Anyone ever get clarity about whether people in congregate shelters are counted in the COVID-19 numbers as community spread or congregate settings? @falcicchio @maustermuhle @amanduhgomez @FenitN?
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Dr. Nesbitt further explained why congregate-setting cases like homeless shelters aren't counted in community spread: DC gov has "the ability to work with those facilities and put in place infection control practices to confine those cases"
Except that you can't "confine those cases" when the people are not and shouldn't be confined AND when DC is 1) still not testing asymptomatic exposed people in shelters and 2) dealing with communal spaces with hundreds of people in one place.
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DC could "confine these cases" if they amped up testing AND offered non-congregate placements to people who are homeless. So, either do that, or stop basing public health decisions on a hypothetical.
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