'Mildly Positive' American Patient Has Been Moved Out of Biocontainment to Quarantine Center Despite Showing Symptoms

The CDC alleges that this patient initially took 2 tests after docking: Positive Negative At the Biocontainment center, other tests were conducted which came back negative, however the patient is seemingly symptomatic. I worry they arent considering Andes virus's ability to stop infected cells from reducing interferon, which initially damps an immune response. I wonder if the tests are looking for antibodies, which wouldnt necessarily be there in a testable range even slightly after showing symptoms. Maybe I am wrong, I just hope they are testing these people for the ANDV virions themselves as opposed to some immune signature Overall, I'm concerned that there is this 'symptom first' approach occurring right now, because that works for a lot of viruses. But ANDV is one of those exceptions, the virus artificially inhibits immune response, which means you can have zero symptoms (besides minor headache which may be from the virions, which are electrically charged, actually circulating within the veins around the head.) but still be highly contagious because the virus is able to reproduce and multiply within you for some time without any Immunol hinderance, and we know humans produce respiratory droplets from talking, not just from coughing and sneezing. Additionally, the CDC is not releasing any information about the passengers who got off the boat early, took various planes to different places (almost all the passengers on the MV Hondius were 'avid travelers'), and won't even reveal where these people who are only being asked to quarantine even are, citing 'privacy concerns' which I find hilarious coming from the fed specifically. submitted by /u/Babylonian_Capricorn to r/HantaVirus26 [link] [comments]