Posted on 02/01/2020 6:29:29 PM PST by SeekAndFind
(CNN)An eighth case of coronavirus in the United States has been confirmed in a Boston man in his 20s, health officials said Saturday.
The man, a student at the Boston campus of the University of Massachusetts, recently returned from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the outbreak, health officials said.
The man sought medical care after his return on January 29, according to health officials, and he's been isolated since then. His few close contacts have been identified and are being monitored for symptoms.
The case poses no increased risk to other students on the university's campus, said Dr. Jennifer Lo, medical director of the Boston Public Health Commission, on a call with reporters on Saturday.
"He was very appropriate in seeking medical attention. He did not participate in any university activities from the time he arrived in the United States to his home," Lo said during the call.
The student is "doing quite well" and is quarantined at his home, which is not in a residence hall, Lo said. He is being monitored by public health nurses who call him regularly.
"We won't release him from isolation until we are satisfied it's safe to do so," said Dr. Larry Madoff, medical director of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's Bureau of Infectious Disease and Laboratory Sciences.
The state public health department and the Boston Public Health Commission were notified late Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the positive test results.
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There are 350,000 Chinese exchange students in the United States.
If you’re looking for a place for the virus to proliferate, it’s on U.S. campuses.
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It should out good until he has a craving for pizza and takes the subway to get some.
What kind of health coverage does the Peoples’ Liberation Army provide for overseas duty?
My son the science researcher (Yes, he works for Big Pharma. You know, the ones who develop lifesaving medicines.) says that it’s too late for a quarantine. It’s already everywhere. He also thinks it came out of botched bio-warfare efforts by the Chinese. Scary stuff.
They say this hits old folks and people who already have health problems the hardest. Think I’ll start my own conspiracy theory that it was developed by the Social Security Administration to save the program.
It's part of an exchange program.
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Has he said anything about the HIV inserts???
I haven’t seen anyone address whether you can now get AIDS...as in does that gene splice stay in your system when you are cured.
Again, a travel embargo should have begun when Ten I (aka Xi) said there was a big problem.
Rumors on the chinese internet that it was released to fix the pension issues in wuhan province.
Ah, Social Security bounty hunting Chinese style.
How come everyone is returning
from Wuhan? What’s so special
about it other than it being a
biohazard incubator?
Except, if this is excreted via feces, the sewer system is now contaminated.
Sounds like a job for Mike Rowe & Dirty Jobs.
A-ha! I think I found the problem.
Are those "health professionals" in Boston unaware that asymptomatic infected people are likely contagious? Where have they been getting their information.
Or even if he stays home he can sneeze on the Uber Eats driver.
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