Thanks to sequencing by @UWVirology @CDCgov and @seattleflustudy we have genomes for 39 viruses sampled from WA.
Importantly 35 of these 39 viruses (90%) fall into a single genetic cluster indicating a single ~Jan introduction from China and subsequent local spread.
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Ahh yes, phylogenetic methods. You know, those things creationists and ID proponents selectively insist are fantasies at arbitrary levels of divergence.
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The headline is deceptive. This one inferred person didn’t infect 39 others. He started a cluster that involved at least 35 people; he may have infected only one person in that cluster. And four of the 39 samples belong to other clusters.
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Direct and indirect causation.
Yes, that’s the true situation, though it’s 35, not 39. It’s the headline that’s wrong.
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