UPDATE
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UPDATE
https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/116534850992185405
i do not want to be a voice for panic:
the flight attendant has tested negative for #hantavirus
we got a scary datapoint yesterday, but the data point turns out to be false
score one for #medicine and effective #government response to #disease #outbreak
as an american, i am jealous
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UPDATE
https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/116534850992185405
i do not want to be a voice for panic:
the flight attendant has tested negative for #hantavirus
we got a scary datapoint yesterday, but the data point turns out to be false
score one for #medicine and effective #government response to #disease #outbreak
as an american, i am jealous
@benroyce what is "effective government response"? This combination of words is unfamiliar to me.
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@benroyce what is "effective government response"? This combination of words is unfamiliar to me.
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@benroyce Except hantavirus has a long incubation period (up to 8 weeks) and tests may not come back positive at the start of the infection...
yeah there's the quick easy testing for antibodies, and the much more difficult test for the disease itself, antibodies or not
i would *hope* that if the WHO is involved in such a high profile crisis, that the more difficult test was done
but also, there still might not be enough viral load, so i agree with you, whatever test was done, a small window of jeopardy remains
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yeah there's the quick easy testing for antibodies, and the much more difficult test for the disease itself, antibodies or not
i would *hope* that if the WHO is involved in such a high profile crisis, that the more difficult test was done
but also, there still might not be enough viral load, so i agree with you, whatever test was done, a small window of jeopardy remains
@benroyce Not that I'm on the panic train here, but yeah, I hope WHO did the right test, too.
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UPDATE
https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/116534850992185405
i do not want to be a voice for panic:
the flight attendant has tested negative for #hantavirus
we got a scary datapoint yesterday, but the data point turns out to be false
score one for #medicine and effective #government response to #disease #outbreak
as an american, i am jealous
Thanks for the update… the flight attendant was definitely the most concerning but least reliable (until confirmed) element of the story as the level of contact involved truly would have fit the descriptions “brief” and “casual” which would indicate a substantial change in characteristics for hantavirus.
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Thanks for the update… the flight attendant was definitely the most concerning but least reliable (until confirmed) element of the story as the level of contact involved truly would have fit the descriptions “brief” and “casual” which would indicate a substantial change in characteristics for hantavirus.
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Thanks for the update… the flight attendant was definitely the most concerning but least reliable (until confirmed) element of the story as the level of contact involved truly would have fit the descriptions “brief” and “casual” which would indicate a substantial change in characteristics for hantavirus.
@DavidM_yeg @benroyce Don't relax yet. Was she the only flight crew member to come in contact? Did they clean the seat? The plane? What about his luggage?
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@DavidM_yeg @benroyce Don't relax yet. Was she the only flight crew member to come in contact? Did they clean the seat? The plane? What about his luggage?
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@benroyce what is "effective government response"? This combination of words is unfamiliar to me.
@flipper @benroyce@mastodon.social
Sounds nice
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