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Founder & Chief Scientific Officer - nference (https://t.co/vkCK29iagA), Anumana (https://t.co/iQt3GGJKnV), Pramana (https://t.co/7Ma4d9tLWs) || PhD - MIT, Harvard Medical |
Mar 19, 2022 12 tweets 14 min read
High levels of an #infection in #Massachusetts is causing both gastrointestinal (#diarrhoea, #vomiting) & respiratory (#cough, #sinus, #headache) symptoms WITHOUT typical fever or runny nose - School children & parents/guardians across #boston suburbs affected for last 3 weeks. Note the CDC data suggests very little SARS-CoV-2 (Omicron) or influenza (flu) at this time in Massachusetts or Connecticut or New Hampshire. So diagnostic tests being used are not catching this circulating pathogen, or a seasonal coronavirus/norovirus/adenovirus is the culprit