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| After Retesting Samples, French Hospital Discovers COVID-19 Case From December |
| 2020-05-05 |
| [NY TIMES] A French hospital which has retested old samples from pneumonia patients discovered that it treated a man who had COVID-19 as early as Dec. 27, nearly a month before the French government confirmed its first cases. Yves Cohen, head of resuscitation at the Avicenne and Jean Verdier hospitals in the northern suburbs of Paris, told BFM TV that scientists had retested samples from 24 patients treated in December and January who tested negative for the flu. "Of the 24, we had one who was positive for COVID-19 on Dec. 27," he told the news channel on Sunday. The samples had all initially been collected to detect flu using PCR tests, the same genetic screening process that can also be used to detect the presence of the novel coronavirus in patients infected at the time the sample is collected. Each sample was retested several times to ensure there were no errors, he added. Neither Cohen nor his team were immediately available for comment on Monday. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #2 Ok... so the French trace it back to December, and Silicon Valley scientists trace it back to few weeks later... IIW the virus was circulating months before the lockdown occurred in mid-March. What effect if any has the lockdown had? |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-05-05 20:54 |
| #1 So if China had been more forthcoming, the world could've controlled the pandemic much sooner? If OraneManBad knew this, perhaps he would've closed off travel from Europe a month earlier. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2020-05-05 10:11 |