Most New York Coronavirus Cases Came From Europe, Genomes Show

[Steeleballz 7,550]

 

New research indicates that the coronavirus began to circulate in the New York area by mid-February, weeks before the first confirmed case, and that travelers brought in the virus mainly from Europe, not Asia.

“The majority is clearly European,” said Harm van Bakel, a geneticist at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, who co-wrote a study awaiting peer review.

A separate team at NYU Grossman School of Medicine came to strikingly similar conclusions, despite studying a different group of cases. Both teams analyzed genomes from coronaviruses taken from New Yorkers starting in mid-March.

The research revealed a previously hidden spread of the virus that might have been detected if aggressive testing programs had been put in place

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/most-york-coronavirus-cases-came-120729916.html

[TBoneTX 45,284]

Which explains why Elmhurst Hospital in Queens is considered to be ground zero... in a highly Chinese area?

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

27 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

Which explains why Elmhurst Hospital in Queens is considered to be ground zero... in a highly Chinese area?

I'll get my European bat flavored popcorn.

[TBoneTX 45,284]

Share some with all of us. 🍿 🦇

[Dashinka 24,493]

It seemed like this was fairly obvious.  The EU never restricted travel from China until it was too late, so it would be pretty easy to see the connection, China to the EU to the US, etc.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

5 hours ago, Dashinka said:

It seemed like this was fairly obvious.  The EU never restricted travel from China until it was too late, so it would be pretty easy to see the connection, China to the EU to the US, etc.

 

    It was obvious I think, but at least they have scientific data now. It also helps explain why NY and NJ ended up so much worse than California. 

 

    As far as restricting air travel, it probably does show you have to take a stronger approach earlier if you want that to work. 

[Dashinka 24,493]

29 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:

 

    It was obvious I think, but at least they have scientific data now. It also helps explain why NY and NJ ended up so much worse than California. 

 

    As far as restricting air travel, it probably does show you have to take a stronger approach earlier if you want that to work. 

Yes, assumptions or hypotheses do need to be proven by data.  As to the air travel, this is one of the main issues I have with the WHO, they were criticizing Trump for restricting China travel when they should have been advising all countries to do the same thing.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

6 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

Yes, assumptions or hypotheses do need to be proven by data.  As to the air travel, this is one of the main issues I have with the WHO, they were criticizing Trump for restricting China travel when they should have been advising all countries to do the same thing.

 

  Yes, or ideally, China would have been up front about the scope of the outbreak and restricted outbound travel. That is the best way to deal with something that is endemic because it is only one country. 

[Neonred 3,562]

3 hours ago, Dashinka said:

Yes, assumptions or hypotheses do need to be proven by data.  As to the air travel, this is one of the main issues I have with the WHO, they were criticizing Trump for restricting China travel when they should have been advising all countries to do the same thing.

I've not been impressed with the WHO.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

6 hours ago, Neonred said:

I've not been impressed with the WHO.

No one with half a brain has been.