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New coronavirus case could be first instance of 'community spread' in US, CDC says
CNN ^ | 02/27/2020 | Shelby Lin Erdman

Posted on 02/27/2020 6:42:02 AM PST by SeekAndFind

A resident of Solano County, California, who has novel coronavirus might be the first example in the country of "community spread," a situation in which the patient did not have "relevant travel history or exposure to another known patient," the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.

The person's "exposure is unknown," the CDC said in a news release.

"It's possible this could be an instance of community spread of Covid-19, which would be the first time this has happened in the United States," the agency said, using the name the World Health Organization gave this coronavirus.

Community spread means the virus begins moving through a community and the "source of the infection is unknown," the agency said.

"It's also possible, however, that the patient may have been exposed to a returned traveler who was infected," the CDC added.

The agency revealed the case was detected through California's public health system and that the patient is undergoing treatment in Sacramento.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: california; cdc; coronavirus; exposure
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1 posted on 02/27/2020 6:42:02 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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This brings the number of coronavirus cases detected WITHIN the U.S. to 15, with 12 of them related to travel and the other two to direct contact with a patient.

There are another 42 Americans who tested positive on the Diamond Princess cruise ship that was quarantined in Japan, and three detected in Wuhan, the Chinese city at the epicenter of the global outbreak.


2 posted on 02/27/2020 6:43:41 AM PST by SeekAndFind (look at Michigan, it will)
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He was sick and brought from another hospital in bad shape..

was admitted to Davis hospital on February 19 but was not tested for days because of CDC’s narrow testing criteria, officials say


3 posted on 02/27/2020 6:47:43 AM PST by janetjanet998
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To: SeekAndFind

An interesting view on the use of Cloud MD, and cell phone apps can help limit spread of disease. Article from Canada.

https://theprovince.com/news/local-news/what-if-a-pandemic-is-declared-in-canada/wcm/45c5aa47-a7ff-466d-bfff-99855bf99e55


4 posted on 02/27/2020 6:48:37 AM PST by sanjuanbob (Yes, I CAN take a joke /s)
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To: SeekAndFind

First detected case is more like it.


5 posted on 02/27/2020 6:49:02 AM PST by CharleysPride (Peace, Freedom and Prosperity. Thank you, President Trump.)
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To: SeekAndFind

They are still not releasing the name of the town he lives in


6 posted on 02/27/2020 6:50:29 AM PST by janetjanet998
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To: SeekAndFind

As for the market correction, better now than in October. If this happened in October PT would lose. Plenty of time now.


7 posted on 02/27/2020 6:52:09 AM PST by cowboyusa (America Cowboy Up)
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To: SeekAndFind
This is pure hysteria... This person has the virus so they touched or breathed in this pathogen after somebody with the virus touched something they in turn touched, or they were in the vicinity of an individual who has the virus.

"It's also possible, however, that the patient may have been exposed to a returned traveler who was infected," the CDC added.

Bingo! Because you can't get a virus without a source... It is absolutely impossible. The very first victim got it from an animal, they in turn passed it onto a human and so on and so forth. Viruses do not appear out of thin air. To suggest otherwise is complete nonsense and obviously hysteria.

8 posted on 02/27/2020 6:52:59 AM PST by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Why doesn’t the media and the Democrat just cut to the chase and announce that voting Republican is how you contract the virus.


9 posted on 02/27/2020 6:54:41 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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“...better now than in October...”

Yes - great point.


10 posted on 02/27/2020 6:55:31 AM PST by stonehouse01
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Bingo! Because you can’t get a virus without a source... It is absolutely impossible. The very first victim got it from an animal, they in turn passed it onto a human and so on and so forth. Viruses do not appear out of thin air. To suggest otherwise is complete nonsense and obviously hysteria.


Hope the US is not letting rescue animals from overseas!


11 posted on 02/27/2020 6:56:53 AM PST by LoveMyFreedom
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To: SeekAndFind

Interesting, right after Trump goes on record the cal health authorities announce this. Coincidence? There is nothing called coincidence.


12 posted on 02/27/2020 6:57:34 AM PST by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I wonder what will happen if coronavirus pops up in California’s “homeless” population, or illegal alien enclaves.


13 posted on 02/27/2020 7:02:02 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: cowboyusa

I agree. Perhaps Corona is a Chinese attempt to crash the market


14 posted on 02/27/2020 7:02:28 AM PST by olepap
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To: SeekAndFind

What worries me is what will happen when the C-virus enters the homeless population? Their poop on the streets will make our cities a toxic no man’s land.


15 posted on 02/27/2020 7:03:54 AM PST by jonrick46 (Cultural Marxism is the cult of the Left waiting for the Mothership.)
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Interesting, right after Trump goes on record the cal health authorities announce this. Coincidence? There is nothing called coincidence.


The CDC announced it not Cal.. and Trump already knew about it because he said there are now 15..this is the 15th case

also it was actually announced earlier in the morning at a Congressional hearing

Trump also said one person is in bad shape...I think it’s this person he was referring too ( hooked up to a breathing machine)

Only the “first known case with no travel history or contacts” part was released to the public during the presser


16 posted on 02/27/2020 7:05:52 AM PST by janetjanet998
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“It’s also possible, however, that the patient may have been exposed to a returned traveler who was infected,” the CDC added.”

Very probable, the significance is that they don’t know who this infection traveler is wandering around inside the United States infecting people at least one as is evidence by this case with no ties to China or travel to China. The other possible source is even worse this person is the second generation of spread from an unknown traveler to an American who spread it to this person. Either way there is a spreader on the loose in northern California that cannot be denied at this point. This is the first case of in the wild Covid19 in out borders and it won’t be the last. The CDC has only tested less than 500 people and none of them are candidates for community spreading like this case. In fact the CDC REFUSED to test this case for a week, that alone says something it says they are purposely not looking for community spreadin. Now ask yourself why would the CDC do that? The real numbers would and will cause a run on the stores, banks, and markets guaranteed. There is zero say it again ZERO probably we have 60 cases in thr whole country. Thousands of people a day are coming in from infected regions of the world. Japan, Korea, Iran over two thousand a day was the last number I saw. To think that not a single one is a asymptomatic or mild carrier is delusional or just people blinded by normalcy bias or some weak minded coping mechanism. We have community spreading here it’s as certain as death and taxes by now. The CDC and .gov are buying as much time as possible to get the response in place.


17 posted on 02/27/2020 7:20:44 AM PST by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici")
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“They are still not releasing the name of the town he lives in.”

I had heard Solano County - which is west of Sacramento. Travis AFB is there.

IIRC, some tourists were quarantined there because of possible exposure to Coronavirus.


18 posted on 02/27/2020 7:24:08 AM PST by MplsSteve
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It hardly seemed fortuitou timing that the POSt announced this during Trump's Coronavirus presser conference. Also interesting it's in Cali...and in small print may have been exposed to a known infected person.
19 posted on 02/27/2020 7:25:17 AM PST by Moonlighter (TRiUMPh)
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To: SeekAndFind

Or a false positive just like the Westerdam cruise lady that tested positive twice in Malaysia , then found to be negative.


20 posted on 02/27/2020 7:30:59 AM PST by topfile
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