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COVID-19 - Elder Care Facilities - Golden Triangle - Southeast Texas

Wed, 2020-04-22 11:50 — Kathy Gilbeaux

A list of elder care facilities in the Golden Triangle area within Southeast Texas (Beaumont - Port Arthur - Orange) having residents and / or staff with COVID-19 infections . . .

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A third party vendor who was last at Calder Woods in Beaumont on April 10, felt ill on April 14 and received COVID-19 positive results on April 21.

CLICK HERE - KFDM - Facebook Post - Summary of Event

CLICK HERE - Buckner COVID-19 Transparency

CLICK HERE - Calder Woods Coronavirus Response Page (1 page .PDF document)

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COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic - SARSCoV2

Fri, 2020-01-03 20:40 — Kathy Gilbeaux

An expanding list of information resources on the COVID-19 Pandemic. A link to Resources, Information, FAQs and Research on this pandemic will be provided (in red - here), and at the bottom of this post . . .

CLICK HERE - Map and Dashboard - Coronavirus COVID-19 - Johns Hopkins University

CLICK HERE - Map and Dashboard - COVID-19 Tracker - Microsoft / Bing

CLICK HERE - WHO - Map and Dashboard - Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation

CLICK HERE - Map and Dashboard - COVID-19 tracker - The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

CLICK HERE - ESRI - Impact Planning for COVID-19 - Select your State and County

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Texas Department of State Health Services - Coronavirus Disease 2019 - COVID-19

Fri, 2020-01-03 08:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

CLICK HERE - Texas Department of State Health Services - Coronavirus Disease 2019 - COVID-19

CLICK HERE - Texas Department of State Health Services - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Local Health Entities - (Contacts)

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CLICK HERE - CDC - Strategies to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCF)

CLICK HERE - CDC - Evaluating and Reporting Persons Under Investigation (PUI)

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COVID patients overwhelm Texas hospitals, amid 'hair on fire' crisis

Fri, 2021-08-27 10:57 — mike kraft

COVID patients overwhelm Texas hospitals, amid 'hair on fire' crisis State hospitals are buckling under the pressure of 1,700 patients a day. ABC News ABC News

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Texas: Governor bans mandates for vaccines even if they have full approval, judge rules against governor banning masks

Wed, 2021-08-25 17:27 — mike kraft

Texas governor bans COVID-19 vaccine mandates regardless of approval Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued an executive order on Wednesday banning any governmental entity in the state from requiring a COVID-19 vaccine, regardless of its approval status. Nathaniel Weixel TheHill

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) issued an executive order on Wednesday banning any governmental entity in the state from requiring a COVID-19 vaccine, regardless of its approval status.

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is expected to announce Wednesday that all nursing homes will have to require all staff be vaccinated against Covid to keep receiving Medicare and Medicaid funding.

Wed, 2021-08-18 17:27 — richard schachter

Biden to require nursing homes mandate vaccinations for staff or lose federal funds The new regulation will affect about 15,000 nursing homes, which employ more than 1.3 million people. NBC News

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Disease Detectives’ on Contact Tracing a Reckless President

Sun, 2020-10-11 10:36 — mike kraft

‘Disease Detectives’ on Contact Tracing a Reckless President CDC veterans say the White House outbreak was all but inevitable. Molly McCluskey Intelligencer

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Governor Abbott Announces Phase One To Open Texas, Establishes Statewide Minimum Standard Health Protocols

Tue, 2020-04-28 08:30 — Kathy Gilbeaux

CLICK HERE - REPORT - Texans Helping Texans - The Governor's Report to Open Texas - April 27, 2020 (64 page .PDF report)

gov.texas.gov - April 27, 2020

Governor Greg Abbott today announced the first phase of the State of Texas' ongoing plan to safely and strategically open Texas while minimizing the spread of COVID-19. Under Phase I, certain services and activities are allowed to open with limited occupancy, and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is issuing minimum standard health protocols for all businesses and individuals to follow. The Governor also outlined special guidance for Texans over 65 and detailed a comprehensive mitigation plan for nursing homes in Texas. The Governor also announced a statewide testing and tracing program developed by DSHS that will help public health officials quickly identify and test Texans who contract COVID-19 and mitigate further spread of the virus.

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Coronavirus Detected on Particles of Air Pollution

Sun, 2020-04-26 08:20 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Exclusive: Scientists examine whether this route enables infections at longer distances

Large virus-laden droplets from infected people’s coughs and sneezes fall to the ground within 1-2 metres. Photograph: Nick Gregory/Alamy

CLICK HERE - STUDY - medRxiv - The Potential role of Particulate Matter in the Spreading of COVID-19 in Northern Italy: First Evidence-based Research Hypotheses - April 17, 2020

theguardian.com - by Damian Carrington - April 24, 2020

Coronavirus has been detected on particles of air pollution by scientists investigating whether this could enable it to be carried over longer distances and increase the number of people infected.

The work is preliminary and it is not yet known if the virus remains viable on pollution particles and in sufficient quantity to cause disease.

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