Coronavirus ‘Super-Spreader’ Infects 57 In Hospital As China Continues To Refuse CDC Help

ZeroHedge, by Tyler Durden — February 8, 2020

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Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk,

One of the coronavirus fears was the possibility of super-spreaders. That possible fear is now reality..

Disturbing Details

New Report on 138 Coronavirus Cases Reveals Disturbing Details including the emergence of a super-spreader.

One patient, admitted to a hospital in Wuhan, China, infected at least 10 health care workers and four other patients [actual suspect total is 57 see study below].

The patient who infected so many health workers had been placed in a surgical ward because of abdominal symptoms, and the coronavirus was not initially suspected. Four other patients in that ward also contracted the disease, presumably from the first patient.

The incident was a chilling reminder of the “super-spreaders” in outbreaks of other coronavirus diseases, SARS and MERS — patients who infected huge numbers of other people, sometimes dozens. The phenomenon is poorly understood and unpredictable, an epidemiologist’s nightmare. Super-spreaders led to considerable transmission of MERS and SARS inside hospitals.

Super-Spreader Infects 40 Health Care Workers

The JAMA Report, published on Friday, is among the most comprehensive articles to date about people infected with the newly identified virus.

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https://www.zerohedge.com/health/coronavirus-super-spreader-infects-57-hospital-china-continues-refuse-cdc-help

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One Response to Coronavirus ‘Super-Spreader’ Infects 57 In Hospital As China Continues To Refuse CDC Help

  1. Bruce Steadman says:

    New study an eye-opener on how coronavirus is spreading and how little we know

    https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/08/health/coronavirus-hospital-infections-frieden/index.html

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