(Beaver, Pa.) In a press release sent to Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano Brighton Rehab and Wellness Center has issued a  statement  that there has been a misunderstanding  that they want to clarify.  It stated:  By presuming every staff member and resident  may be positive  and treating symptoms and not test results , we are doing what we believe every  facility and every person  in the nation should do.

The release stated  that they aren’t saying  that every person in our facility is positive for  COVID-19.

We believe there is an  unidentifiable   percentage of people  who are inadvertently  spreading the virus  because they don’t have symptoms  and or/or tested negative, or no longer accurate  by the time tested are communicated.   We don’t believe  a negative test  means a person  hasn’t already had exposure  that will cause symptoms, , nor that a positive test  does not  meana peron will ever become ill.   We also strongly believe asymptomatic people  can transmit the virus to others.

 

We join with an increased number of health professionals who are urging all Americans  to presume you are poitive  and take action to prevent the virus  you may carry from spreading it to others.  We ask you to presume  that your seemingly health  neighbors  are positive as well.  We are asking this from each and every member of our staff and ask them to act  as if each  of them and every resident  may be positive  so that we slow the spread.

If someone does exhibit symptoms , we believe that person should be aggressively treated. We will continue some testing when necessary   for diagnostic purposes in order to  help determine appropriate treatment. The release goes on to say that  they will continue their vigilant efforts  to contain the virus.   We have been limiting visitors since the beginning, and taking all other recommended precautions, and as more information is known they will continue updating their strategy.