Covid-19 update from CNN

Zhills · ‎11-15-2011

(CNN) No cases of coronavirus have been linked to two Missouri hairstylists who saw 140 clients last month while symptomatic, county health officials said.

Both stylists worked at the same Great Clips location in Springfield.

The clients and the stylists all wore face coverings, and the salon had set up other measures such as social distancing of chairs and staggered appointments, the Springfield-Greene County Health Department said this week.

Of the 140 clients and seven co-workers potentially exposed, 46 took tests that came back negative. All the others were quarantined for the duration of the corona virus incubation period. The 14-day incubation period has now passed with no corona virus cases linked to the salon beyond the two stylists, county health officials said.

During the quarantine, those who did not get tested got a call twice a day from health officials asking whether they had symptoms related to Covid-19, said Kathryn Wall, a spokeswoman for the Springfield-Green County Health Department.

"This is exciting news about the value of masking to prevent Covid-19," said Clay Goddard, the county's director of health.

"We are studying more closely the details of these exposures, including what types of face coverings were worn and what other precautions were taken to lead to this encouraging result."

I think I will wear mine!

Anonymous032819 · ‎03-29-2019

This is GREAT news!

🎉🎉🎉🎉

The Sky looks different when you have someone you love up there.

Jersey Born · ‎03-10-2010

While it is wonderful news that two Covid-19 infected hairstylists did not infect any of their 140 clients during a period of infectivity, my question is why would these two hairstylists work while symptomatic? That kind of thoughtless and reckless behavior, mask or no mask, is unacceptable.

A+ for the masks.

F- for the hairstylists.

QueenDanceALot · ‎04-18-2013

@Jersey Born wrote:
While it is wonderful news that two Covid-19 infected hairstylists did not infect any of their 140 clients during a period of infectivity, my question is why would these two hairstylists work while symptomatic? That kind of thoughtless and reckless behavior, mask or no mask, is unacceptable.

A+ for the masks.
F- for the hairstylists.

Probably the same reason that anyone works while sick.

They need the money.

Not that I think it's O.K. But it is a reality.

bikerbabe · ‎03-09-2010

Doesn’t say much for the screening process by the salon. It’s supposed to be a requirement.

I’m curious which strain they had. Data seems to show that the European strain is more contagious than the strain from China. More research is being done, especially by Scripps and Johns Hopkins. My personal unsubstantiated theory is that this may also explain why some regions of the country have been hit harder than others, aside from population density. Unfortunately, data also shows that the European strain becomes dominant when it appears in a region.

goldensrbest · ‎03-10-2010

Very good news.

When you lose some one you L~O~V~E, that Memory of them, becomes a TREASURE.

Still Raining · ‎03-30-2014

Masks and distance!!!! Wish we saw that everywhere.

Zhills · ‎11-15-2011

To me, the "unknown" about this virus is the scariest part of it!

Some don't even know they had it and some die quickly!

So mysterious! From what I have read, it keeps mutating! They isolate a strain and it changes!

Masks and distancing have to help prevent the spread!

QueenDanceALot · ‎04-18-2013

@Still Raining wrote:
Masks and distance!!!! Wish we saw that everywhere.

While I do wish we saw that everywhere, distance is impossible when you're having your hair done.

Twoaces · ‎05-02-2011

That really is great news! As so many others have said, Masks, and Social Distamce. Every percentage of safety that you can create makes such a difference! We can get out and about to some degree if each one of us does our part. I volunteer at the San DiegoZoo Safari Park which has just reopened with restrictions. Among the requirements is that every person over the age of two MUST wear a face covering. Well, many families came yesterday, and every single person, including the cutest kids you ever saw, were dawning their masks.

It is such a small thing to do that helps all of us.

(by the way, I’m sure glad I never bothered having a face lift...nobody can see me now anyway!)