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It's possible there is only mink-to-human transmission and not human-to-human. This was the case for MERS, which was contained in part by culling chickens.
by wffurr 6y ago
It's possible there is only mink-to-human transmission and not human-to-human. This was the case for MERS, which was contained in part by culling chickens.
- fartzzz 6y agoIt is believed that some of the cases (all?) didnt have any contact with minks and therefore was human-to-human
- im3w1l 6y agoSource?
- fartzzz 6y agoI cannot find anything online, but it was mentioned by Kåre mølbak in the press conference
- robocat 6y agoFrom aeyes (distant cousin) comment: “Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said half the 783 human COVID-19 cases in northern Denmark ‘are related’ to mink.” from https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Denmark-wants-to-cull-all-farmed-minks-over-COVID-15701200.php https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Denmark-wants-to-cul...
- IAmGraydon 6y agoThose cases are the original virus, not the new mink mutated one. It was just spread by the mink population.
- tinus_hn 6y agoIf so the solution would be to not shut down the farms because a version of corona that is not contagious would be really helpful. I’m not buying your argument.