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堪萨斯城官员再次敦促居民在周末导致冠状病毒病毒造成死亡部门的死亡之后，以帮助阻止冠状病毒的传播。
“No one is safe in our community and no one is safe on our job from this virus,” said Tim Dupin, president of the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 42.
在市政厅台阶的新闻发布会上，昆顿市长卢卡斯（Quinton Lucas）称该病毒是对公共安全的“重大威胁”，并敦促人们遵循该市最新的Covid-19指导。他说，这种病毒不是“弥补的”。
卢卡斯说：“这实际上是为了挽救生命。”
新闻发布会是在官员宣布45岁的传播专家和护理人员斯科特·戴维森（Scott Davidson）周日早上于19日去世的数小时。前一天，开火Capt. Robert “Bobby” Rocha died在工作中染上病毒后。
Davidson’s death marked the third in the fire department since the pandemic began. In March,EMT Billy Birminghamwas the first person in the city to die in the line of duty.
消防队长唐娜湖说ll three were tenured employees. There were no words for the men’s losses, she said.
莱克说：“每个人都被摧毁了。”“我们将在士气上挣扎一段时间以恢复方式。”
自3月以来，该部门的201名成员对该病毒的测试呈阳性。目前，有73种被认为是“活跃”的感染。
莱克说，为了确保该部门有足够的人员配备，火灾领导层在10月份要求一项面具命令，如果成员与被感染的人接触，只要他们戴上N95或手术口罩，他们就可以继续工作。她告诉记者，如果该部门不要求戴口罩，大约有300名员工会被隔离。
Before the mask mandate, firefighters and EMTs had already been required to wear masks when they came in contact with patients.
莱克说，该部门“按呼叫数量达到了能力”。
Lucas said the number of infections in the region is “growing out of control.” As of Sunday, at least 75,126 residents have been infected and 949 have died across the metro area.
事实证明，随着大流行在美国的第10个月的临近，说服人们继续戴口罩并继续在社会上距离。卢卡斯说，拒绝戴口罩的人们不仅对他人有害，而且“极其不尊重”。他听说了李的峰会体育馆老板，他用卢卡斯（Lucas）称之为愚蠢的行为扔掉了他的口罩。
卢卡斯在消防部门和工会官员包围的卢卡斯说：“我身后的人每天都在捡起19岁的患者。……他们每天都在冒着生命的危险。”
Those who knew Davidson, who had been with KCFD for 18 years, remembered him as a mentor to others. He also served as a paramedic, including with the Metropolitan Ambulance Services Trust.
“Scott was a calming voice that answered the call and ensured help was coming when our residents called the fire department for assistance,”部门said in a statement.
IAFF Local 42总裁Dupin说，由于他的损失，该病毒现在已经触及了该部门的所有角落。
他说：“我们的医护人员，您的EMS人员和您的战士已经筋疲力尽。”“我担心的是，我们现在处于这种病毒中的十字路口。去年春天，如果我们有这种速度，这座城市将被锁定。”
City officials also remembered 41-year-old T-Jay Morales, a KC Water employee who died after contracting the virus.
Among those out with the virus was IAFF Local 3808 President Clay Calvin, who was not at the news conference.
Jason Spreitzer, a fire department spokesman, said any member of the department who tests positive for COVID-19 is considered to have contracted it on the job. The city pays for their treatment and the employees don’t have to use personal time to take off work.
周一，卢卡斯宣布，将要求所有堪萨斯城警察，急救人员和其他重要工人戴口罩，以防止冠状病毒的传播作为一部分新的公共卫生指导。
新订单星期五生效。Previous emergency orders exempted first responders from being required to wear masks.
在第三次死亡的消息后，卢卡斯称戴维森为“一个很棒的人”，他为部门和他所爱的社区服务。
“My heart goes out to his family, friends, KCFD and all who knew him,” the mayor said. “I hope all will do everything they can to keep others from having to deal with this terrible disease.”
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