A West Baltimore nursing home has zero Covid-19 infections

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15 points·MaysonL··6 comments

As if pay walls weren't annoying enough.

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PS: Why is that special? No infections, thankfully, so far in my mother's home either.

From the article:

What was the moment you realized the threat was real and that you had to take action to protect your residents and staff? “Right after President Trump said we had 15 cases and it would soon be down to zero.”

I dare not put words in a Baptist minister’s mouth, but it sounds like he listened to what the President of the United States had to say, then decided just the opposite would be true. “It does sound like that,” Reverend DeWitt agreed.

I'm sure part of this is the precautions they're taking, but part is also survivorship bias. I wish reporters would acknowledge that and maybe even discuss it a bit.

Kind of feels like focusing on the well-proven science behind limiting spread of infection is more useful than acknowledging that sometimes you can do nothing and get lucky.

Possible front operation for the Avon Barksdale Organization?

Did you read the article? It sounds like a good man doing his job exceptionally well.

And yes I get the reference.

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