'Respiratory outbreak' in Fairfax county July 11, 2019

[Zsari]

'Respiratory outbreak' being investigated at retirement community after 54 residents fall ill
Two have died and 18 were hospitalized in Virginia, officials said.
By
Enjoli Francis
July 11, 2019, 3:32 PM

Two people have died and 18 others have been hospitalized after a "respiratory outbreak" at a Virginia retirement community, according to officials.

The Fairfax County Department of Health said that 54 individuals had become ill with "respiratory symptoms ranging from upper respiratory symptoms (cough) to pneumonia" in the last 11 days at Greenspring Retirement Community in Springfield.

In a letter Wednesday to residents obtained by ABC News affiliate WJLA-TV in Washington D.C., Greenspring described symptoms as "fever, cough, body aches, wheezing, hoarseness and general weakness."

Benjamin Schwartz, a health department director, told ABC News on Thursday that the outbreak had been reported in the assisted-living and skilled-nursing sections. He said the outbreak began with the first case on June 30.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/respirato...community-54-residents-fall/story?id=64275865

 

[Morpheus]

Would the presences of the virus still be there, if the two bodies were exhumed, and tested?

 

[fisher1]

Would the presences of the virus still be there, if the two bodies were exhumed, and tested?

Yes. Virus would probably be dead but it can be detected

 

[Zsari]

Would the presences of the virus still be there, if the two bodies were exhumed, and tested?

They should be able to. That's how we know that the Spanish flu is a variation of the N1H1 virus.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

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MYTH: COVID-19 was circulating last summer at Greenspring, an assisted living facility in Springfield.

Fact: Testing of specimens collected during the outbreak of respiratory illness at Greenspring in July 2019 showed several bacteria, including Haemophilus influenzae (H. flu) and rhinovirus, the cause of the common cold. There is no need to re-investigate the outbreak. At the time, the Virginia Department of Health put out an alert about an increase in respiratory illnesses in long-term care facilities .

The first human cases of COVID-19 were identified in Wuhan City, China in December 2019. At this stage, it is not possible to determine precisely how humans in China were initially infected.. WHO Source , VDH Source