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It wasn't failed isolation procedures like the title implies. He likely infected people before he was quarantined. We also don't even know that he was patient z
by learc83 7y ago
It wasn't failed isolation procedures like the title implies. He likely infected people before he was quarantined. We also don't even know that he was patient zero--he was just the first one diagnosed.
- Devagamster 7y agogiven his recent travel records and the genetic testing that linked his particular strain to subsequent patients, it's highly likely he was patient zero
- rthomas6 7y agoHe flew from Wuhan to Seattle. Presumably there were many other people on that flight. How likely is it that another passenger, who was asymptomatic or just didn't seek medical care, was the real patient zero?
- alex_young 7y agoI didn’t see any indication that this was a direct flight. Was there such a flight or did this person transfer somewhere in China?
- rthomas6 7y agoOh. True. I didn't think about that.