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Old 04-04-2020, 07:25 PM
 
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Perhaps it's mutated to be more contagious (and/or potent) and that version took some time to get here. People getting sick enough from the Regular Flu to require a ventilator isn't uncommon.

What gets me is the amount of people who tested positive and have no symptoms or only very minor.
The strains that came from Europe may be more lethal.

https://twitter.com/robertlufkinmd/s...80615130615808
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Old 04-04-2020, 07:32 PM
 
Location: Camberville
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What is the new contract tracing program that you refer to, or contact tracing?



Partners in Health to lead "first in nation" contact tracing program for Mass: https://www.dotnews.com/2020/partner...g-program-mass





More info on Partners in Health's program: https://www.pih.org/covid-team
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Old 04-04-2020, 07:34 PM
 
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[quote=charolastra00;57760227]Partners in Health to lead "first in nation" contact tracing program for Mass: https://www.dotnews.com/2020/partner...g-program-mass


Thank you, I'll look it up. Have always been impressed with Partners in Health, for sure.
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Old 04-04-2020, 09:21 PM
 
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The strains that came from Europe may be more lethal.
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The mutations are small, and no strain is more deadly than the other.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usa...amp/5080571002


Pretty interesting read

https://nextstrain.org/
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Old 04-04-2020, 11:24 PM
 
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The mutations are small, and no strain is more deadly than the other.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usa...amp/5080571002


Pretty interesting read

https://nextstrain.org/
Mutations are truly small, but there is some uncertainty whether they are different in terms of symptoms and mortality rate. (The article says "unlikely".)
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Old 04-05-2020, 10:51 AM
 
Location: The ghetto
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Virus fight focused on Massachusetts nursing homes


"At one nursing home in Norwood, 15 patients had died as of Friday afternoon with at least 8 testing positive for COVID-19. In Western Massachusetts, 21 veterans at the Holyoke Soldiers' Home have died. A state investigation is underway to learn what happened there."
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Old 04-05-2020, 10:52 AM
 
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An RN friend's daughter who is a frontline M.D. in the Boston area passes along that she was tending to a dying patient who told her to turn away because he had to cough (while he could barely breathe). This is real, folks, and I know you know that.
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Old 04-05-2020, 11:23 AM
 
Location: Massachusetts
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Originally Posted by yesmaybe View Post
Perhaps it's mutated to be more contagious (and/or potent) and that version took some time to get here. People getting sick enough from the Regular Flu to require a ventilator isn't uncommon.

What gets me is the amount of people who tested positive and have no symptoms or only very minor.
Athletes? Politicians? I know of no average citizen who's been tested if they haven't shown symptoms.
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Old 04-05-2020, 11:25 AM
 
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Athletes? Politicians? I know of no average citizen who's been tested if they haven't shown symptoms.
There is a story in my local paper today of a nursing home where they tested everyone (because they were considering using it for cases) and 1/2 of the residents were positive and had no symptoms.

There are also other countries who do test people without symptoms.
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Old 04-05-2020, 11:45 AM
 
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There is a story in my local paper today of a nursing home where they tested everyone (because they were considering using it for cases) and 1/2 of the residents were positive and had no symptoms.

There are also other countries who do test people without symptoms.
That was in Wilmington - IIRC, 52 out of 90 residents tested postive and all were asymptomatic as of the test date.
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