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pnwmom

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9. The UW/Fred Hutch doc thinks it's been here in WA at least 6 weeks.

Reply to cstanleytech (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 2, 2020, 12:37 AM

Mar 2020

It only got diagnosed because a boy tested negative for flu and his throat swab then got sent to the Seattle Flu study, run by top hospitals here, where they discovered it was Coronavirus.

By the Trump standard it wouldn't have been tested because the boy had no foreign travel or other known contact.

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TOP STORIES Authorities announce 2nd coronavirus death in US [View all] Mrs. Overall Mar 2020 OP

Latest data from Hubei province, where the covid-19 started at140 Mar 2020 #1

Not caught it -- been positively tested for it. Some may have caught it and pnwmom Mar 2020 #2

So could this virus have been with us for a few months or years and the only reason we are cstanleytech Mar 2020 #3

No intrepidity Mar 2020 #6

Thanks. nt cstanleytech Mar 2020 #7

The UW/Fred Hutch doc thinks it's been here in WA at least 6 weeks. pnwmom Mar 2020 #9

you are all correct! at140 Mar 2020 #8

Right. There was a good article in the Atlantic that explained that because it didn't pnwmom Mar 2020 #10

28,000 infected....11, 325 died...less than 50% pbmus Mar 2020 #12

Even that rate is higher by orders of magnitude than covid-19 at140 Mar 2020 #14

I've been reading about this virus today... they've been saying there's a 2% mortality but JudyM Mar 2020 #4

As of right now, the overall case fatality rate for all ages is actually 3.4%.. Princess Turandot Mar 2020 #11

That doesn't include cases outside of the healtcare system Blues Heron Mar 2020 #13

How many deaths did this care facility have over the past month? intrepidity Mar 2020 #5