Most New York Coronavirus Cases Came From Europe, Genomes Show

[SummerMadness]

Most New York Coronavirus Cases Came From Europe, Genomes Show

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 N.Y.U. 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.

When your containment strategy predicates on racial discrimination, this result is not surprising. It is also worth noting that attacks on Asian Americans have increased during this pandemic.

 

[hislegacy]

Apocalyptic': Trump's Xenophobic Travel Ban Causes Chaos at U.S. Airports

Trump's travel ban on many European countries is 'politically motivated,' analysts say

Public Health Experts Question Trump's Ban On Most Travelers From Europe

Trump’s European Travel Ban Doesn’t Make Sense

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...a279d0-6412-11ea-8a8e-5c5336b32760_story.html

You mean the President was right?

 

[Hank77]

Apocalyptic': Trump's Xenophobic Travel Ban Causes Chaos at U.S. Airports

Trump's travel ban on many European countries is 'politically motivated,' analysts say

Public Health Experts Question Trump's Ban On Most Travelers From Europe

Trump’s European Travel Ban Doesn’t Make Sense

Will Trump's coronavirus travel ban work? Scientists express skepticism

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...a279d0-6412-11ea-8a8e-5c5336b32760_story.html

You mean the President was right?

Yes, he was right to establish travel bans.
He announced he was going to put a travel ban in place knowing that Americans would try to come home before it took effect but didn't take measures to mitigate the spread of the virus by those people. That's just really poor planning and lack of management.

 

[SummerMadness]

Apocalyptic': Trump's Xenophobic Travel Ban Causes Chaos at U.S. Airports

Trump's travel ban on many European countries is 'politically motivated,' analysts say

Public Health Experts Question Trump's Ban On Most Travelers From Europe

Trump’s European Travel Ban Doesn’t Make Sense

Will Trump's coronavirus travel ban work? Scientists express skepticism

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...a279d0-6412-11ea-8a8e-5c5336b32760_story.html

You mean the President was right?

The focus on travel bans instead of extensive testing is why we are where we are today. The ban on travel from Europe was too late anyway, there virus was already in the US. People need to stop foisting the travel bans up as if they did anything.