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| SS, Cont'd: In four U.S. state prisons, nearly 3,300 inmates test positive for coronavirus -- 96% without symptoms |
| 2020-04-26 |
| [Reuters] - When the first cases of the new coronavirus surfaced in Ohio’s prisons, the director in charge felt like she was fighting a ghost. “We weren’t always able to pinpoint where all the cases were coming from,” said Annette Chambers-Smith, director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. As the virus spread, they began mass testing. They started with the Marion Correctional Institution, which houses 2,500 prisoners in north central Ohio, many of them older with pre-existing health conditions. After testing 2,300 inmates for the coronavirus, they were shocked. Of the 2,028 who tested positive, close to 95% had no symptoms. “It was very surprising,” said Chambers-Smith, who oversees the state’s 28 correctional facilities. As mass coronavirus testing expands in prisons, large numbers of inmates are showing no symptoms. In four state prison systems -- Arkansas, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia -- 96% of 3,277 inmates who tested positive for the coronavirus were asymptomatic, according to interviews with officials and records reviewed by Reuters. That’s out of 4,693 tests that included results on symptoms. The numbers are the latest evidence to suggest that people who are asymptomatic — contagious but not physically sick -- may be driving the spread of the virus, not only in state prisons that house 1.3 million inmates across the country, but also in communities across the globe. The figures also reinforce questions over whether testing of just people suspected of being infected is actually capturing the spread of the virus. |
| Posted by:Lex |
| #18 United States Actually, has whole world at top level. |
| Posted by: KBK 2020-04-26 21:32 |
| #17 ^And, if fact, the same is applicable to navy ships with CV19. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-26 16:20 |
| #16 ^OK, lets put it this way - unless somebody going to release that particular bunch, we can monitor their progress. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-26 16:03 |
| #15 Depends. Some people were found to be asymptomatic for a day or to before symptoms hit. Others have been walking around with it for 7-14 days and never got sick. Release prisoners, get elevated crime rate for only a 4% illness rate. Someone should hang for it. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2020-04-26 16:00 |
| #14 ^Darth how long is asymptomatic phase? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-26 15:53 |
| #13 You think all those people that released prisoners because of COVID would feel pretty silly now, huh? Well, ya gotta have shame to feel silly about this and they have none. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2020-04-26 15:41 |
| #12 ^Domo Arigato. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-26 13:13 |
| #11 G, you are (not the only one who is) indefatigable. :-) Here you go - infections, not deaths, mind you. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-04-26 12:53 |
| #10 ^Which reminds anybody can recommend a good site with USA's CV19 statistics (with graphics) by state? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-26 12:50 |
| #9 I can believe it. And why I wondered aloud in a prior post as to stats from the various "Chinatowns" in the US and around the world. I just do not hear of any massive devastation particular to the Chinese communities. Of course, we'll hear from the asymptomatic crowd, but still.... |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-04-26 12:45 |
| #8 #2 Deterioration in condition of 11-year-old coronavirus patient |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-26 12:43 |
| #7 I've almost certainly had this virus. Half or more of the people I work with and who my family interacts with half probably had this virus. In my heavily-Chinese, front-line geographic & social sphere the death rate is 1:2,000 population. It simply isn't all that lethal. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-04-26 12:43 |
| #6 And it is stuff like this that breeds "conspiracy theories" and "analysis". |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-04-26 12:43 |
| #5 The Diamond Princess data yet again are being validated: Fatality to population = ca 1:1,000 in the absolute worst case Infection rate of less than 20%, and the vast majority are asymptomatic or immune Shame on our decision-makers. They had this actual, empirical data from an "ideal incubation environment" staring them in the face, and instead they chose to make decisions on the basis of an absurd doomsday hypothetical using garbage data and ridiculous assumptions. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-04-26 12:39 |
| #4 The only people who should take unusual precautions like sheltering in place are the elderly, the frail and those whom the the elderly and frail depend on critically for assistance with their daily lives. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-04-26 12:35 |
| #3 /\ Hear, hear! |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-04-26 12:30 |
| #2 ... but not deaths from the virus. It just isn't very lethal to the under-70 population. It ain't so. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-04-26 12:29 |
| #1 The numbers are the latest evidence to suggest that people who are asymptomatic — contagious but not physically sick -- may be driving the spread of the virus |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-26 12:13 |