NYT article from yesterday

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Apr 9, 2020
12:49:44pm

TheKing Contributor

NYT article from yesterday

Net-net: Two independent analyses of the viral genome suggest that it's very unlikely the virus was in community circulation until February of this year in the US.

The New York Times

Most New York Coronavirus Cases Came From Europe, Genomes Show

Travelers seeded multiple cases starting as early as mid-February, genomes show.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/science/new-york-coronavirus-cases-europe-genomes.html

"I’m quite confident that it was not spreading in December in the United States,” Dr. Bedford said. “There may have been a couple other introductions in January that didn’t take off in the same way.”

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Didn't we have this already...

jxncoog All-American

4/9/20 12:41pm

Of course and nobody died cuz fairies put hydroxychloroquine in the water

CallingDingo

4/9/20 12:47pm

RE: Of course and nobody died cuz fairies put hydroxychloroquine in the water

bball32

4/9/20 12:56pm

We had a flu that lasted 5-7 days in early Feb. We all had high fever and an

darkcoug

4/9/20 12:47pm

Sounds like the flu. Otherwise, how did they miss all the excess deaths?

ReyOso

4/9/20 12:49pm

Are you sure there has been a spike in the total number of deaths in the world?

BYU-Ite

4/9/20 12:55pm

This is what it looks like when it hits hard. It's easy to spot.

ReyOso

4/9/20 1:06pm

Thank you. I think it makes your point. It is interesting though that the sum

BYU-Ite

4/9/20 1:29pm

They believe it's partially dying at home or having CV-related heart attacks

ReyOso

4/9/20 1:31pm

Thank you.

BYU-Ite

4/9/20 1:38pm

"Expected Deaths" don't seem to show a flu season bump

HawkeyeCoug

4/9/20 1:43pm

Under normal circumstances, the vast majority of deaths are age related.

ReyOso

4/9/20 1:51pm

An interesting website to consider:

mbs6

4/9/20 3:18pm

Analysis of the lineages of the virus from genome data

4/9/20 12:49pm

NYT article from yesterday

TheKing

4/9/20 12:49pm

80% of my business is in Park City/Alta/Snowbird and I am CONVINCED

Michael McQuain

4/9/20 12:51pm

Even now when people showing these symptoms are tested only 6% have COVID

swimbro

4/9/20 12:57pm

That's not true. Example, in NYC almost 50% of tests are positive.

Plato

4/9/20 1:01pm

NYC testing criteria is essentially only testing if you are at the level of being admitted to the hospital

chago04

4/9/20 1:03pm

In our lab (commercial) it's 3%.

BlooGeek

4/9/20 1:04pm

I'm in the highest at-risk group: mid 60's/diabetic/heart disease/kidney failure

Michael McQuain

4/9/20 1:04pm

In that case it's dangerous to assume you've had it already without confirmation

ReyOso

4/9/20 1:08pm

wife and son had the same thing. Went on and on.

zonacougar

4/9/20 1:09pm

In Provo, our school also had 30% of kids miss about a week right before Christmas break. My son got it and tested + for

4/9/20 12:55pm

3 of our children were taken to the doctor over that period and all tested negative for flu

jxncoog

4/9/20 1:03pm

Considering the other ski/mountain holiday getaways also got hit hard....

Indy Coug

4/9/20 1:25pm

Jackson is sitting at 45 cases with only 210 tested out of a population of 23,000

jxncoog

4/9/20 1:44pm

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