He is saying this unknown infected person had the same virus as the first infected person in the US. That means community transmission possible for 6 weeks.
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Ok thanks to you both. Did he say if they have figured out how that happened? Are they trying to do any notification of this person’s contacts or is that a moot point now?
Contact tracing is probably why many people are being tested now. Either that or they are testing everyone at that Long Term Facility. We could have 100 to 200 infected just at that facility. Already over 50 showing symptoms. And then all their contacts. Looks like Wuhan thanks to the CDC/P. What a nightmare. A race against time that you are guaranteed to lose. This is what we all wanted to avoid.
The original case they did track the guy’s movements and his “close” contacts. I hope by now they realize it can transmit even without being “close”.
The CDC is sending a team to Washington state, which I presume in part is to do tracking of the recent cases and who the people may have come in contact with.
On the original guy, I read an article where the doctor that admitted him notified the CDC, but when informed it would take the CDC a couple of days to get there, the doctor took it upon themselves to question the patient and had his own team start contacting friends, relatives and others to notify them and put then on stay-at-home restrictions and to monitor them.