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Re:Covid-19 at a homeless shelter in Boston: Implications fo... by Daishiman on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @03:55PM (#22882269)
This hypothesis has already been tested by Stanford and found to be false.
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Re:Covid-19 at a homeless shelter in Boston: Implications fo... by vmception on Monday April 27, 2020 @08:08PM (#23001790)
okay, now it is true, ready for a discussion?

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Exclusive-Autops...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/23/us/california-woman-first-cor...

tl;dr

first covid death (feb 6) is nearly a month earlier than previously official first US covid death (feb 26), and also from community spread. suggesting it was in the bay area at least half a month earlier than that.

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Re:Covid-19 at a homeless shelter in Boston: Implications fo... by casefields on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @04:20PM (#22882552)
New signs suggest coronavirus was in California far earlier than anyone knew: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-11/bay-area...
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Re:Covid-19 at a homeless shelter in Boston: Implications fo... by pm_me_ur_fullz on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @05:51PM (#22883509)
Which is something people have been discussing for weeks here in San Francisco, including RNs that have been thinking back to early January.

So how do we move this from a collection of anecdotes and immediate dismissal to prioritizing some antibody tests to the bay area. Possibly reopening it faster and keeping it open.

Just acknowledging the possibility can influence public policy, and the research that some other people want to see before they can acknowledge it.

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Re:Covid-19 at a homeless shelter in Boston: Implications fo... by easytiger on Thursday April 16, 2020 @07:27AM (#22888319)
Tested how?
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