Posted on 03/01/2020 3:04:22 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
SEATTLE - The coronavirus may have been circulating for weeks undetected in Washington state, a preliminary finding that could mean hundreds of undiagnosed cases, researchers said Sunday after analyzing genetic samples from two people. Washington state, home of the nation’s first confirmed infection, saw the nation’s first death from the virus this weekend.
Trevor Bedford, an associate professor who announced the preliminary findings on the virus in Washington state, said on Twitter late Saturday that genetic similarities between the state’s first case on Jan. 20 and a case announced Friday indicated the newer case may have descended from the earlier one. The Jan. 20 case was the first known case in the U.S.
“I believe we’re facing an already substantial outbreak in Washington State that was not detected until now due to narrow case definition requiring direct travel to China,” he said on Twitter.
Bedford did not immediately reply to an e-mail requesting an interview Sunday.
Scientists not affiliated with the research said the results did not necessarily surprise them and pointed out that for many people — especially younger, healthier ones — the symptoms are not much worse than a flu or bad cold.
Dr. Adam Lauring of University of Michigan called the findings “high quality work” from scientists who’ve done similar work with the flu virus for years.
“They show their data and they show their work,” Lauring said. “It’s more than a series of tweets” because the researchers back up what they found with data that they’ve shared online. “If there’s something wrong, someone will find it.”
Dr. Carlos del Rio of Emory University School of Medicine said the findings are from respected researchers in genomic sequencing and they make sense because of the geographic proximity of the two cases.
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I’m concerned about Coronavirus hiding in Washington.
There are so many places to hide in Tacoma.
Just ask DB Cooper.
Fear Monger!
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I did.
Wouldn’t this just prove the resulting sickness just isn’t a big deal for most?
It has Nothing to Do with contaminated chinese lowlife dysfunctional lieing rotten sob n products ...Absolutely Nothing to do with Those Products that the Left is invested in for 30yrs
Did he toss you a $20? For God’s sake...don’t spend it. They will come down on you like a ton of bricks.
80-90% have a mild case.
It’s the remaining ones that seem to crash your hospitals and ICU’s in particular.
Was there a tag saying, “MADE IN CHINA”
If this is true, it’s probably true in lots of other places in the US. On the other hand, if it’s true, most people don’t have very bad illness (?)
Will they tell us if NIKE turns out to be a carrier. Sure would hate for all those China Apologists/@$$kissers to suffer in their SPORTFOLIOS.
I’m beginning to think that ‘they’ don’t have a clue about the cause or transmission or anything else about this ‘virus’.
I’m not sure what you mean by ‘only affected those that could deal with it effectively’ (?)
It’s not hiding so much as it doesnt make most people very sick.
Well, they don’t call it ‘novel’ for no reason.
I’m sure there are thousands of people around the world scrambling to figure it out.
I meant that it only infected relatively healthy people that could immunologically fight the virus effectively and didn't have any preexisting health conditions that would prevent a recovery. Most of the people that were affected at BNA were in good health and/or young but it still kicked their butts.
Thanks.
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