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This is the story of two COVIDs.
One user, or others, showed up at the White House with the virus, and more than 30 other people have become ill since then, adding the president and first lady.
At Labrador, a physical care employee became ill, went to retail stores and worked at the hospital, and no one else contracted the disease.
Same disease, other results.
It compares a lot to us as to why the new coronavirus is spreading, no.
A super spreader event
On September 26, the White House Rose Garden was the site of Amy Coney Barrett’s official announcement as President Donald Trump’s selection for the U. S. Supreme Court.
The photos and videos of them give clues as to why the virus has spread.
Very few people on the occasion wore masks, there was no physical distance. Then other people reached out and hugged each other.
At least 11 other people there, besides Trump himself, tested positive and, in total, more than 30 other people with ties to the White House tested positive for COVID-19.
In Labrador, another result
Compare that to Labrador’s case.
A fitness employee arrived in Saskatchewan and had to isolate hem, but after what Labrador’s leader, Grenfell-Health, said poor communication, she visited two local retail outlets, at rush hour.
When the case was revealed, the other happy valley-goose bay people were worried, as more than 650 people had organized to get tested.
No other single user has tried COVID-19. No one in the shops, no one in the hospital where he worked in the days leading up to his diagnosis.
“There is no solution or secret sauce for this,” Health Minister John Haggie said Tuesday. “Our defense is a layered defense. “
The first step is 14 days of isolation for others outside the Canadian Atlantic, but even when that doesn’t happen, as in Labrador, there are other defenses.
It has been shown that physical distance, such as staying more than two meters away, prevents the spread of the virus. When this is not possible, dressing in a mask makes it difficult to spread the virus. They are needed in public spaces, such as the two department stores visited by the woman.
“These are incredibly preventative measures,” Haggie said.
The other key is to get verification effects temporarily. In Newfoundland and Labrador, this happens within 24 hours, and temporarily identifies contacts and ensures that they are ingsed and also reviewed.
Haggie stated that within 48 hours of a positive test, a user must identify more than 90% of nearby contacts and have them tested, which he says is one of the most productive in the country.
“Some jurisdictions can’t even make 50% right now,” he said.
Fear of Caul’s organization
Newfoundland and Labrador experienced one of the oldest and largest super fumigation occasions in the country. The organization of cases that at the Caul Funeral Home in San Juan in March left more than 160 people sick with COVID.
The epidemic ended a long time ago, but concern persists.
Fish factories reopening, Mother’s Day, fishing events, back to – all of those things were predicted on social media and in casual conversations to be “the next Caul. “
Even Haggie warned him on Easter weekend.
“Your next cabin will be our next Caul,” he said on April 7.
These occasions even resulted in a case of singles, much less in a group.
It turns out that concern about the epidemic would possibly have prevented it.
The facts of the case, a word Haggie likes to use, are that in the last 4 months, the only new instances come from an immediate circle of family members of other people who have ed. This has not spread in the community.
Behavior the key
One of the biggest among the White House and this province is the seriousness of risk-taking.
“We have other people who behave like we’re at risk,” dr. Catherine Donovan, who taught clinical public health at Memorial University.
In March, when the St. John cluster occurred, other people were still hugging, sharing food, and clenching their hands, physically esttching from any novelty.
It’s very different now, with our public fitness measures and our virus.
“We may have some cases, and I hope that’s what we hold on to, but I think we’re in a very smart position to deal with this kind of situation,” Donovan said in a recent interview.
She says that right now other people are following public fitness measures and keeping contact low.
Donovan’s advice: take the virus seriously and follow the precautions, but don’t worry.
“I don’t think other people will be concerned if they follow the recommendations and orders of the leading medical officer,” he said.
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