Biogen Conference Responsible for 20,000 COVID-19 Infections
Biogen's big conference at the Marriott Long Wharf hotel in February may have contributed to 20,000 COVID-19 infections in the Boston area https://t.co/7P66U6IJMl
— Rob Cohen (@Rob_Coh) August 25, 2020
Health Editor’s Note: VT first reported, April 15 on the Biogen Super Spreader Conference
By the end of February the world knew it had something horrible happening. That horrible was novel coronavirus 2019, later to be renamed COVID-19.
As early as January 30, 2020, there were a total of 9,976 cases reported in 21 countries. The first confirmed case in the U.S. was reported on January 20. Biogen held its annual leadership meeting for two days at the end of February and spread coronavirus to countries in Europe who had not yet experienced this virus.
In the U.S. Biogen executives were the first two cases in Indiana and the first known case in Tennessee and six of the earliest cases in North Carolina.
COVID-19 has several genetic strains and the identify of a strain can be used to determine where the virus began and where it has spread. It appears that currently this conference, which could have been held on Zoom, Skype, or even cancelled has been responsible for the spread of COVID-19 to 20,000 individuals (a calculation.) The Biogen conference involved about 175 people from the U.S. and other countries….Carol
Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator.
She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen – one daughter-in-law; Katie – two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia – and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares her life with her husband Gordon Duff, many cats, and two rescues.
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Tbg425, I always bash Trump for what he says and does when he is idiotic and what he does not say and does not do.He is an idiot and should not be in charge of anything, let alone being the president of the U.S. He has no qualifications for the job. He also tried to practice medicine by telling people to take certain medications which turned out to be harmful, not helpful. He said all of this would just go away. He said we should ‘ingest’ stuff like disinfectant and he also had some weird notions about using light to kill coronavirus….really not sure where he intended the light to be shined. There is no hindsight here. At the time I saw the article about members of the Biogen conference spreading coronavirus to varying states, it went up. This is just a follow-up to show how many more were infected by people being together, at the time when it was very apparent that coronavirus was a super-spreader. A conference which could have still continued, but virtually. I guess I do not see what you point is with your comment.
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