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brooklynite

(94,808 posts) Fri Jan 24, 2020, 11:49 AM Jan 2020

CDC confirms second US Wuhan coronavirus case

Source: CNN

A second case of Wuhan coronavirus in the United States has been identified in Chicago, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday in a press briefing.

The patient is a Chicago resident in her 60s. She is in isolation at a hospital in Chicago.

The patient flew from Wuhan to Chicago on January 13. She was not ill while traveling and health authorities do not think she spread the virus during that time. Health authorities say she has had limited close contacts since returning to Chicago.

Sixty-three people from 22 states are under investigation for the virus, health officials said.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/24/health/wuhan-coronavirus-chicago-cdc/index.html

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CDC confirms second US Wuhan coronavirus case (Original Post) brooklynite Jan 2020 OP

Be afraid 😱 be very afraid--at least during the cover up. nt live love laugh Jan 2020 #1

With a 2 week incubation period this ain't going to be the last one either inwiththenew Jan 2020 #2

Have all 63 people have traveled from Wuhan in the past month? rocktivity Jan 2020 #3

This is SARS all over again. bamagal62 Jan 2020 #4

And stumpys gang of misfits talked of cutting cdc funding by 80%.. Maxheader Jan 2020 #5

There needs to be a travel time-out with China until this is straighten out rockfordfile Jan 2020 #6

I wish we could send trump to Wuhan. nt Ilsa Jan 2020 #7

live love laugh

(13,171 posts)

1. Be afraid 😱 be very afraid--at least during the cover up. nt

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Jan 24, 2020, 11:59 AM

Jan 2020

inwiththenew

(972 posts)

2. With a 2 week incubation period this ain't going to be the last one either

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Jan 24, 2020, 12:04 PM

Jan 2020

There are likely people out there who have it and don't know it that have been all over the place both here and abroad.

rocktivity

(44,581 posts)

3. Have all 63 people have traveled from Wuhan in the past month?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Jan 24, 2020, 12:33 PM

Jan 2020

Are we about to have a replay of the Ebola virus, with people "immigrating" in hopes of getting better medical care?

rocktivity

P.S. Someone in New Jersey has just been cleared, but there's no indication of why she was suspected.

bamagal62

(3,274 posts)

4. This is SARS all over again.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Jan 24, 2020, 12:53 PM

Jan 2020

I lived in Hong Kong through SARS and it was scary. We didn’t leave the house. We were checking fever everyday. We freaked if anyone in the family sneezed or coughed. Then, it was civet cats. Now it’s what? Bats? Snakes? Will they ever learn? China was slow to tell everyone with SARS and it spread quickly. I fear the same thing has happened. I assume they knew long before and tried to keep it quiet in hopes to contain it. And, now here we are.