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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 04:23 PM Mar 2020

Coronavirus patient under 24/7 armed guard after REFUSING to self-isolate

The patient had left the hospital without permission. Deputies are now stationed outside the 53-year-old man's house around-the-clock in Nelson County, KY.
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The unidentified man is the only coronavirus patient in the county, and officials were worried that he could infect others.

"It's a step I hoped I never had to take, but we can't allow one person who we know has this virus to refuse to protect their neighbors," Gov. Beshear told reporters.

"We've got to make sure that people who have tested positive, that we know could be spreading the virus, and simply refuse to do the right thing, do the right thing," the governor said.

https://www.the-sun.com/news/539494/coronavirus-kentucky-patient-self-isolate-armed-guard/

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Coronavirus patient under 24/7 armed guard after REFUSING to self-isolate (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Mar 2020 OP
What a waste of man-power. Asshole!!! RockRaven Mar 2020 #1
Somehow this strikes me as a Leghorn21 Mar 2020 #2
in china they would just.....the guy nt msongs Mar 2020 #3
The end of Old Yeller was so sad. coti Mar 2020 #7
They should cloudbase Mar 2020 #4
I second that. alwaysinasnit Mar 2020 #9
We will need... Newest Reality Mar 2020 #5
Selfish idiot The Genealogist Mar 2020 #6
Tell him, "We fixin' to open up a keg o' nails and count 'em" ... Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #8
Armed guard huh? GusBob Mar 2020 #10
Wonder how that would have gone down in China? JDC Mar 2020 #11
Shot while resisting arrest, denem Mar 2020 #12
Murrica!!!! Freedumb!!!! SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #13

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
5. We will need...
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 04:33 PM
Mar 2020

We will need interment camps for the thousands of homeless individuals and families soon, I guess, in order to force them into quarantine since you can't do that in a tent, car or RV without a stock of supplies you can't afford.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,430 posts)
8. Tell him, "We fixin' to open up a keg o' nails and count 'em" ...
Sun Mar 15, 2020, 04:43 PM
Mar 2020

Anybody who gets that may have grown up near Nelson county like me.

If he's a (stereo)typical resident, it might be cheaper to just keep him supplied in cheap bourbon to keep him home.

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