Yale: danger of domestic travel has exceeded the danger of international travel since early/mid Marc

[Laura PourMeADrink]

https://www.courant.com/coronavirus/hc-news-coronavirus-connecticut-outbreak-washington-20200404-ehenfigfhvcwhi4b4jrsocy7va-story.html

A new study by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health shows that the vast majority of Connecticut’s first coronavirus cases have roots in Washington state, and that the danger of domestic travel has exceeded the danger of international travel since early- or mid-March.

The study also points to a need for local responses to the virus, as opposed to international travel bans or restrictions. While officials were focused on monitoring international travel, the study suggests it was actually domestic travel that brought the virus to the state.

[tblue37]

1. K&R for visibility. nt

[onenote]

2. What was the source of the Washington cases that led to the Connecticut cases?

[customerserviceguy]

3. The nursing home in Kirkland

has a high proportion of Chinese staff and administrators. I'm guessing someone went "home" for lunar new year, and brought it back with them. My son is in the area, he saw that on local news.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

6. Was that started with traveler from China? Or the other community spread victim?

[customerserviceguy]

7. I don't think it's been fully traced down yet

Emphasis has been on containment, and it looks like Washington state has done a pretty good job of that. After it's all over, the blame game will take center stage, I'm sure.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

4. From actual study

Connecticut samples of SARS-CoV-2 (light blue) are closely associated with virus samples collected in Washington state (dark purple) indicating that transcontinental spread of the virus was occurring by mid-March.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

5. Link to Yale study

https://publichealth.yale.edu/ysm/news-article/23678/

[octoberlib]

8. I've been saying this since it began. It can't be profitable to the airlines to

fly 5 people around on a jet. Just shut it down.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

9. You were right. If we had had true experts in disease transmission

When it would have made all the difference in the world....lots of people would still be alive.