The New York Times reports that Kious Kelly, a 48-year-old assistant nurse manager at Mount Sinai West Hospital in Manhattan, is the first nurse to die because of the coronavirus in New York City. Kelly was also a gay man.
According to the New York Times, Kelly first tested positive for COVID-19 back on March 18. Kelly also had asthma and by the time he tested positive he was already in the Intensive Care Unit and breathing with the help of a ventilator. He died March 24.
Kelly’s death is being blamed on the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the employees of Mount Sinai West Hospital. According to a source talking to the New York Post, the hospital already had supply issues for close to a year now. An anonymous nurse also told the New York Post that the hospital should be held responsible for Kelly’s death.
New York has been struck hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, with 37, 258 cases reported as of Thursday morning. According to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, 53 percent of the state’s total cases are aged 18 to 49. Cuomo also warned that New York’s coronavirus crisis could last for as long as nine months.
Thursday also saw America become the country with the biggest number of confirmed coronavirus cases at 81,578. China has 81,285, while Italy has 80,539.
According to the March 25 World Health Organization situation report, there have 413,467 confirmed coronavirus cases all over the world. The number of deaths stands at 18,433. The European Region has the bulk of confirmed cases at 220,516, with the number of deaths at 11,986.
Experts continue to recommend social distancing and the washing of hands as an effective way of stemming the spread of the virus.
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Let’s be honest about the numbers and the population of the US versus Italy. Also anyone parroting any information coming out of China at this point without footnoting that the Chinese official numbers can not be trusted might as well be propaganda. US population is approximately 327 million, Italy is about 61 million.
They are actually also looking at the curve. USA has the same curve as Italy, all proportions kept. So do the maths! #STAYHOME
The numbers in this post literally are only the amount of cases, this is not per capita. Thus my comment. The curves are all projections that can be over or underestimated as no one really knows anything and Italy’s population and US are very different demographically. See the potential revising of the UK imperial college estimates.
hopefully people are using this app to meet a potential guy after this crisis. I think the risks are high and don’t feel like it’s a good idea to bring a guy home at this time. 🙂
Not a good time indeed. That’s why we inform you guys daily and have all sorts of promo to stay home on the site.
I’d like to be home cuddled with you Dave.
So, it’s more tragic because he’s gay? Or do only the deaths of gay people matter to Dave?
Dear Matt, *rolling my eyes
Adam4Adam has 98% of gay men users. So I’ll let you think about what you wrote, and won’t even say anything.
Dear Dave, I may not be the shiniest coin in the fountain but my focus is on a human being not his sexuality
ok and?
i appreciate dave posting this . read about him in the news here in NJ . he was one of us !!
Yes, the nurse’s death is tragic. No disputing that. Will it matter less if the first family doctor, or surgeon, or ambulance driver, or fireman, or policemen, or grocery cashier, or letter carrier, or pharmacist … everyone who’s still working to ensure our heath and safety .. isn’t gay? Reporting that it was a gay man who was the first nurse to die … what is that? Does it make it more tragic? Is the death of a gay individual more tragic than someone who isn’t? The virus is blind when it comes to sexual orientation. Others, especially those in… Read more »
…It’s a gay dating site, Matt, “news for us, by us” simple.
Sad to hear this. Nursing is one of the few career fields where people don’t care about your sexual orientation. Which is good because if you’re able the heal someone and they worry about orientation, they are a fool. Social distancing should be highly practiced. I just left the store and signs were everywhere requesting this, but IDIOTS were all in my space. I’m wearing gloves, mask and a hat. At least act scared that I may have something… your cart in my back isn’t social distancing. I might add that not all stores have wipes…carry your own. Sanitize everyday… Read more »
Very sad and inexcusable that the people who are risking their lives to help are not being helped. Just think what will happen when too many of our healthcare workers are in quarantine or worse. There is no reason to not provide them with what they need. Our federal gov’t has sooooooo much blood on its hands.
I also feel like mentioning he was gay in the content was enough. Making it the headline just seems like reducing him to his orientation. JMO.
Unfortunately, we Americans have gone more “tribal,” than ever, that means gay folk are minorities/fringe-groups, as an African Amer., I’m well aware, how could I not be; I’m not so sure, that Caucasian gay men can acknowledge that reality (hence gay rights). Seems the vast majority of you aren’t clear on this fact. This blog is “primarily” just gay news, like the alternative news we get here in South Florida “SFGN” South Florida Gay News. True, we’re no longer in the closet as it once was, we’ve gained considerable ground, this is part of that, so I’d surprised if this… Read more »
Lamar, your thoughts seem a bit fragmented, so it’s hard to tell what you’re trying to say. Kious’s story actually has been covered by mainstream media. CNN even interviewed his sister. She talked about how he was a nurse who sacrificed his own life to save others, which is way more significant than any label IMO.
Not really, as I said, “I’d be surprised if they mentioned him (because of orientation)” so, I am, ta-da!
“It’s so hard to understand what you’re trying to say” what dribble! You know something Kevin, I think you’re just trying to nullify what I’ve said, actually. You didn’t like it and that’s just too bad.
Well, Lamar, get surprised..
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-york-city-nursing-manager-kious-kelly-coronavirus-mount-sinai-health-system/
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/there-s-only-going-be-more-nyc-nurse-dies-after-n1169586
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nurse-kios-kelly-covid-19-death_n_5e7d2a14c5b6256a7a27837d
https://www.businessinsider.com/kious-kelly-hospital-nurse-dies-trash-bags-2020-3?op=1
https://www.today.com/video/kious-kelly-a-courageous-health-care-worker-treating-coronavirus-patients-dies-at-48-81345093961
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8154039/US-coronavirus-Worker-NYC-hospital-staff-forced-wear-TRASH-BAGS-dies-48.html
You got it right, I am surprised!
No, all I did was illuminate the reality around you. You could have done it yourself had it only occurred to you to seek the truth rather than wallow in self pity over times long past. Have a miserable day!
DAVE AND TO ALL MY FELLOW BLOGGERS: What befelled, Kious Kelly, was neither unique nor exceptional. tI was defacto. Any medical practitioner who follows his heart will be susceptible to whatever ails a patient or patients? A Virus or a Bacteria or any combination, will infect a practitioner if all the elements are right. What befelled Kious should not have happened because he was a known Asthmatic and depending on its severity…whether it was mild, moderate or severe, should have been noted by bother Kious and the hospital. Generally, asthmatics, will abstain from working the back end of a hospital… Read more »
As a former Medic for The United States Army…
I will salute nurse Kious Kelly!
He made a choice to serve and I will applaud him for it. May he rest-in-peace and may he be remembered for his service and for his ultimate sacrifice!
Amen
It’s a “new” virus, nobody in the states was ready, not even your orange faced douchebag of president, who told everyone it was a “bad cold” and that “everything will go away in few days.” Fortunately for you guys, probably because of his incompetence, he will not get re-elected. That’s what the entire planet is saying as we watch the USA becoming the center of the crisis. So it is not the nurse’s fault, I’m sorry.
I really hope he doesn’t get re-elected, but yknow his supporters so damn faithful and the evangelicals I’m not sure about that… Funny how he in a way got us in this mess that could’ve in the least been better controlled, and yet his supporters saying he’s doing a great job… Um really? The economy is tanked so bad right now, like really? He keeps blaming Dem for this and that, this is a time when he needs to set that aside and be presidential!
STOP APOLOGIZING FOR YOUR OPINION ! ! ! This is still America, in spite of the “orange faced douchebag.” Your thoughts are your right.
N.Z.H., let me first thank you for the service you did 47 years ago. Too many Vietnam era vets never got the thank you they deserved. I know many in the healthcare field right now and each day they already consider themselves exposed. The PPE they wear can and will protect them, but as you noted, all it takes is one momentary mistake and they’re on a journey to the unknown right now. This virus is new to human kind, orientation aside. All the planning in the world cannot prepare for every eventuality. To blame the Feds or States or… Read more »
David: I will be honest: I never needed to be “Thanked” for what I did. After I was graduated from The Academy, I would not have been sent to Vietnam…automatically. I chose to go as I wanted to be a part of The Medical Corps. I wanted to serve and I wanted to feel needed and wanted. I was and I was appreciated. When I came home, I kept my mouth shut about where I had been for approximately 8 years, one and off. What I saw and what I heard, then, is not much different than what I am… Read more »
I hate to say it, but someone with non-trivial asthma is not the best choice for an ICU nurse. Public Health or even home care, but there are all too many MOIs on a ward for someone with chronic respiratory ailments. Without an autopsy and HIPAA waiver it cannot be determined just how causative was the coronavirus strain, or even which one. That the media pushes a all fear all the time stance is not good for anyone. How about the 103 year old in China, as well as the 98 year old in England that manifested mild, if any… Read more »
I think “us vs. them” is beginning to significantly hinder America’s abilities to act quickly-efficiently in matters such as this. kinda makes it difficult to focus when we’re pulling in different directions when all you ‘can’ do, is keep politics more squarely in focus. In more ways than one, because multiple reasons of ineptitude of good ole’ humanitarian causes, that too, it’s only going to get worse “us and them” house of cards….and know the rest, just sayin’. Pressipous, is a word that comes to mind; they’re mounting, clearly, we as humans are not ready…we need to get this right… Read more »
EVERYTHING in the US is politically motivated.
This is horrible. From the photo he appears to be a handsome, young-looking, healthy-looking man, in a very honorable profession. It seems like something is wrong if our advanced medical technology can’t save a man like this, even if he has a dangerous combination of asthma and a virus. Adding to the burden of this man’s relatives and other loved ones is the last thing I want to do, but an investigation of this death may be appropriate. Ultimately, Red China is responsible for this man’s death, The way that the one-party, communist police state of China handled this virus… Read more »
I agree. I think China will probably get sanctions for that
Conservativeve!: I understand your logic but, he chose to be where he was. He was an RN and as such, he was where the action was. He was a good man? I would hope so? Was he dedicated, I think so? He died because of a combination of his choice, environment and, quite possibly, his asthma. It was fate not any particular fault of either person or place. Medical Professionals die because of their chosen lot and he died because of it. Do not become sour but honor that he died notably with service and honor…that is all, we living,… Read more »
What I’m focusing on is, this like sending solders in to fight with not enough weapons to defend, talk about over-sight or none at all.
Blame, blame, blame- is this all you want to do? It’s called a novel virus because it was never seen in humans before, so none of us have immunity. It came, as all ‘flu’ type epidemics do, as an epidemic that travels round the globe via traveling humans. Before this crisis, direct flights from Wuhan to NYC brought about 5,000 people a month here. The hospital, where I also work, is like any other hospital- not every item is in abundant supply. However, strict protocols have been followed since day 1. It is never a hospital practice to suit up… Read more »
Arturo:
I could have used more “Medics & Nurses” like you in Vietnam!
You understand, perfectly, what I have tried to explain…no matter how well something is planned, variables, happen and the best laid plans of Mice & Men go to the wayside.
Poor guy