Major spread in the Ohio prisons

[Mik]

More than 73% of inmates at Marion.

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/04/19/coronavirus-ohio-more-than-1-800-inmates-marion-correctional-test-positive/5163046002/

[jon-nyc]

Wow. Corrections officers can’t be far behind.

[Mik]

They aren’t. If anyone thinks it’s just time to throw the barn doors open they need to read this.

[LuFins Dad]

2426 from prisoners, at least 220 from correctional officers ( the article wasn’t clear), 800 from nursing homes (https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/investigations/state-releasing-details-on-confirmed-covid19-cases-at-ohio-nursing-homes-after-3news-investigation/95-daecbe0c-6bbe-4628-bd5d-6f5f77cc9fed) and at least 1300 (numbers are a week old https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200412/coronavirus-ohio-hospitals-wont-say-how-many-workers-are-sick-with-covid-19) from medical care workers.

That’s nearly 5000 of Ohio’s 11,600 cases represented in three places, and if those 1500 medical care workers and corrections officers just infected one person outside of work, you’re now at 6500, or most cases in the state coming from those three places.

[Loki]

It’s a confusing article. Not sure what to conclude from it

[jon-nyc]

It’s really just reporting a few stats.

I think the conclusion is ‘covid-19 spreads easily in prisons’.

[jon-nyc]

1% of Ohio prisoners with Covid are now dead.

https://drc.ohio.gov/Portals/0/DRC COVID-19 Information 05-07-2020 1315_1.pdf

[LuFins Dad]

Prisons, Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Cruise Ships, and now (apparently) Apartment Buildings. The lesson here seems to be don't be locked up in a confined space with sick people.

[A Former User]

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