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IADEMO2004

(5,878 posts)
Mon Nov 9, 2020, 05:03 PM Nov 2020

Two Iowa prisons same story Covid out of control.

https://www.kcci.com/article/hundreds-of-inmates-test-positive-for-coronavirus-in-rockwell-city-iowa-facility/34616464

ROCKWELL CITY, Iowa —

Hundreds of inmates at the North Central Correctional Facility in Rockwell City have tested positive for COVID-19.
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State data shows 254 of the prison's 400 inmates have the virus. None of them have recovered.

The Department of Corrections reports three of the four staff members who have tested positive have recovered.

https://www.kmaland.com/news/1-additional-covid-19-death-in-page-county-365-new-cases-reported-at-clarinda-correctional/article_ce71298a-220c-11eb-a977-0f5360769bdb.html

(Clarinda) — Page County officials are reporting an additional death from COVID-19, as well as a large spike at Clarinda Correctional Facility.

Page County Public Health Director Jessica Erdman says they have confirmed one additional death from COVID-19. The individual was over the age of 80 and marks the fourth total death in the county from COVID-19
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On Sunday, officials also reported an additional 380 positive cases of COVID-19 in Page County, 365 of which are from inmates at Clarinda Correctional Facility. The spike in cases pushes Page County’s total to 991 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, of which 501 have recovered.
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Two Iowa prisons same story Covid out of control. (Original Post) IADEMO2004 Nov 2020 OP
I expected a resurgence of cases this fall progressoid Nov 2020 #1
Ordering and threatening schools to open was Governor's virus green light. YOLO right? IADEMO2004 Nov 2020 #2
Across the border Pete Ricketts is in quarantine now. progressoid Nov 2020 #3
New news to me. Jerk needs a spank. IADEMO2004 Nov 2020 #5
New restrictions from Iowa Dept of Wishful Thinking. IADEMO2004 Nov 2020 #4

progressoid

(50,743 posts)
1. I expected a resurgence of cases this fall
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 11:14 AM
Nov 2020

but I didn't expect it to be this bad. Kovid Kim's ineffectiveness, Trump and his rallies, Sturgis, etc, not to mention people's lack of personal responsibility have literally been killing us.

I feel for all our health care workers who have to deal with this.

IADEMO2004

(5,878 posts)
2. Ordering and threatening schools to open was Governor's virus green light. YOLO right?
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 11:36 AM
Nov 2020

Wonder what she is going to say at 11 today.

She has been hiding from virus now it's coming to get her.

IADEMO2004

(5,878 posts)
5. New news to me. Jerk needs a spank.
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 12:27 PM
Nov 2020

He threatened withholding funds to local government offices if they required masks.

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