MOBILE TESTING WAS AVAILABLE SATURDAY IN MARSHALL-I WILL TRY AND POST TIMES AND DATES FOR FUTURE TESTING. IT TOOK 10 MINUTES AND WAS PAINLESS.

May 15, 2020 Judge Sims: – Today I’m sorry to report both a rise in cases and fatalities. Our cumulative total case count climbed by 6 to 207 cases. Additionally, we’ve had 3 more fatalities bringing our total to 14. Please remember these families in your prayers, not just today but for the next several days.

This virus is not going away so we must learn how to live with it. Please make every effort to protect yourself and those around you.

 

Harrison County Judge
May 16 at 4:01 PM ·
May 16, 2020 – Good news / Terrible news – We have no new positive cases to report today but we do have one new fatality. Our current totals are: 207 cases, 15 fatalities, 30 recoveries leaving 162 active cases.

Let’s get our numbers to go down by adding to our recoveries and stopping the spread. In your prayer time, please remember these affected families as well as the medical staff and nursing home staff who are on the front lines of this.

 

Harrison County Judge
18 hrs ·
May 17, 2020 – Today we have 2 new positive cases to report in Harrison County. This brings out total to count to 209.

 

 

Dogs Caught Coronavirus From Their Owners, Genetic Analysis Suggests

By Smriti Mallapaty, Nature magazine on May 15, 2020

JH: This is a short, simple, important article for pet owners. “…

Dog owners who test positive for the coronavirus should be cautious when handling their pets…” Cats too.

 

 

 

Local entrepreneur Alan Loudermilk continues to develop and market his simplified, self-administered test that uses saliva and not nasal swabs or blood. From the MNM!Harrison County Judge

 

Harrison County Courthouse set to reopen to the public Monday according to the MNM.

Genesis Prime Care receives another federal grant to fight COVID-19.             ANOTHER GOOD MNM ARTICLE WE SHOULD ALL TRY AND SUPPORT OUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER, THE MARSHALL NEWS MESSENGER, AS WELL  EAST TEXAS EXPOSED, OUR EXCELLENT LOCAL WEB SITE WHICH CARRIES LOCAL COVID NEWS AS WELL AS HAPPIER SUBJECTS.

Nearly 90 percent of the coronavirus deaths in Connecticut last week were nursing home patients

NURSING HOME CONSIDERATIONS IN TEXAS  Who supervises nursing homes in Texas and manages quality control, infection control, sanitation and the like? It’s not local.

TWO CHARTS WITH DATA BY EDMUND WOOD. THE FIRST SHOWS THE CASE RATE  WHERE HARRISON COUNTY IS WELL REPRESENTED. THE SECOND CHART SHOWS THE DEATH RATE WHICH IS VERY HIGH FOR HARRISON COUNTY AT PRESENT, LARGELY DUE, I WOULD GUESS, TO NURSING HOME DEATHS. THE DEATH RATE WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY GO DOWN. I HOPE THE CASE RATE DOES AS WELL. Thank you, Edmund Wood for the information.