Posted on: Sat 26-12-2020

A man who knowingly showed up to work while he knew he was ill probably led to the COVID19 deaths of 7 people and has now forced more than 300 people to quarantine.  

Douglas County Officials said the person had unwittingly and unconsciously made the decision to turn up to work while sick and later tested positive for COVID19. His actions has led to two major COVID19 outbreaks.  One of the outbreaks has caused 7 deaths while the other has caused over 300 people to be forced into quarantine

Officials refered to his action as a superspreader action. Douglas county has a population of just under 111,000 and has had 1,232 COVID19 cases since the begining of the pandemic with 37 deaths so far

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