Travel From New York City Seeded Wave of U.S. Outbreaks

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/us/ne...s-outbreak.html

The coronavirus outbreak in New York City became the primary source of infections around the United States, researchers have found.

By Benedict Carey and James Glanz

May 7, 2020
Updated 8:36 a.m. ET

New York City’s coronavirus outbreak grew so large by early March that the city became the primary source of new infections in the United States, new research reveals, as thousands of infected people traveled from the city and seeded outbreaks around the country.

The research indicates that a wave of infections swept from New York City through much of the country before the city began setting social distancing limits to stop the growth. That helped to fuel outbreaks in Louisiana, Texas, Arizona and as far away as the West Coast.

The findings are drawn from geneticists’ tracking signature mutations of the virus, travel histories of infected people and models of the outbreak by infectious disease experts.

“We now have enough data to feel pretty confident that New York was the primary gateway for the rest of the country,”-- excerpt, rest at link above --

I can't tell you how much I hate using the NYT for anything, but I can't find this elsewhere.

This is not all that surprising....

Quote: Isailedaway wrote in post #7

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We now need to begin building the wall around NYC to protect our lives in addition to our southern border which protects our livelihoods

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