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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLaurie Garrett tweet 14% of recovered coronavirus people in China's Guangdong tested positive again
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This!
About 14% of patients who recovered from the #coronavirus & were discharged from hospitals in China's Guangdong province were tested + again in later check-ups.
This suggests recovered patients may still carry the virus & immunity isn't sterilizing.
14% of recovered coronavirus patients in China's Guangdong tested
East Asia News -(CAIXIN GLOBAL) - About 14 per cent of patients who recovered from the novel coronavirus and were discharged from hospitals in southern China's Guangdong province were tested positive
straitstimes.com
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https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/14-of-recovered-coronavirus-patients-in-chinas-guangdong-tested-positive-again
GusBob
(7,286 posts)Is it is mutating that could be nasty
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)From the article
But research by Guangzhou Medical University found the virus in fecal samples, suggesting a new path of transmission. Some hospitals in Guangdong have since adopted the anal swab in virus tests.
Cai said it is still unclear whether the virus detected in the recovered patients is still active. There is also the possibility of a discrepancy in samples, he said.
Could be that in the sample, the patients were not fully recovered but definitely worth watching for mutations and length of recovery and methods of transmission.
Leghorn21
(13,520 posts)This is no good
Also, Im glad they have enough test kits to test twice, while the US has tested 426 people TOTAL as of yesterday
Damn man...best wishes to all
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)hlthe2b
(101,730 posts)This is important to realize. These virus RNA segments detected may not be able to infect. It may, however, have implications for how long virus (viable or not) is shed, given these tests derived from fecal (rectal swab) samples and thus how we will determine whether or not someone is truly "cleared." and no longer infectious.
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)variables of recovery it is just worth watching.
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)Leghorn21
(13,520 posts)Link to tweet
wannhhhh