Posted on 12/02/2021 10:02:39 AM PST by House Atreides
Minnesota public health authorities confirmed Thursday what appears to be the second U.S. case of the omicron Covid variant in a resident who recently returned from New York City, the state’s department of health said.
The man, who was fully vaccinated and has since recovered, traveled to New York City to attend the Anime NYC 2021 convention at the Javits Center from Nov. 19-21, the department said in a statement. The first omicron case was confirmed in California by U.S. officials Wednesday in a person who recently returned to San Francisco from a trip to South Africa.
New York health officials haven’t yet confirmed any cases in the state, Gov. Kathy Hochul told reporters at a press conference in Manhattan on Thursday .
NY Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett said it’s just a matter of time before it’s confirmed somewhere in the state. “We now have an exposure we fully expect that it will be detected in coming days,” she said.
Hochul said conference attendees were required to get vaccinated, and she recommended that they all get tested. She said the Anime convention organizers have contact information for all attendees, so it will simplify contact tracing to monitor any potential outbreaks.
“Everyone had to be vaccinated in order to participate in the first place,” she said. “That’s why we anticipate if people who test positive, at least, based on this first individual, that the symptoms will be fairly minor.”…
…The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a statement Thursday, said it is working closely with public health authorities in Minnesota and New York City to investigate the latest confirmed omicron case. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said the U.S. has expanded genomic sequence over the past nine months to identify new variants.
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Meanwhile in NYS...
https://www.wkbw.com/news/coronavirus/erie-county-sounds-covid-alarm-ecmc-capacity-at-100
https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/health/2021/12/01/ny-covid-hospitals/8811817002/
This is an almighty cluster.
And CoupFlu isn’t the real threat.
Deep State and its myrmidons are.
“… This is an almighty cluster.…”
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Those will likely be Delta cases, IMHO. But we won’t know for sure until samples are sequenced and results comeback.
NYS counts asymptomatics, probables, and repeat positives of the same patient as new cases.
Our stats are crap.
“Traveled Nov. 19-21, yet fully recovered by Dec. 2?
Man, this Omicron variant sounds nasty...“
Hey man.. just wait ‘til YOU catch it.. and get SORE MUSCLES.. and TIREDNESS!!!
THEN, you’ll be sorry!!! (LOL!! - I’m wondering where THOSE Freepers are hiding today..)
I already got sore muscles and tiredness from working out and working late. Am I gonna die?
Minnesota Governor Walz(D-idiot) will be calling for snowplows to be readied to move the people dropping dead from the roadways.
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