Family of coronavirus patient in Missouri refuse to self-quarantine--go to party and school dance

[Mrs. Overall]

https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/coronavirus/family-of-missouri-s-first-coronavirus-patient-broke-self-quarantine/article_94fe6bf6-f679-5b88-870c-18c5f79d019b.html

Family of Missouri's first coronavirus patient broke self quarantine, St. Louis County officials say

...the father and sister of the infected patient attended a school father-daughter dance Saturday night at the Ritz-Carlton in Clayton. They also apparently attended a pre-dance gathering at the house of a Villa student.

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page said Sunday that the patient’s family had been told on Thursday to self quarantine at their home in Ladue. Page said the patient's father had not followed health department instructions. Page spoke at a news conference Sunday evening.

County health officials told the man on Sunday, Page said, "that he must remain in his home or they will issue a formal quarantine that will require him and the rest of his family to stay in their home by the force of law."

The Villa Duchesne message advises students and parents, “If you attended the dance, please be attentive to any symptoms you are experiencing.”

[rzemanfl]

1. Fucking idiots. n/t

[tblue37]

2. Selfish SOBs. nt

[Midnight Writer]

43. Selfish. Exactly.

[sheshe2]

13. Trumpers?

Most likely.

[Blue_true]

17. Yes, most likely. nt

[sheshe2]

18. It is a hoax after all. nt

[Blue_true]

20. The denial of science is going to kill a lot of people if we don't get rid of

that moron.

[sheshe2]

21. Yes.

None of them believe in science. This is going to get far worse before it gets better.

*sigh*

[GusBob]

27. The Ritz Carlton

Do the math

[sheshe2]

29. Umhmm!

Hoax...………..doin' the Ritz now, babe.

These people are going to kill us all.

[sunnybrook]

56. Very upscale area

I used to live in St. Louis. Ladue is the bastion of private schools and residences with housekeepers.

[Celerity]

47. the father and sister of the infected patient attended a school father-daughter dance

father-daughter dance

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. All it takes is a few selfish morons like that

who didn't want to miss a party.

[eleny]

4. This is another reason why people are hording food and household products

They know that there are people who won't do the prudent thing or even follow lawful direction.

[RockRaven]

5. State and local jurisdictions need to get out ahead of this and start charging people who

defy quarantine directions. Examples need to be made, immediately, to get people's attention that this is not trivial shit. Drop the hammer on these people, whatever hammer exists, however large or small, use the fucking thing.

[LisaL]

14. Well, for that they need to start issuing orders for someone to self-quarantine, not just asking

them.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

50. It may well come to that

I'm sure that health officials are trying the least restrictive, less draconian approach first. I suppose that they are going to have to start becoming progressively stricter to help prevent situations like this.

[getagrip_already]

6. This is going to happen over and over in red hat world.....

They don't give a shit about anyone but themselves.

Hopefully they stayed among their own kind.

[defacto7]

15. and there's the religious factor. The supernatural protection

of their deity makes them impervious to the ills of the lost through their blind faith. Blind faith is what they call it.

[GulfCoast66]

23. Yeah. I've heard 2 interviews where they quote Psalms something or other. Say they are protected.

These superstitious, Middle Ages mind set people are going to kill people.

On edit. If those SOBs got me or my family sick I would sue the shit out of them. It’s one thing to spread it without knowing you have been exposed. Totally innocent. But breaking quarantine is wanton endangerment.

[dalton99a]

24. "Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill" is a private Catholic school

[GulfCoast66]

26. Proving the rich aren't that smart. And often selfish as all get out.

I doubt my middle ass would not be allowed on the grounds. Well, that and I think their religion is superstition.

[Beartracks]

35. Catholics?! I thought Christian Scientists matched that description.

[defacto7]

49. That's definitely one of the central tenets of Chri-Sci

but other groups not only Christians but Muslims choose to be extreme based on their particular sect , Diocese, synod, or just by whoever their leader happens to be. Sometimes it's just a local decision.

[customerserviceguy]

30. Point out that

the Black Plague was in Europe, the only continent that was of the Christian faith. Jaysus did a poor job of looking out for "his" people back then, why would it be any different today?

[GulfCoast66]

37. Actually it came from Asia. Killed a shit ton of people there as well.

Republicans are now working to blame China for a virus. They truly are deplorable and stupid. It’s a virus. A bundle of DNA with an RNA coat. Or something like that. Been 35 years since I studied that shit.

[defacto7]

51. The Iranian military stated that they have evidence

that it is a biological attack against them. They seem to have softened their rhetoric as this has spread to friend and foe alike. An equalizer has its philosophical advantages.

[SWBTATTReg]

54. Didn't hear this but am not surprised. Have to laugh now, how much do you think they damaged ...

reputation by claiming such unfounded claims (that CV is a biological agent)? A rhetorical question of course. Thanks for posting. There is so much news out there it is hard to track all of it.

[spinbaby]

55. Oh yeah, I'm hearing that here in wingnut territory

Here in rural western PA, I’ve heard:

The Chinese spread Coronavirus on purpose because of tariffs.

It’s a common cold being hyped by Democrats to get Trump.

More people die of flu, drug overdose, car crashes, etc, etc.

I think that covers the major theories.

[hack89]

53. It's also going to happen over and over in the blue state world as well

there are too many people with no healthcare and/or sick days. They have no choice but to continue working.

[SoCalNative]

57. Sorry but

then the local or state health departments will need to get involved, ordering quarantines, slapping giant quarantine signs on their doors and putting an armed guard there, if necessary.

[hack89]

58. Which is why working poor people will avoid the doctor's office or ER

they will gut out their illness and not tell anyone, gambling that they will be ok. If you hide your illness then the local health department can't do much.

[JDC]

8. Fox News and trump told him it was all a hoax

I'm sure their neighbors and the folks they interacted with are just fine with this....

[stillcool]

9. but they can go to work, right?

as long as they feel fine, no biggie. I heard it from the President of the United States.

[Skittles]

10. I guarantee you they are MAGAts

stupid, selfish people

[SMC22307]

25. Coronavirus + affluenza (based on a quick peek at Ladue, MO on realtor.com).

Nothing will keep Thurston from a dance at the Ritz, dahlink!

[Moostache]

44. I live nearby...most of Ladue is over-stuffed with entitled rich assholes, but not all.

Those people are Trump through and through.
Racist as hell, anti-intellectual, many born on third and aren't even smart enough to know what a triple IS...

The problem is I have been to those events in the past...LOTS of glad handing, shaking of hands, patting on the back and the girls running around and hugging and jumping on each other. I also have had interactions with people from those social circles in just the last few weeks too, it is unavoidable in the St. Louis business community...

You literally could not paint a picture more likely to spread any virus on surface contact or human to human if you tried...

This whole thing has now reached within less than 10 miles from my door (from China to Missouri in under 4 months! - makes the plague look like a joke)...

I have gone from angry to terrified of what may be coming and I can't sleep or think rationally at the moment. I am going to have a really hard time tomorrow. This is out of control.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

59. Best wishes, Moostache. We're all on pins and needles.

My son (mid-thirties) is with me and can do the running. He's also now in college and I worry about what he might pick up in class or at the store. We've done the drill on hand washing and limiting exposure.

We just got our first case over the weekend here in Louisville.

If that damn virus don't get us, the stress may very well.........

[SMC22307]

62. Take care, Moostache.

Idiot-in-Chief gladhanding today along a fundraising line certainly isn't helping matters. People gotta take this seriously.

[uponit7771]

11. Damn

[BusyBeingBest]

12. What sort of megadouche would go to someone's HOUSE knowing

he and his daughter potentially carried the virus? Bad enough public spaces, but someone's HOUSE? Used their silverware, used their toilets, touched all the doorknobs?

[Initech]

16. Future Darwin Award nominees?

[gristy]

19. Lots of inexplicable behavior and blame to go around here

1. Yes, the father and sister certainly should have remained self-quarantined. This is a tremendous failure.
2. But also, the parents at the pre-dance gathering should never have had that gathering. What were they thinking?
3. And the father-daughter dance should have been cancelled.

[customerserviceguy]

31. So true

Cancellation is not to punish the afflicted, but to protect the innocent.

[pat_k]

22. Hope they have military base facilities or something set up to isolate "by force of law."

[TeamPooka]

28. Death is just a bad hoax according to Trump and FOX News

[SunSeeker]

32. That dad is an irresponsible asshole. Fuck. What was he thinking?

[Buckeye_Democrat]

33. Those types will probably cough on people at gunpoint...

... eventually.

“It’s my right to be an asshole! MAGA!”

[Beartracks]

34. Trying to "prove" it's a hoax?

But when other people start getting sick after the dance, they can say, "You can't prove it was us!!1!"



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[Goodheart]

36. Father-daughter dance, huh? This story is creepy on top of scary.

[GulfCoast66]

39. Ivanka gave her dad a lap dance when she was 13. And no! I will not post photos.

They are easy to find online.

[Farmer-Rick]

41. Those father daughter dances are very creepy.

Little girls dressed like brides or in prom dresses as if on a date with an eligible boy. Then wiggling and dancing for their daddy. Can you say incestuous?

My daughter made it to adulthood just fine without any of those weirdly creepy dances. Though they were popular here in the South when she was growing up.

Why any father thinks such weirdness is necessary is beyond me. And to break a quaranteen during a pandemic in order to expose your child to such weirdness is beyond rational.

[aeromanKC]

38. Homicide charges if anyone contracts virus and dies.

[Laffy Kat]

40. Selfish assholes. No doubt 45 supporters. nt

[Quixote1818]

42. They could end up murdering many people. I hope they get sued if someone they infect dies! nt

[KT2000]

45. All they had to do was watch FOX

and hear over and over that this is no big deal - just hype.

This is exactly why trump and others have to stop. Trumpers will spread the disease faster than anything else.

[Demovictory9]

46. selfish

[duforsure]

48. By people ignoring the warnings

By going out into the public knowing they could be infected should have criminal penalties for it, or others will continue this dangerous trend.

[defacto7]

60. I think it does have criminal penalties,

This is such new and unusual circumstances

[kysrsoze]

52. Trash... n/t

[KY_EnviroGuy]

61. Good 'ole American unfettered freedom of movement, independence and stupidity....

could be what kills us all. If not this, then ultimately climate change........