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Originally Posted by GoodLife
Hard to understand why people find this info so threatening.
A previous scientific study determined that NYC was mostly infected by coronavirus coming from Europe, not China direct. The Governor of New York immediately began calling it the European Virus in his press conferences. Now in a new study, reported in the Times, scientists determined that the majority of the USA was infected by coronavirus coming from New York City, not direct from China or Europe. It all started in China of course, but how pandemics spread is key to understanding how to fight them.
All the scientists working on vaccines study these papers in detail as genetic mutations are key to designing one that will work against all strains.
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Most of the reactions are emotional not based on logic. Blame, guilt, frustration, anger, envy and many other emotions often result in bias of proper analysis of scientific data, sometimes even by those who know better. That is one of the reasons why supercomputer modeling will help us understand the sources and spread of infection as well as to design effective treatments or vaccines. We are fortunate to have such advanced tools which can almost eliminate bias.