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33. Montana health director nominee once faced
criticism over Kentucky's hepatitis A outbreak
Dr. Kevin Kavanagh, a retired Kentucky physician who
runs the national watchdog group Health Watch USA, is among those
who said Meier and his team needed to do more early on to curb the
hepatitis outbreak as it made its way into Appalachia. Kavanagh said
Meier’s handling of the outbreak provides a window into how he might
handle the COVID crisis in Montana.
“But it could be a learning opportunity if failed strategies are
corrected,” Kavanagh said. “The biggest question is: What did he
learn in Kentucky?” Courier Journal. Feb. 27, 2012.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/27/montana-health-director-nominee-adam-meier-led-during-kentucky-hepatitis-outbreak/6850713002/
32. Leaked video more comical than incendiary, but
coach's conduct raises coronavirus concerns
“When you have two individuals indoors without cloth
masks, that is a set up for transmission, which can be a disaster
for the individuals in close contact,” said Dr. Kevin Kavanagh,
board chairman of Health Watch USA. “When they are public figures,
it sets a bad example and may encourage other Kentuckians to do the
same.” “I don’t know what that means,” Kavanagh said. “Testing
is not a for-sure guarantee that you won’t get transmission. Even
vaccination is not for sure, especially with the new variants.
“One needs to do both masking and social distancing and when you’re
indoors there’s a possibility neither will be effective because this
virus can aerosolize.” Americans grow increasingly susceptible
to COVID-19 fatigue, tempted to cut corners and resume life as we
once knew it. As vaccines are distributed and immunity increases,
Kavanagh says, “I’m very worried that as a society we’re declaring
victory and letting our guard down.” Courier Journal.
Feb. 21, 2021.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/louisville/
2021/02/21/sullivan-macks-conduct-after-
louisville-win-raises-covid-19-concerns/4533748001/
31. Legislators tell Beshear they’ll talk with him after votes
to override vetoes; he says ‘See you in court,’ warns of fourth
surge in cases
"In an opinion piece for the Courier Journal, Dr.
Kevin Kavanagh, a retired Somerset physician and the chairman of
Health Watch USA, walks through the dangers of the coronavirus
variant that originated in the United Kingdom, noting that it may be
70% more infectious, 30% more lethal and more likely to infect
children. He adds that the Brazil and the South Africa variants “are
even more concerning.” That said, he said there is hope in President
Biden’s seven-point plan that aims to create a standardized pandemic
approach. He also writes that “For many, the virus is becoming a
litmus test for reliable news sources,” noting that “unreliable
sources rarely if ever correct reporting errors, which have led to
the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans.”" Kentucky
Health News. Feb. 2, 2021.
http://ci.uky.edu/kentuckyhealthnews/2021/02/02/
legislators-tell-beshear-theyll-talk-with-him-after-votes-to-override-vetoes-he-says-see-you-in-court-warns-of-fourth-surge-in-cases/
30. Goodbye to January 2021, COVID-19’s Worst
Month (So Far)
There’s a strain of COVID that emerged in South
Africa—E484K—that has experts even more concerned, because it seems
as if the vaccines are less effective against that strain. Modern
technology allows us to create a new vaccine or booster shot in a
matter of weeks, if that’s in fact what’s needed. We don’t have to
culture them anymore. But as Kevin Kavanagh, MD, and a member of
Infection Control Today®’s Editorial Advisory Board, tells ICT®, the
main goal at this point is to stop the spread of the new variants
because if they take hold there’s this problem: You have to, in
Kavanagh’s words, revaccinate the entire world. “And if we keep
having these variants coming about every six months, because we’re
spreading this virus like wildfire, it’s going to be very
problematic. Infection Control Today. Feb. 1,
2021.
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/goodbye-to-january-2021-covid-19-s-worst-month-so-far-
29. B.1.1.7 Cornavirus Strain Now Said to Be More
Deadly and Contagious
Kevin Kavanagh, MD, a member of Infection Control
Today®'s Editorial Advisory Board said that "initial reports that
the UK Variant is not more lethal than our current strain and that
its increase in transmissibility was possibly due to an increase in
viral production by the patient did not make sense. Since, increased
viral load should produce a more severe disease in the patient. I
was thus hoping for another mechanism, but it now looks like this
strain may be more lethal after all and to make matters worse, it
may have an increased propensity to infect children and young adults."
Kavanagh argues that now is the time for the CDC to be proactive in
its outreach to other countries. "The new emerging coronavirus
strains underscore the necessity of not only having increased
vigilance on our shores and the need to expand our genomic
surveillance in the United States, but also to reactivate and expand
the CDC's foreign support services and personnel. Similar to Ebola
we need to stop these new biological threats in the countries they
emerge in, rather than let them spread around the globe and into the
United States." Infection Control Today. Jan. 22, 2021.
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/p-1-1-7-now-said-to-be-more-deadly-and-contagious
28. Pfizer COVID Vaccine Days Away From Approval
"Kevin Kavanagh, MD, points out in an article on
ICT®’s website that “the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is in short supply.
The lion’s share of the doses are not expected to be delivered to
the United States until late June or July, 2021. Moderna appears to
have more available vaccines but the exact delivery dates are
unknown.” " Infection Control Today. Dec. 11, 2020.
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/fda-panel-meets-today-on-covid-19-vaccine-approval
27. COVID Unleashes the ‘Lurking Scourge’ Candida
Auris
"Kevin Kavanagh, MD, a member of Infection Control
Today®’s Editorial Advisory Board, says that drug resistant C. Auris
is a dangerous pathogen, it first came to attention back in 2015.
“Presently, it is known to be highly infectious and can cause
dangerous co-infections,” says Kavanagh.”C. Auris co-infections do
occur in COVID-19 patients and if present the case-fatality-rate is
60%"
Infection Control Today. Nov. 11, 2020.
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/covid-unleashes-the-lurking-scourge-candida-auris
26. Experts say COVID-19 vaccine will come with challenges and
cautions after distribution
"Even after a vaccine is approved for the novel
coronavirus and is widely distributed, it will still be important to
follow public-health recommendations to thwart the spread of the
virus, including basic hand hygiene, social distancing and wearing a
mask.
All that said, Kavanagh said if you are at high risk for COVID-19 or
a frontline worker, it may be in your best interests to get the
vaccine, after weighing the risks and benefits. As for the rest of
the population, the months-long wait for universal distribution will
give time for more research, he said: “By that time, there’ll be a
lot more safety data, and data on the vaccine’s effectiveness.”
" Ky Forward. Nov. 3, 2020.
https://www.kyforward.com/experts-say-covid-19-vaccine-will-come-with-challenges-and-cautions-after-distribution/
25. CDC Launches $180M Anti-infection Program for
Healthcare Workers
Kevin Kavanagh, MD, another member of ICT®’s Editorial
Advisory Board, says that “this efficient and highly accessible
training is desperately needed as many states are making final plans
for the opening of satellite hospitals and potentially assigning
desperately needed staff with minimal experience in infectious
disease. In addition, tracking and mandatory reporting of healthcare
worker acquisitions and infections with dangerous pathogens such as
COVID-19 is of utmost importance. Infection Control Today.
Oct. 28, 2020.
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/cdc-launches-180m-anti-infection-program-for-healthcare-workers
24. To 'celebrate' or not to celebrate Halloween;
that is the question
Dr. Kevin Kavanagh, a retired Somerset physician who
heads Health Watch USA, which focuses on infection control, reminded
Kentuckians on the Jack Pattie Show on Lexington's WVLK that just
because an activity is outdoors doesn't mean it's safe. He noted
that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared
traditional trick-or-treating, in which treats are handed to
children who go door to door, a high-risk activity.
Don't think that wearing a Halloween mask, is going to protect you
from the coronavirus, Kavanagh said. "If screaming will likely
occur, greater distancing is advised," he said. "The greater the
distance, the lower the risk of spreading a respiratory virus.”
The CDC also advises against wearing both a regular mask and a
costume mask: "Do not wear a costume mask over a cloth mask because
it can be dangerous if the costume mask makes it hard to breathe.
Instead, consider using a Halloween-themed cloth mask."
Kentucky Health News. Oct. 26, 2020.
http://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2020/10/to-celebrate-or-not-to-celebrate.html
23. Healthcare-Acquired Infections Not Reported
Enough
"One of the problems with controlling HAIs has to do
with the growth of antibiotic resistant pathogens. Kevin
Kavanagh, MD, a member of the Infection Control Today®'s Editorial
Advisory Board, noted in an article that 500 people in the United
States die each day from antibiotic resistant organisms. As
mentioned, the data collected for the ID Week study are pre-COVID.
Kavanagh wrote that preliminary data revealed that "patients with
COVID-19 were more likely to contract healthcare-acquired infections
(HAIs), possibly due to longer hospital stays. The most common MDRO
infecting patients with COVID-19 was methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), followed closely by extended spectrum
beta-lactamases (ESBL)-producing organisms. MRSA caused just under
half of the COVID-19 hospital-acquired antibiotic resistant
infections." " Infection Control Today. Oct. 23, 2020.
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/healthcare-acquired-infections-not-reported-enough
22. Measuring Effects of Flu, COVID Co-Infections
"Kevin Kavanagh, MD, another member of ICT®'s
Editorial Advisory Board, said in a Q&A back in August that those
methods used against COVID seem to be particularly effective against
the flu. The rates of flu in the Southern Hemisphere and in even
back in March in the United States "just plummeted."
"It's a very steep slope,” Kavanagh said in August. “And so one
would ask, ‘Why did that happen?’ Well, it happened because of the
use of masks, hand hygiene, and social distancing. These same public
health initiatives and strategies which are very effective on
COVID-19 are even more effective with the flu." " Infection
Control Today. Oct. 21, 2020.
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/measuring-effects-of-flu-covid-co-infections
21. AHRQ Process Cuts Down on Antibiotic Overprescribing
"In the November issue of Infection Control Today®, Kevin
Kavanagh, MD, writes about how COVID-19 has complicated the tracking
of antibiotic resistant bacteria. Patients afflicted with COVID-19
have an increased susceptibility to antibiotic resistant infections
both from prolonged hospitalizations and the use of
immunocompromising agents such as dexamethasone,” writes Kavanagh,
who is a member of ICT®'s Editorial Advisory Board. Kavanagh points
out that patients with COVID-19 have longer hospital stays than
patients with flu-like symptoms who have not been infected by the
coronavirus. He also writes that COVID patients are much more likely
to be hit by a healthcare-acquired infection, than non-COVID
patients.
Kavanagh writes that preliminary data by the US Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention "found that during the pandemic, total
hospitalizations in the United States decreased by approximately
25%. However, inpatient antibiotic usage did not markedly change.
The most common types of antibiotics prescribed were ceftriaxone for
presumptive community acquired pneumonia, which increased by 22% in
April and then fell during the summer, and azithromycin, possibly
used in conjunction with hydroxychloroquine, the rate of which
increased by 55% in April and then also fell. It was evident to me
that in both cases the usage pattern represents changes in both
diagnostic ability and treatment recommendations." " Infection
Control Today. Oct. 21, 2020.
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/ahrq-process-cuts-down-on-antibiotic-overprescribing
20. Experts Forcefully Push Back on Barrington Declaration
"Kavanagh, MD, a member of Infection Control Today®'s
Editorial Advisory Board in his rebuttal to the Declaration.
Kavanagh wrote that “for infection preventionists and frontline
healthcare workers, the Great Barrington Declaration places their
lives and livelihood at risk." " Infection Control Today. Oct. 20,
2020.
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/experts-forcefully-push-back-on-barrington-declaration
19. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: How COVID Spreads
Indoors
"While reiterating that SARS-CoV-2 most commonly
spreads through close contact (less than 6 feet, and for about 15
minutes) with a symptomatic or asymptomatic carrier, the CDC now
suggests that the coronavirus is even more contagious than
previously thought."
Well, yesterday the CDC again put the guidance on its website,
acknowledging that aerosolized particles of the coronavirus can
spread further than six feet and linger for a long time,
particularly in poorly ventilated areas.
This might not come as a surprise to many experts who’ve been
closely monitoring COVID-19. Certainly not to Kevin Kavanagh, MD, a
member of Infection Control Today®’s Editorial Advisory Board and a
frequent contributor to ICT®. Kavanagh recently pointed out that the
CDC in fact has already acknowledged that the coronavirus can be
aerosolized when it released recommendations on how people should
approach the upcoming holidays. Infection Control Today.
Oct. 6, 2020.
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/smoke-gets-in-your-eyes-how-covid-spreads-indoors
18. President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump Test
Positive for COVID
"Kevin Kavanagh, MD, is a member of Infection Control
Today®’s Editorial Advisory Board. Kavanagh tells ICT®: “This is a
testament to how easily this virus can spread. President Trump was
in a testing bubble and relied at his rallies on social distancing.
However, these rallies would be defined as a high-risk activity,
since even outdoors—and not all were—loud vocalizations can
aerosolized the virus. In an aerosolized form, the virus can travel
much farther than 6 feet, live for up to 16 hours and defeat the
protections afforded by a cotton mask. If one does not wear a mask,
then the activity is at an even higher risk.” Infection Control
Today. Oct. 3, 2020.
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/president-trump-first-lady-melania-trump-have-covid-19
17. Somerset-area legislators decry Beshear's
restrictions at Chamber meeting with little use of masks or social
distancing
The lawmakers from the Somerset area spoke to "a
packed house" that included "a whole host of the community’s
business and political leaders," reported Chris Harris of the
Somerset Commonwealth Journal. The newspaper's editor, Jeff Neal,
told Kentucky Health News that "There wasn’t a whole lot of social
distancing, and since they were eating, there were not a lot of
masks being used."
The event concerned Dr. Kevin Kavanagh, a retired Somerset physician
who heads Health Watch USA, which focuses on infection control in
health care.
"Events like this are very problematic," Kavanagh told Kentucky
Health News. "They usually have many cases or none. With the number
of individuals present and the prevalence of the virus in Pulaski
County, the odds are nothing will happen, but if the virus was
present at the event it can be catastrophic. . . . "
http://kyhealthnews.blogspot.com/2020/08/somerset-area-legislators-decry.html
16. Kentucky Derby 2020: Why health experts say
they agree with Churchill Down's decision
“Dr. Kevin Kavanagh, a retired Somerset physician who
also had warned against allowing fans at the event, praised Friday's
decision.
"It sends a very strong message to the community and Kentucky about
how serious this pandemic really is," said Kavanagh, chairman of the
patient advocacy group Health Watch USA.
Kavanagh said earlier this week that holding the event largely
outdoors would have helped. But it still wouldn't account for people
entering the racetrack through the building, passing through
hallways, placing bets, buying food and drink, using restrooms or
otherwise moving about, Kavanagh said.
And any cheering or shouting tends to "aerosolize" the virus and
increase chances of spread, he said.
Though most people who contract the virus don't experience the
severe and sometimes fatal symptoms associated with it, that doesn't
mean it's not a risk to mingle in a crowd, he said. Even people who
appear to have recovered from a less serious case of COVID-19 may be
at risk for lasting heart, lung or kidney damage.
“This is one dangerous virus that we don’t know much about,"
Kavanagh said. "This lackadaisical attitude that you can go out and
get infected and everything will be fine if you’re at low risk is
just plain magical thinking.”” Yetter D. Courier Jounal.
Aug. 22, 2020.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2020/08/21/health-experts-say-cancelling-fans-good-call-for-kentucky-derby/3400329001/
15. Beshear says Kentucky Derby can safely host
fans despite COVID-19. Not everyone agrees
"Any large gathering of people carries risks," said
Dr. Kevin Kavanagh, a retired physician from Somerset, Kentucky, and
chairman of the patient advocacy group Health Watch USA. "That risk
is lessened outdoors with social distancing and by the wearing
masks."
However, Kavanagh said in an email that shouting, which often
happens during the Derby, can cause the virus to "aerosolize" and
"defeat the safety of a cloth mask" while causing droplets to
"travel much further than 6 feet." "In addition, getting into and
out of the stands and use of restrooms is problematic," Kavanagh
said. Yetter D. Courier Jounal. Aug. 12,
2020.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/entertainment/events/kentucky-derby/2020/08/12/kentucky-derby-2020-beshear-says-race-safe-amid-covid-19/3353837001/
14. As COVID-19 spread, the feds relaxed rules,
and hospitals tried to contain the outbreak. Other infections may
have risen
"Patients need to be repositioned every two hours to
prevent ulcers on the skin, said physician Kevin
Kavanagh, founder of patient advocacy group Health
Watch USA. Doing so will show staff when patients have soiled their
beds, he said.
Daily bathing is necessary to prevent hospital infections, given
"the dangerous pathogens and compromised patients," Kavanagh said,
but bathing takes so many workers that short-staffed facilities too
often don't do it."
Odonell J. USA
Today. Aug. 5, 2020.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2020/08/05/some-hospital-infections-up-feds-waived-safety-oversight-reporting/5537817002/
13. Once seemingly insulated, Kentucky's
Appalachian counties scramble to stop COVID-19 outbreak
Dr. Kevin Kavanagh, a retired physician and
infectious-control advocate in Somerset who runs a patient-safety
group called Health Watch USA, said tracing remains a crucial
measure, though it gets less effective as cases grow and lab results
in some areas take more than a week. Courier Journal.
July 31, 2020.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/07/31/covid-19-appalachia-tiny-health-departments-struggle-outbreak/5526869002/
12. Hospitals must treat infection control as a
priority, not a profit center.
"We have gone far too long with not making the proper
investments,” warned Kevin Kavanagh, the physician founder of Health
Watch USA, in a recent commentary in Infection Control Today. “I
fear that, as a society, we may well have to pay the price for this
neglect." STAT. July 1, 2020.
https://www.statnews.com/2020/07/01/hospitals-must-treat-infection-control-as-a-priority-not-a-profit-center/
11. 26,000 COVID-19 Deaths in Nursing Homes Might
Spur Federal-State Blame Game
“Infection control in nursing homes has been
almost non-existent for years along with effective regulations to
serve as guidance,” Kavanagh said. “We are also concerned with a
reactionary program of inspections based on non-specific
regulations.” Kavanagh would like to see a sustained program
of oversight using detailed metrics designed to drive a high-quality
outcome. Infection Control Today.
June 2, 2020.
https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/covid-19/26000-covid-19-deaths-nursing-homes-might-spur-federal-state-blame-game
10. As obesity's link to COVID-19 grows, one
family that lost 24-year-old daughter diets together
"Along with making mechanical ventilation harder,
being severely overweight can make it harder to breath, reducing the
patient's own ventilation, said Dr. Kevin Kavanagh, a Kentucky
physician and founder of the patient advocacy group Health Watch
USA." USA Today. May 23, 2020.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/
2020/05/23/obesity-makes-covid-19-risk-larger-hospitals-challenges-much-harder/5221600002/
9. Mask or no mask? Why Kentucky's new requirement
to battle COVID-19 is causing such a fuss
Getting people to wear them is "absolutely key," in
part because modeling suggests that getting most of the public to
wear masks is what makes them effective, said Dr. Kevin Kavanagh,
head of the patient safety group Health Watch USA.
It's also critical to making consumers, especially older
Kentuckians, feel safe to return to stores and help revive the
economy, he said. Courier Journal. May 15, 2020.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2020/05/15/coronavirus-masks-how-kentuckys-first-week-went-requiring-masks/5192238002/
8. Rich hospitals, poor safety plans leading up to
coronavirus: Should rules change for them now?
"As many hospitals cut staff and more than 9,200
health care workers have been diagnosed with COVID-19, Dr. Kevin
Kavanagh, founder of the patient safety group Health Watch USA, said
the government shouldn't bail them out after they “put us all at
risk.” He calls it "a step in the right direction" that rural
hospitals and those with the most COVID-19 patients were getting
money Friday, but said "non-profit facilities with net assets in the
billions should have to first leverage these assets before receiving
public funds." " USA TOday. May 10, 2020.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health
/2020/05/10/coronavirus-should-rich-hospitals-bankroll-better-pandemic-plans/3048437001/
7. Nelson D. Blood-pressure drugs are in the crosshairs
of COVID-19 research. Reuters News Service. April 23,
2020.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-conoravirus-blood-pressure-ins-idUKKCN2251GQ
New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/04/23/us
/23reuters-health-conoravirus-blood-pressure-insight.html
"Dr Kevin Kavanagh, founder of Health Watch USA, a patient advocacy
organization, questioned whether scientists who are funded by the
drug industry should be advising clinicians, given the high stakes.
"You need to consider stepping back, and let others without a
conflict of interest try to make a call," Kavanagh said." His
organization recommends that doctors temporarily avoid putting new
patients on the drugs and warn those currently on them to take
extreme precautions to avoid virus exposure.
6. Morgan-Besecker T. Patient advocate: State needs more
aggressive action to confront COVID-19 deaths. The Citizens'
Voice. April 22, 2020.
https://www.citizensvoice.com/news/patient-advocate-state-needs-more-aggressive-action-to-confront-covid-19-deaths-1.2620809
"Kevin Kavanagh, director of Health Watch USA, a patient advocacy
group, said efforts to halt the virus from entering facilities fell
short with catastrophic outcomes. "You try to wall off
the home from the outside. Once COVID-19 gets into the nursing home
environment ... it tends to ravage residents and it does not stop,"
Kavanagh said. Many homes tried to halt the spread by
isolating residents to a specific floor. Kavanagh said the
government must consider taking it a step further and designate one
facility to house infected patients."
5. Sullivan T: Louisville area preacher defies ban on mass
gatherings, plans to hold Sunday service. Courier Journal.
April 4, 2020.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2020/04/04/preaching-gospel-defying-government/2943503001/
"Dr. Kevin Kavanagh, the Somerset-based
founder of Health Watch USA, argues that church services pose
specific and inordinate dangers during a pandemic. "One of
the cruelest characteristics of the coronavirus epidemic is that it
strikes fear in the hearts and minds of many causing them to ask for
comfort and protection from the God they believe in," Kavanagh wrote
in an essay published Friday in
Infection Control Today.“And at the
same time this virus has made a church service one of the most
deadliest places to be in. The combination of singing in close
quarters and decreased ventilation is nothing short of a petri dish
(or cell plate) for viral growth.""
4. Jacobes A. Fink S. How Prepared Is the U.S. for a Coronavirus
Outbreak? New York Times. Feb. 29, 2020.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/29/health/coronavirus-preparation-united-states.html
"Dr. Kevin Kavanagh, who has studied infection control practices in
health care settings, said such facilities might eventually have to
limit visitors, or even keep residents under quarantine as a
preventive measure. "Nursing homes will be extremely vulnerable to
this epidemic, and it will be difficult to implement hygiene
practices to prevent the spread," he said."
3. Kenning C. Why the coronavirus couldn't have come at a
worse time for reeling Appalachian Kentucky. Courier Journal. March
21. 2020.
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2020/03/21/coronavirus-comes-terrible-time-reeling-appalachian-kentucky/2878214001/
2. Terrie Morgan-Besecker. NEPA grocery store begins taking
customers' temps. The Citizens' Voice. Mar. 24, 2020.
https://www.citizensvoice.com/news/nepa-grocery-store-begins-taking-customers-temps-1.2610547
1. Healy J, Richtel M, Baker M. Nursing Homes Becoming Islands of
Isolation Amid 'Shocking' Mortality Rate. New York Times. March 10,
2020.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/us/coronavirus-nursing-homes-washington-seattle.html
"Dr. Kevin Kavanagh, an expert in infection control who has
been critical of lax practices at nursing homes, lauded the new
guidance that restricts social visits. This extreme level of
quarantine is sometimes known as "reverse isolation” and was used to
effect during the Spanish Flu epidemic, Dr. Kavanagh said. 'As
evidenced by the Life Care Center in Kirkland, once the virus starts
to spread in the facility it ravages its residents,” he said. He
said that “the importance is in delay.""
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