Secretary Pompeo
As @khamenei_ir knows, the best biological defense would’ve been to tell the Iranian people the truth about the Wuhan virus when it spread to #Iran from China. Instead, he kept Mahan Air flights coming and going to the epicenter in China, and jailed those who spoke out.
twitter.com/SecPompeo/status/1238337488856506369
COVID-19 sickens two Seattle patients hospitalized for other illnesses
komonews.com/news/coronavirus/covid-19-sickens-two-seattle-patients-hospitalized-for-other-illnesses
SEATTLE — Two patients at a psychiatric unit tested positive for COVID-19 and doctors are still trying to determine how they became infected inside the Seattle hospital.
Neither patient showed any coronavirus symptoms when they first came to the UW Medicine’s Northwest Campus to be treated for mental health issues.
Now their entire ward is under quarantine and the health care workers who treated them are being closely monitored.
The patients were hospitalized in a special mental health facility on the campus called the Geropsychiatric Center, which addresses mental health symptoms in older people.
It’s unclear exactly when they were admitted, but doctors said they didn’t trigger any alarms about COVID-19.
“There were no overt signs of respiratory infection in either patient," said Dr. Santiago Neme, the medical director at UW Medical Center – Northwest.
Still being determined is whether the two infected patients brought it to the hospital or caught it there.
Coronavirus making dramatic impact on local, federal court systems
komonews.com/news/coronavirus/coronavirus-making-dramatic-impact-on-local-federal-court-systems
SEATTLE — COVID-19 is having dramatic impact on local court systems.
King, Snohomish and Pierce County courts ordered restrictions that are having a direct impact on the available pool of jurors.
Seattle Municipal Court is suspended both civil and criminal jury trials. Federal Courthouses in Seattle and Tacoma suspended all jury trials. King County Superior Court suspended all civil jury trials and soon there many not be enough jurors for criminal jury trials says Presiding Judge Jim Rogers.
Rogers ordered Wednesday that prospective jurors that are over 60 or have an underlying health condition, weakened immune system or pregnant are excused for jury duty.
“We are granting excuses pretty liberally to be perfectly honest," Rogers said. “We don’t’ want anybody to report who’s been sick and we don’t want anyone who’s been in contact with a sick person."
Snohomish and Pierce County courts have issued similar orders. The results are leading to the temporary suspension of cases where defendants have chosen a trial by jury rather than heard solely by a judge.
>How is it possible that this article claims "it is unclear when they were admitted"
That is a very good question
I thought it is telling they didn't show signs of CoronaVirus until after admit
My first thought was: Who is intentionally infecting these people?
>Speaking of which, why is everyone buying all the toilet paper?
I am near Seattle.
There is plenty of toilet paper in all the stores I go to, so it is interesting to me that others are having a hard time finding TP
The stores tho, not to miss out on an opportunity have bleach and other disinfecting items on all their end caps and a buy limit of 5 on hand sanitizer