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False alarm: BoS Center employee during special session did not test positive

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Days after Illinois House members completed four session days at the Bank of Springfield Center in May, they were told that an employee of the convention center had tested positive for COVID-19.

But Monday, Brian Oaks, general manager of the building, said it turned out the employee — a part-time security guard — actually tested negative for the virus.

“He was very sick,” Oaks told The State Journal-Register.

“My understanding is, wherever he went to test, they told him, ‘We believe you have COVID, and you need to proceed as though you have COVID.’ They took names and contact numbers to start doing contact tracing. And he then got a letter in the mail five or six days later that said, ‘We’ve gotten your results and you’re not actually positive.’

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Jun 17, 20 @ 10:12 am

Comments

Better safe than, etc.

– MrJM

Comment by @misterjayem Wednesday, Jun 17, 20 @ 10:14 am
A letter in the mail…I feel like that’s one of those thing that warrants a phone call or immediate email notification.

Comment by NIU Grad Wednesday, Jun 17, 20 @ 10:51 am
“Not actually positive” sounds pretty vague. You either are positive or negative. Period. It’s like being pregnant–you are or you are not pregnant. Sheesh.

Comment by Nearly Normal Wednesday, Jun 17, 20 @ 1:10 pm
Yeah, they don’t send a letter. They call. Not just one person either, a ton of people. Hospital people, contact tracing people, making sure you are getting better people….

Comment by Nope18 Thursday, Jun 18, 20 @ 9:03 am