SAR-CoV-2 in Boston
BY Herschel Smith
4 years, 6 months ago
News from the land of controllers.
Nearly 10% of asymptomatic Bostonians have coronavirus antibodies, and more than 2% of that same apparently healthy group actually currently has the virus, according to the results of a sampling study done in several Boston neighborhoods.
“In conclusion, approximately 1 in 10 residents in this study have developed antibodies and approximately 1 in 40 currently asymptomatic individuals are positive for COVID-19 and potentially infectious,” the city said in a news release Friday morning.
The study, by Boston, Massachusetts General Hospital and the Boston Public Health Commission, involved what the city says is a representative sample of asymptomatic Bostonians, testing 750 residents and city employees over the past couple of weeks in East Boston, Roslindale and Dorchester for COVID-19 and the antibodies that suggest that a person already had it — and is now potentially immune to reinfection.
Oh, I suspect way more than that have already been exposed, infected with it, shed it, and had no symptoms at all and didn’t even know they had it.
While I’m at it, I’ve seen reports that the U.S. military is planning to reject applicants who were at one time diagnosed as having had SARS-CoV-2. So if someone has gotten it, shed it, never even knew they had it, and has the antibodies for it, the U.S. military plans on rejecting them.
That sounds profoundly stupid to me, but right in line with the stupidity I usually associate with the Department of Defense.
On May 17, 2020 at 9:39 pm, George 1 said:
Yes it does seem stupid. Consider the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln. About half the crew infected if I remember correctly. So all of those sailors are discharged? Sounds like the military may be in deep doo doo.
The Fort Report concerning the accident involving the U.S.S. Fitzgerald is an interesting read. The accident was mainly attributed a few officers being inattentive and a lack of skilled personnel who could repair critical systems on the ship, that were not operational at the time of the collision and that could have helped avoid the collision. So It seems the navy is short sailors. At least skilled ones.
Now the military is going to exclude the CV-19 exposed and recovered/no symptoms personnel? I guess they are anticipating a return to the Draft?
On May 17, 2020 at 11:03 pm, BRVTVS said:
The DOD later clarified that only those hospitalized for COVID-19 will be rejected for military service.
On May 18, 2020 at 7:21 am, Fred said:
The “only those hospitalized” is a better general disqualification. Their concern, I imagine, is unknown future respiratory problems and more specifically breathing capacity limits if lungs were damaged. That seems legit to me. But yeah, the original disqual of all was stupid.
On May 18, 2020 at 3:34 pm, I R A Darth Aggie said:
But yeah, the original disqual of all was stupid.
True. But it’s dangerous assuming that a urinalist asked the right question, transcribed the answer correctly, or was even paying attention when the statement was spoken.
On May 18, 2020 at 3:37 pm, Fred said:
They let me in which ain’t sayin’ much.