the first to show symptoms...retirement homes for example. All the while, the virus is moving silently through the population. There's an asymptomatic window with this bug, so unless we did massive testing early on....and there was no infrastructure to do that....we're always going to be 10 steps behind. We lost the ability to surround and isolate outbreaks due to our jackass n chief, Donnie and the utter and complete failure by CDC. Watch for new clusters to pop up all across the country, and the virus burn the space in between those clusters. The only way to break that chain of infection is to distance and stay home. Thanks to Donnie, that's the only option at this point.

[redstateblues]

12. Gov Lee is a heck of a businessman and a shitty Governor

The health of the citizens of TN come in 2nd behind his company and the economy

[Lonestarblue]

13. Some red-state governors are still too busy kissing Trump's ass to do anything useful.

Tennessee’s governor has refused to shut down most of the state, which means their infection rate will skyrocket—and then spread to the states around them. Trump needs to order these red-state fools to close up shop for at least the month of April.

[whistler162]

14. Not good

both my uncles are in assisted care facilities in Tennessee.

[Brainfodder]

15. This is just the beginning of the peak of this phase of awful.

This will be common all over soon enough?



My dad has been in lock-down in his in FL for a month now, amid all the BS going on in that petri dish + FL Gov. is showing to be a bit of a liability in this one, to put it mildly?

I remain FURIOUS.



Good Luck!