WHY IDAHO PRISONERS WILL LIKELY NEVER BE DIAGNOSED WITH THE CORONAVIRUS
Prisoners are - despite the opinions of many - human, but it isn't likely any will ever be diagnosed with the Coronavirus, not because of special diets, better health or greater immunities, but because Corizon Health refuses to test prisoners - even though they have all the symptoms of the affliction.
Telling prisoners they simply have "the cough that's been going around", a cold or allergies and prescribing ibuprofen, aspirin or bed rest, the virus - if contracted by an inmate - will not only spread like wildfire within the prison system as does the "regular" flu every year, it will rapidly mutate and spread to the surrounding communities within days via visitors, correctional officers and other staff, then to their families, with children moving it to the schools, etc.
Failing to test prisoners for Coronavirus who present with symptoms might save a few dollars for Tennessee-based Corizon, but may well cost Idahoans their lives.
Telling prisoners they simply have "the cough that's been going around", a cold or allergies and prescribing ibuprofen, aspirin or bed rest, the virus - if contracted by an inmate - will not only spread like wildfire within the prison system as does the "regular" flu every year, it will rapidly mutate and spread to the surrounding communities within days via visitors, correctional officers and other staff, then to their families, with children moving it to the schools, etc.
Failing to test prisoners for Coronavirus who present with symptoms might save a few dollars for Tennessee-based Corizon, but may well cost Idahoans their lives.