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COVID-19 TESTING
As of today, we have no positive cases of COVID-19 in our Bainbridge Senior Living communities. We continue to actively monitor for symptoms or circumstances which match those related to the novel coronavirus. We are welcoming move-ins with safety protocols in place.
Universal testing through Washington state will be conducted for staff and consenting residents at Madison House & Wyatt House within the next two weeks. Click here for background details.
COMMUNITY UPDATE
While researchers continue to work on potential vaccines for the novel coronavirus, discussions about “herd immunity” -- which would deliberately allow the virus to spread in the hopes that people would build up immunity -- have surfaced. Scientists have widely criticized this idea because not enough is known about how much immunity people with the virus develop, or how long it might last, and thousands who are vulnerable to COVID-19 would likely die along the way. Dr. Scott Atlas, an adviser to the White House on COVID-19, has denied pushing herd immunity as a strategy to combat the pandemic.
On Monday (August 31st), the Kitsap Public Health District confirmed another COVID-19 associated death in our county, bringing the total number to 10 since March. Of the 1,009 total cases, 31 have been reported on Bainbridge Island, including 10 in August – tying the monthly record for new cases set last March.
