03-01-2020, 01:57 PM
Here's an interesting headline:
Coronavirus may have spread undetected in US for weeks
From: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/pu...-for-weeks
Which in part reads:
Researchers determined that the genomes of two coronavirus infections in Washington state show the virus could have spread in the state for almost six weeks. The two infections in Snohomish County shared a rare genetic variation, indicating they likely were related, the Times reported.
The infections concerned the first confirmed case in the U.S. on Jan. 20, which involved a man in his 30s, and another, involving a teenager, that was confirmed on Friday.
This means the virus likely was spreading in between, Trevor Bedford, an associated professor at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington, said, according to the Times.
Bedford said it's possible the two cases are unrelated but that it's unlikely, as only two out of 59 sample sequences from China had the genetic variation found in both cases. More than 125 genomes from samples around the world have been analyzed by the scientists...
The complete article at link above.
I say interesting because, for me, it raises all sorts of questions about what is really happening in Hawaii? Has this virus made land fall and already gone around the islands? If so then it either has a much longer incubation period, in which case the 2 week quarantine plan is bogus, or it is far less dangerous in that all sorts of folks here have it and aren't having the severe reaction we're lead to expect.
Coronavirus may have spread undetected in US for weeks
From: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/pu...-for-weeks
Which in part reads:
Researchers determined that the genomes of two coronavirus infections in Washington state show the virus could have spread in the state for almost six weeks. The two infections in Snohomish County shared a rare genetic variation, indicating they likely were related, the Times reported.
The infections concerned the first confirmed case in the U.S. on Jan. 20, which involved a man in his 30s, and another, involving a teenager, that was confirmed on Friday.
This means the virus likely was spreading in between, Trevor Bedford, an associated professor at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington, said, according to the Times.
Bedford said it's possible the two cases are unrelated but that it's unlikely, as only two out of 59 sample sequences from China had the genetic variation found in both cases. More than 125 genomes from samples around the world have been analyzed by the scientists...
The complete article at link above.
I say interesting because, for me, it raises all sorts of questions about what is really happening in Hawaii? Has this virus made land fall and already gone around the islands? If so then it either has a much longer incubation period, in which case the 2 week quarantine plan is bogus, or it is far less dangerous in that all sorts of folks here have it and aren't having the severe reaction we're lead to expect.
