I noticed this article in the NYT. While reading, a thought crossed my mind - "if this write up was some type of cover-up for the Coronavirus escaping from Fort Detrick?"
Biogen employees unwittingly spread the coronavirus from Massachusetts to Indiana, Tennessee and North Carolina.
How a Premier U.S. Drug Company Became a Virus ‘Super Spreader’
April 13, 2020 - BOSTON — On the first Monday in March, Michel Vounatsos, chief executive of the drug company Biogen, appeared in good spirits. The company’s new Alzheimer’s drug was showing promise after years of setbacks. Revenues had never been higher.
Onstage at an elite health care conference in Boston, Mr. Vounatsos touted the drug’s “remarkable journey.” Asked if the coronavirus that was ravaging China would disrupt supply chains and upend the company’s big plans, Mr. Vounatsos said no.
“So far, so good,” he said. But even as he spoke, the virus was already silently spreading among Biogen’s senior executives, who did not know they had been infected days earlier at the company’s
annual leadership meeting.
Biogen employees, most feeling healthy, boarded planes full of passengers. They drove home to their families. And they carried the virus to at least six states, the District of Columbia and three countries, outstripping the ability of local public health officials to trace the spread.
The Biogen meeting was one of the earliest examples in the United States of what epidemiologists call “superspreading events” of Covid-19, where a small gathering of people leads to a huge number of infections. Unlike the most infamous clusters of cases stemming from
a nursing home outside Seattle or a
40th birthday party in Connecticut, the Biogen cluster happened at a meeting of top health care professionals whose job it was to fight disease, not spread it.
“The smartest people in health care and drug development — and they were completely oblivious to the biggest thing that was about to shatter their world,” said John Carroll, editor of Endpoints News, which covers the biotech industry.
The official count of those sickened — 99, including employees and their contacts,
according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health — includes only those who live in that state. The true number across the United States is certainly higher. The first two cases in Indiana were Biogen executives. So was the first known case in Tennessee, and six of the earliest cases in North Carolina.
(Long article continues.)
So, what are they suggesting with this news report - that we need to wear coverings over our shoes, when we go out in public?
The Coronavirus Can Travel on the Soles of Shoes, According to the CDC
In a new study published in one of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s journals, Emerging Infectious Diseases, researchers tested air and surface samples at a hospital in Wuhan, China, where the coronavirus outbreak initiated. The researchers found that about half of health-care professionals working in intensive care units carried the coronavirus on the soles of their shoes. Further, the report showed that there was a 100% positive rate from the floor of the pharmacy, where only health-care workers traveled, not infected patients.
“Therefore, the soles of medical staff shoes might function as carriers,” the researchers wrote. “We highly recommend that persons disinfect shoe soles before walking out of wards containing COVID-19 patients.”
There is no advisory on the best method for cleaning shoes to best protect against the coronavirus, but a
nurse went viral on TikTok for her disinfectant routine, which included placing shoes in bleach overnight.
Shoes made of fabrics like mesh or canvas
can be cleaned in the washing machine. The United Kingdom’s
National Health Service recommends washing fabrics at a high temperature (140°F) with a product containing bleach to enhance the disinfectant results. (Bleach has been
tested and clinically proven to kill bacteria and viruses.)
While machine washing can damage shoes made of leather or other man-made materials, shoes made of those materials can be cleaned using basic dish or hand soap and water. Notably, washing leather may alter its texture and/or appearance, so you should test a small area inside the shoe or under the tongue before cleaning. To disinfect your shoes, you should make a mixture of 70% alcohol and water,
the CDC advises.
These two (so-called Specialist) have only created more chaos in the situation.
Trump Retweets 'Fire Fauci' Coronavirus Message In Easter Sunday Twitter Rampage
President
Donald Trump on Sunday retweeted a message from a supporter criticizing infectious disease specialist Dr.
Anthony Fauci, one of the leaders of the White House
coronavirus response.
And the message included a #FireFauci hashtag.
WHO chief says confident U.S. funding will continue in COVID fight
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) voiced confidence on Monday that the United States would continue funding his U.N. agency, despite President Donald Trump's criticism of WHO's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
. A few days ago, the president of the region said that we will finish our jail time 1week after 0 deaths reported(which means never). That's insane!! And nobody is protesting. Most people agree with this. I live in Zombieland
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??? I had and still have respect for him. What is evident is that he sticks hard to his vision of the world. I knew he would be more like this, but not so extreme, it's ... wouah ! incredible.
