With the COVID-19 outbreak being called “as bad of a situation as we can be” in by State Epidemiologist Paul Byers, Mississippi is ordering anyone who tests positive for the coronavirus to go into isolation at home.
On Friday, Byers said the state’s COVID situation was “worse than any time we’ve experienced in this pandemic.”
That day, 5,048 cases were recorded, the highest since the dawn of the pandemic, according to the Clarion-Ledger of Jackson.
To deal with an outbreak that is straining the state’s hospitals, Dr. Thomas Dobbs, executive director of the Mississippi State Department of Health, issued a drastic order.
“All persons residing in Mississippi must immediately home-isolate on first knowledge of infection with COVID-19,” the order said.
The order said vaccination status is immaterial.
“All persons, including fully vaccinated individuals, infected with COVID-19 must remain in the home or other appropriate residential location for 10 days from onset of illness (or 10 days from the date of a positive test for those who are asymptomatic),” the order said.
“A negative test for COVID-19 is not required to end isolation at the end of 10 days, but you must be fever free for at least 24 hours with improvement of other symptoms. Mississippi K-12 schools are required to exclude all students and faculty diagnosed with COVID-19 from the school setting during the isolation period (as above).”
Violating the order is at least a misdemeanor carrying a fine of $500 or six months in jail, or both. The order noted that, “If a life- threatening disease is involved, failure or refusal to obey the lawful order of a health officer is a felony” that could be punished with a $5,000 fine or five years in prison, or both.
The order, which took effect Friday, said isolation does not mean family dinners and other business as usual.
“No visitors should be allowed in the home. Please stay in a specific room away from others in your home. Use a separate bathroom if available. If you need to be around others in your home, you should wear a face mask,” the order said.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves shared a message on his Facebook page and urged residents of his state to be vaccinated.
“In the last month, 89% of our hospitalizations and 87% of our deaths have occurred among the unvaccinated,” he said, adding that “No single county in our state has a majority of its population vaccinated to this point; only 16 counties are over 40%.”
Reeves noted that vaccinations are on the upswing.
“Getting the vaccine is your choice. It is your decision and as your Governor, I respect your decision. But please know that more and more Mississippians are concluding that getting vaccinated is a good choice not only for themselves but for the people around them,” he wrote.
Reeves said his message is about responsibility.
“If you choose not to be vaccinated, there are other choices you should consider to protect yourself and the people you love. Distancing and masking and avoiding unnecessary indoor crowds all have proven to help – and they’re all things you can decide to do on your own,” he wrote.
“I’d like to take a moment and talk about that idea of responsibility. I believe you, as an individual Mississippian, can be trusted to make good and responsible decisions.
“Good practices are a choice. Staying healthy is a choice. Keeping your neighbors and co-workers healthy is a choice. Let’s all make the right choices.”
It is time to come together white black red yellow brown pink with purple dots look either we stand of we lose all that we including all our god given freedoms
Well, I wouldn't call it a very good joke. In fact if it weren't so serious it might be considered a bad one. However, thanks to a bunch of functional illiterate idiots who blindly voted for our dictator we now have the 'pleasure' of living in a communist dictatorship.
They don't want to control the illegals, They want to control us,the citizens! Illegals get the run of the country and taxpayer supplied cash by the boat load!
So, Nazi Germany is alive and well in Mississippi. The CDC slyly neglects to tell you that the majority of the cases are non life threatening. They also fail to mention that they are still doing medical business as usual in the hospitals, so it doesn't take much to fill the hospital beds.
Let me get this straight how do you test positive when the test was never designed to detect covid 19 in the first place and how dose the state of Mississippi run everyone life in that state second most of the dam covid deaths have been the vaccinated for this bug
I notice they conveniently pass over those that have had the ccpvirus and are Naturally Immune. That would be me. I had it, stayed home, recovered on my own without assistance. Just a bad cold. I have zero trust in Drs and the cdc and our Govt. mouth pieces.
Odd, I somehow missed the news article about how George Soros had purchased a controlling interest in the state and then resold it to a conglomerate consisting of the states of California, Washington and Oregon. Obviously the South will not be rising again in Mississippi.
Man has never cured a virus in the history of this planet. Sure have created a few. Thanks to the satanist foci But it be known. Vengeance is mine saithe the LORD, and his vengeance is coming
First off just who has determined that covid is "life threatening"? And second just where in Miss. state law does it authorize the jailing of someone with covid? Looks like an over reach to me and maybe some of these power hungry state officials should be met at the door with a shotgun toting parent or home owner!
We must not let these authoratarian people control our life.. This is just another type of flu, so don't run scare just take care of yourself like any other flu!! Zinc, vit D , vit C and B vits!! build your immune system . I order it all from Swanson.com, I and my family still do as we wish and none have gotten sick!! Just use common sense!!!
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