Chance (16 Feb 2020)
"CDC Testing For Coronavirus In Five Cities, Reinfection And Problems With The Testing"


 

Hello John and Doves,

An alert I received on February 14, 2020:

HHS (the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services), the CDC, and Health Departments "in Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, NYC, and LA are now testing patients presenting with flu-like symptoms for COVID-19."

"HHS/CDC believe cases of COVID-19 may be seeping into the country despite travel restrictions and screening at airports.  According to the HHS Secretary Alex Azar, the testing effort will "help see whether there is broader spread than we have been able to detect s far."

SMS Alert Text/AlertsUSA.com

Well, considering incoming flights from China were continuing before and after cities in China were being quarantined, what does the HHS and CDC expect?  No 'seeping into the country', more like actively entering!

The regular flu is hitting many areas of the country pretty hard.  There are more than likely people with COVID-19 that think they have regular flu, presenting with a milder case of this Chinese virus.

It's telling that CDC/HHS is doing this...they KNOW there is unidentified COVID-19 out there in the public.  People have been coming in from China for weeks now - before and after the various quarantines.  And these people are spreading it.  And those they infected are spreading it.  Their own CDC experts have told them so.

On another note, it's interesting that WHO is being pretty secretive about their Chinese team of experts that are in China now.  Experts from different countries are in this special team.  We do not know who all is on the team or what their specialties are, where they are going, what they will be doing.  We can speculate that they know more about this virus than we are being told.  "For now we prefer to keep it as such but we will give you more information about the experts whenever it's necessary," he said.https://www.theepochtimes.com/coronavirus-live-updates-new-infections-in-hong-kong-malaysia-singapore_3237985.html
Coronavirus Live Updates: WHO Refuses to Give Details on China-Bound Team
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What a mess!  Every day or so there is some new twist to this coronavirus sage!  Remember - forget the models for 'regular' viruses.

"Exclusive:  Chinese doctors say Wuhan coronavirus reinfection even deadlier."  February 14, 2020
"It's possible to get infected by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) a second time, according to doctors on the frontline in China's city of Wuhan, leading to death from heart failure in some cases.  "It's highly possible to get infected a second time.  A few people recovered from the first time by their own immune system, but the meds they use are damaging their heart tissue, and when they get it a second time, the antibody doesn't help but makes it worse, and they die a sudden death from heart failure."

"The source also said the virus has 'outsmarted all of us," as it can hide symptoms for up to 24 days.  This assertion has been made independently elsewhere, with Chinese pulmonologist Zhong Nanshan saying the average incubation period is three days, but it can take as little as one day and up to 24 days to develop symptoms.  Also, the source said that false negative tests for the virus are fairly common (I read 50% false negatives).  "It can fool the test kit - there were cases that they found, the CT scan shows both lungs are fully infected but the test came back negative four times.  The fifth test came back positive."

Dr. Li Wenliang first raised concerns about this.  His own test results had come back negative multiple times before he was finally diagnosed.  (He died from this virus.) https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3876197
Exclusive: Chinese doctors say Wuhan coronavi... | Taiwan News

The CDC is also reporting 'bad' test kits and recalling them.  And the CDC is reporting testing before symptoms appear can result in false negatives.

Testing that's 100% is impossible, but one false negative is unacceptable given the 'nature' of this virus. All it takes is one positive case!  To date, too early testing, bad test kits, the inability of the test to detect the virus all the time - 'commonly missing positives' -  is making this even more complicated!  China is using CT scans of the lungs now to diagnose patients - looking for white patches called "ground glass", since they are running low/or are out of test kits.

It's the perfect storm.  One bit of bad news after the other on this virus!

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!

Maranatha!

Chance

https://nypost.com/2020/02/13/some-coronavirus-test-kits-shipped-around-us-are-flawed-cdc-claims/
Some coronavirus test kits shipped to states are flawed: CDC

https://www.businessinsider.com/china-coronavirus-diagnosis-ct-scans-lungs-2020-2
China diagnosing coronavirus via CT scans that show 'ground glass' - Business Insider