How one CNY man with coronavirus failed to quarantine, may have exposed hundreds

[ARPad95]

https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/10/how-one-cny-man-with-coronavirus-failed-to-quarantine-may-have-exposed-hundreds.html

By Geoff Herbert | [e-mail]

A Central New York man who tested positive for the coronavirus is being blamed for failing to follow Covid-19 guidelines, leading to a cluster of cases and potentially exposing hundreds to the virus.

WKTV reports at least nine people have contracted Covid-19 in the Oneida County village of Holland Patent, stemming from one symptomatic person who tested positive and did not quarantine.

Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente Jr. said Wednesday it started with a man who showed symptoms and tested positive for Covid-19. His name has not been released but he is a football coach and a church leader who continued to attend practices, youth group meetings and church services, Picente said.

The man’s wife and four of his children — one of whom is an adult and a music teacher — then tested positive, and all of the family members also failed to quarantine. The Oneida County Health Department released a chart of its contact tracing efforts, showing how each infected person exposed others at a birthday party, a school, daycare, music lessons, and a sleepover; there were also low-risk exposures at a soccer practice, the DMV and doctor’s offices.

“Adult one” and his wife also went on a bus trip to New York City while he was sick, Picente said. It’s unclear how many people were on the bus or exposed in NYC.

[Click link above for full article and contact tracing diagram.]

SELFISH PRICK & HIS EQUALLY SELFISH ADULT FAMILY MEMBERS!!!!

[MoonchildCA]

1. If anyone dies or has long term effects from this...

...he should be charged with criminal recklessness or negligence.
These people need to be held responsible.

[sfstaxprep]

8. That Would Be Nice

But it would be Impossible to prove that any death could be directly traced back to these Assholes with 100% certainty, enough to convince a jury.

Nothing will happen to these people. If there were any justice, one of them would die, and all those they infected would live.

[d_r]

9. I saw something like this before

What I wish could happen is that anyone who is identified from contact tracing and placed on quarantined could sue them for the loss of income etc. During the quarantine. My thinking is that it would be connected because the quarantine resulted from the contact tracing, even if the actual illness or death could not. They would likely argue that the quarantine wasn't his fault but the fault of the policy makers.

[MoonchildCA]

10. Probably not with contact tracing.

But they are already figuring out how to track the transmissions using genetic mutations. So there is hope.

[stillcool]

2. I can picture them in their MAGA hats..

Picente said there may be hundreds of people exposed, but it’s been difficult to determine an exact number because the church and the football coach have refused to cooperate with the county’s investigation. Instead of providing names of attendees, they referred health officials to their lawyers.

[ARPad95]

3. Yes, Holland-Patent is a Red Hat town.

https://www.bestplaces.net/voting/zip-code/new_york/holland_patent/13354

in the last presidential election, 56.5% voted Republican

[TreasonousBastard]

5. What scum. If they were caught with containers of cyanide or kilos of heroin nobody would be so nice

to them. And we weren't so nice to Typhoid Mary.

This disease is deadly, and anyone not cooperating should be dealt with to the limit if the law.

If that's not good enough, get some new limits.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

4. The selfish pricks that flout

The coronavirus protocols need to be ruthlessly shamed.

[jpak]

6. Another asshole "church leader" covidiot

Just like the one in Maine that killed 8 people.

Fuck them all

Yup

[Earthshine2]

7. Can these people be sued? Did they actually break the law?

We can't just go on relying on the goodness and integrity of our fellow humans. There are too many "deplorables."