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So to recap this has been Fairfax County's response to Coronavirus. (thread)
Thursday: Hold Press Conference where @JeffreyCMcKay staffer @tlholland1 threatened a member of the School Board for not standing on stage behind Jeff as he said everything would remain open.
LATE Thursday Night/Friday Morning: Schools announce closing for Friday only after complete parent revolt to the McKay press event and schools remaining open.
Friday: Numerous contradicting communications on what was open, last update until today of ages/locations of positive test results
Saturday: Announce a teacher at Lynbrook Elem. School has coronavirus and through today has only tested about 10% of the school personnel who came into contact with them
Sunday: Finally announces closing of senior centers, libraries, etc. Behind the scenes @JeffreyCMcKay is fighting to stop Governor from closing things down for St. Patrick's Day against Arlington Chair @libbygarvey.
Monday: Dr. Gloria the health director who put out false information at press conference on Thursday is now doing "off the record" calls with "community leaders" (e.g. political people)- releasing information on things the County has not released to press or public.
Tuesday: @JeffreyCMcKay claims County has "no authority" to stop St. Patrick's Day events- a complete lie. Governor issues order limiting to 10 people but Fairfax does zero enforcement, continuing to falsely claim they don't have authority to despite being told otherwise by Gov.
Today: Washington Post reporter @aolivo is stonewalled for hours on info on new cases.
Also today- the Fairfax Park Authority puts this out encouraging people to go out- never noting that the parks are CLOSED because crowds in them could be dangerous.
It’s not done yet. Today (3/19) the health department announces someone who has had symptoms since LAST SATURDAY in a SENIOR HOME has tested positive.
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