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UpInArms

(51,280 posts) Mon May 25, 2020, 08:37 AM May 2020

Great Clips customer who was possibly exposed to COVID-19 speaks out

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - A client who may have been exposed to COVID-19 at a Great Clips in Springfield is speaking out. One hair stylist worked for several days while sick with the virus. Now another stylist has also tested positive.

"Now I'm someone directly affected by COVID and I never thought that it would be so close to home," said Erik Chase.

Chase visited the Great Clips on S. Glenstone a week ago on Sunday, May 17. The following Saturday, Springfield-Greene County Health Department let him know he'd come in contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus.

He's one of the 84 clients who had their hair cut by a stylist who was working while showing symptoms for COVID-19.

"It's a big deal. It definitely gives me great concern," Chase said.

Chase said officials have asked him to stay home until May 31st, 14 days from when he got his hair cut. He must take his temperature twice a day and check in with the health department. He'll be tested for the virus this week.

"All this because someone wasn't responsible," Chase said.

... snip ...

Chase said from the time he went to the Great Clips to the day he was actually notified, he came in contact with 15 to 20 people. At this point, he's expecting the worst.

More at https://www.ky3.com/content/news/Great-Clips-customer-who-was-possibly-exposed-to-COVID-19-speaks-out-570739201.html

I wonder if he was wearing a mask when he was exposing those other 15-20 people?

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Great Clips customer who was possibly exposed to COVID-19 speaks out (Original Post) UpInArms May 2020 OP

Erik is a dumbass. If he wasn't booking a haircut, the worker wouldn't Squinch May 2020 #1

Yes, a selfish dumbass Rorey May 2020 #2

I find that I'm pulling out this quote more and more lately... bbernardini May 2020 #3

I'm not the first one to say this, but YOU are the dumbass Erik, with a K. Ferrets are Cool May 2020 #4

Am astounded... UpInArms May 2020 #5

I've been cutting mine for about 30 years, so that part doesn't bother me... Ferrets are Cool May 2020 #7

I have a plan on cutting my hair UpInArms May 2020 #8

😁 Ferrets are Cool May 2020 #10

At least he got his hair cut. That's all that matters. Srkdqltr May 2020 #6

My plan is to hold out until we throw Trump out, then someone at Great Clips gets a big brewens May 2020 #9

There is always the FlowBee option. I'm getting close. Captain Zero May 2020 #12

Was Chase responsible? Renew Deal May 2020 #11

Outstate Missouri (outside of KCMO and STLMO) seemed to think that they were okay, since CV... SWBTATTReg May 2020 #13

Same in Illinois. Downstaters thought this was a "Chicago problem". Now it's coming home. Midnight Writer May 2020 #14

Fellow DUers: CaptYossarian May 2020 #15

They said mine had too many gray hairs... years ago UpInArms May 2020 #16

When I could still go to the hairdresser, murielm99 May 2020 #17

Squinch

(50,911 posts)

1. Erik is a dumbass. If he wasn't booking a haircut, the worker wouldn't

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2020, 08:40 AM

May 2020

be giving a haircut.

And Erik burbles about responsibility.

Morons abound.

Rorey

(8,445 posts)

2. Yes, a selfish dumbass

Reply to Squinch (Reply #1)

Mon May 25, 2020, 08:47 AM

May 2020

I'd kind of like to get my hair cut, but it's a "want", not a "need". It's not essential by any stretch of the imagination.

bbernardini

(9,937 posts)

3. I find that I'm pulling out this quote more and more lately...

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2020, 08:48 AM

May 2020

'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,102 posts)

4. I'm not the first one to say this, but YOU are the dumbass Erik, with a K.

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2020, 08:55 AM

May 2020

"All this because someone wasn't responsible," Chase said. Yes, you, you dumbfuck. Now, how many have YOU potentially infected??

UpInArms

(51,280 posts)

5. Am astounded...

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Reply #4)

Mon May 25, 2020, 08:57 AM

May 2020

A haircut would be lovely ... maybe I can get one in about 2 years ...

Sigh

Ferrets are Cool

(21,102 posts)

7. I've been cutting mine for about 30 years, so that part doesn't bother me...

Reply to UpInArms (Reply #5)

Mon May 25, 2020, 09:01 AM

May 2020

I suppose the ONLY thing I miss is eating out. But, that is a luxury that can wait...for as long as it takes.

UpInArms

(51,280 posts)

8. I have a plan on cutting my hair

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Reply #7)

Mon May 25, 2020, 09:03 AM

May 2020

I should look very ... interesting

Ferrets are Cool

(21,102 posts)

10. 😁

Reply to UpInArms (Reply #8)

Mon May 25, 2020, 09:05 AM

May 2020

Srkdqltr

(6,228 posts)

6. At least he got his hair cut. That's all that matters.

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2020, 08:58 AM

May 2020

brewens

(13,538 posts)

9. My plan is to hold out until we throw Trump out, then someone at Great Clips gets a big

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2020, 09:04 AM

May 2020

tip. If and only if it looks like we're in the clear. I kind of doubt I will think it's safe though.

Captain Zero

(6,783 posts)

12. There is always the FlowBee option. I'm getting close.

Reply to brewens (Reply #9)

Mon May 25, 2020, 09:20 AM

May 2020

The 1980s hair cutter that uses a vacuum cleaner ...

[link:https://images.app.goo.gl/97U2tKZ5HsPgRa7s5|]

Renew Deal

(81,846 posts)

11. Was Chase responsible?

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2020, 09:08 AM

May 2020

Was he wearing a mask? Why blame the barber shop?

SWBTATTReg

(22,065 posts)

13. Outstate Missouri (outside of KCMO and STLMO) seemed to think that they were okay, since CV...

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2020, 11:51 AM

May 2020

numbers were so low in the rest of the state of MO compared to KC and STL. How wrong they were.

I suspect that by now, the rural parts of MO are going to feel the pain that KCMO and STLMO have been feeling for the last 2 months or so.

At least here in STLMO, we started self isolation way before the state of MO did.

Personally, I think that since different parts of the state have been self isolating back and forth (the rural area of Missouri vs. STLMO and KCMO), the regions are going to self infect each other and we're going to go through this whole thing again. And of course being that there's a push to reopen for 'economic' reasons the Lake of the Ozarks and Branson, the powers that be (republican authorities in Jefferson City) are pushing for reopening. Smart, eh?

Midnight Writer

(21,712 posts)

14. Same in Illinois. Downstaters thought this was a "Chicago problem". Now it's coming home.

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Reply #13)

Mon May 25, 2020, 02:36 PM

May 2020

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)

15. Fellow DUers:

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2020, 05:50 PM

May 2020

If they remove 10" or more, you can donate your hair to "Locks of Love", a group that makes wigs for cancer patients.

We'll all qualify because a haircut isn't as important as getting a blood transfusion.

UpInArms

(51,280 posts)

16. They said mine had too many gray hairs... years ago

Reply to CaptYossarian (Reply #15)

Mon May 25, 2020, 06:45 PM

May 2020

Sigh

murielm99

(30,717 posts)

17. When I could still go to the hairdresser,

Reply to CaptYossarian (Reply #15)

Mon May 25, 2020, 08:08 PM

May 2020

I would see a young guy in there, about every two years. My hairdresser saw him so seldom that neither of us could remember his name. He had lovely honey blonde hair. He grew it long, and the hairdresser cut it carefully. He put it in a special container and donated it to Locks of Love. He did it for his mother, who had died of breast cancer.

That was the first time I had heard of the organization.

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