Pneumonia of "unknown origin" kills 3 out of 9 infected

Sep 2, 2022, 3:46 PM

...in Argentina. All but one were healthcare workers at a single facility, indicating likely person-to-person spread within the facility. X-rays showed lung abnormalities similar to severe covid patients. They have ruled out covid-19, influenza A and B, and hantavirus, as well as 30 other common pneumonia-causing viruses and bacteria.

Several theories are floating around, but so far no one knows what it is. One victim was an ICU patient in a hospital and the other 8 were healthcare workers at the facility. At this point they will likely sequence any virus or bacteria they find at autopsy and that will tell more. One theory is covid may have been mutating for a long time in the ICU patient, and then spread in a mutated form that omits the three common covid testing markers. One marker is already commonly omitted in certain covid strains, while not in others. Still, no variant has omitted detection by all three common markers (to date). That would no doubt make this covid-22 if the case. Then again it could be a new virus or even a bacteria or fungus. They have run 30 tests for the 30 most common causes of pneumonia and still no luck.

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Pneumonia of "unknown origin" kills 3 out of 9 infected

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