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Old Mar 7, 2020 | 8:51 pm
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Originally Posted by STS-134
Got a link to the article or video with Fauci saying that? I'd believe it if Fauci said it, but I'd ask him to explain what happened at Life Care Center in Kirkland. 0.1% would be similar to the flu, but you don't hear about the flu going through a senior living facility and killing 8 people in a matter of 1-2 weeks.
I'd think that residents of a nursing home would be among the most medically fragile people, many with lung or cardiac issues, many relatively immobile or bedridden (making lung issues even harder to clear) -- I'd be surprised if a group like this didn't have a higher than average mortality. And, there seems to be evidence that there are multiple strains out there -- perhaps the nursing home residents were exposed to the one that seems to cause more severe clinical issues.
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