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China 'finds new coronavirus strain that lasts for 49 days' in infected patient
The Mirror UK ^ | 15:02, 1 APR 2020 Updated16:25, 1 APR 2020 | ByAlex Cope Jamie Hawkins

Posted on 04/01/2020 9:19:47 AM PDT by Red Badger

Researchers found a middle-aged man who had mild symptoms but a prolonged version of the potentially deadly illness, according to reports.

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Chinese researchers have warned of a new mutated version of coronavirus that could infect people for nearly two months.

Chinese military researchers found a middle-aged man who had the disease for 49 days, which is significantly longer than other durations of illness, according to reports.

He needed to be treated with a plasma transfusion from other COVID-19 sufferers who had recovered, it's claimed.

Previous research showed patients who survived the virus normally tested negative after 20 days on average, with the longest previous case at 37 days.

But despite the length of his illness the Chinese patient, who has not been named, had only relatively mild symptoms.

He had infected lesions to his lungs which disappeared shortly after he was taken to hospital.

Researchers said the patient's case might be 'chronic', which could suggest coronavirus has mutaed.

(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; History; Local News; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: bioweapon; china; chinavirusstrain; coronavirus; covid19; kungflu; moogoogaipandemic; redchina; wuhanvirus
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To: Texas resident

Back in the 1970s, a Soviet General was passing by a rack of newspapers. He stopped an marveled at them. His handler asked him, “Press freedom is a little different here, yes?”

He replied, “I was just a little jealous. It’s impressive that you can get all of these editors on the same narrative so easily.”


41 posted on 04/01/2020 9:54:07 AM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: Red Badger

Nah...something the Bat dragged in...


42 posted on 04/01/2020 9:56:49 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Trump is as good a dictator as he is a racist.....)
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To: goodnesswins

The Bat was what the cat dragged in!....... just before dinner time.................


43 posted on 04/01/2020 9:57:52 AM PDT by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: Red Badger

He had mild symptoms yet they treated him with a plasma infusion? I’m no medical doctor but that doesn’t add up. By the way, have any U.S. patients received plasma transfusions?


44 posted on 04/01/2020 9:59:55 AM PDT by Atticus
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To: \/\/ayne

And China would really want us shut down indefinitely.


45 posted on 04/01/2020 10:01:07 AM PDT by Let's Roll ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn R)
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To: Red Badger

All natural. All from China.
Bull. Only a lab could keep creating them like this.


46 posted on 04/01/2020 10:14:01 AM PDT by Revel
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To: Red Badger

Are they releasing another strain on us? Or just fessing up to more of what we have can do?


47 posted on 04/01/2020 10:16:52 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Atticus
"He had mild symptoms yet they treated him with a plasma infusion?"

True that.The antibodies in the plasma transfusion from a healthy person who had the virus but recovered is used(yes, in the US) to help heal the sick patient.
48 posted on 04/01/2020 10:16:59 AM PDT by RedMonqey
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To: Red Badger

Or, it could mean that this guy had an immune system not quite up to knocking it off, or the virus had nested in a safe place. It appears that after they essentially transfused him with antibodies from other recovered patients, it fixed the problem.

Still, points out how important tests are. We need to know who already had it, and then test those people to show they are negative, so they can go back into the world.


49 posted on 04/01/2020 10:23:05 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: entropy12

Ping/Ping.

You got it. It’s called bio warfare and they’ve been using it since the 1970’s.

rwood


50 posted on 04/01/2020 10:26:23 AM PDT by Redwood71
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To: Red Badger

Some folks might become chronic sufferers and even lifelong carrier/spreaders....like if one gets hep c. I’ve been worried about that.


51 posted on 04/01/2020 10:55:30 AM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: mdmathis6

Typhoid Mary.........................

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon


52 posted on 04/01/2020 11:01:35 AM PDT by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: Atticus

They have talked about it............OLD SCHOOL!............


53 posted on 04/01/2020 11:03:44 AM PDT by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: 9YearLurker

Viruses naturally mutate, every season we have a different ‘strain’ of influenza virus..................


54 posted on 04/01/2020 11:05:29 AM PDT by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: Red Badger

That’s a pretty significant and problematic mutation. Exactly the sort one might put to work in a bioengineered weapon.


55 posted on 04/01/2020 11:28:34 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

Mutations are random mistakes in replication of the DNA/RNA.

There is no way to predict what any given mutation will do. Most kill the organism that mutates...............


56 posted on 04/01/2020 11:32:31 AM PDT by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: Red Badger

Are you unaware of the bioengineered weapons labs worldwide? And the role that China has outright stated it sees for such to paralyze the economy of their enemy (us) before going in for the takeover?


57 posted on 04/01/2020 11:34:16 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

Practically every industrialized nation has one or more.

Accidents happen.................


58 posted on 04/01/2020 11:53:05 AM PDT by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: Red Badger

And plans can also be changed to take further advantage of accidents after they happen...


59 posted on 04/01/2020 11:54:39 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

Yes, most great discoveries are done by accident..

What we do in this crisis will have effects for generations of Americans and other peoples across the globe................................


60 posted on 04/01/2020 11:56:56 AM PDT by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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