‘We’re opening everything’: Scientists share coronavirus data in unprecedented way to contain, treat disease
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The current climate of sharing data is unusual for scientists, says researcher
Kelly Crowe · CBC News · Posted: Feb 01, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 1
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/coronavirus-2019-ncov-science-virus-genome-who-research-collaboration-1.5446948?cmp=rss
And in the article about the Seattle guy, he had come into contact with about 10(?) people upon his return to Seattle and none of them show symptoms. He said when he was in Wuhan he didn’t visit the market and had not come into contact with anyone sick.
Well, this was a surprise to see with my morning coffee. I’m fairly far away from Munich, but Germany is a pretty small place when it comes to transportation (autobahn, rail, etc...). Guess I’d better start paying attention.
“Even more sobering is the fact that persons recovering from illness can have huge viral load. This raises concern about prolonged shedding of the virus even after recovery,”
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the Bring Out Your Dead ping list (formerly the Ebola ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the Bring Out Your Dead threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.
Coronavirus Lurking in Feces May Reveal Hidden Risk of Spread
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/coronavirus- lurking-in-feces-may-reveal-hidden-risk-of-spread/ar-BBZxuIv
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-01/coronavirus-lurking-in-feces-may-reveal-hidden-risk-of-spread