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Study Shows Biogen Conference Could Be Connected To As Many As 300,000 COVID Cases
CBS Boston 12/11/2020 Syndicated Local – CBS Boston
BOSTON (CBS) A new study suggests Boston’s Biogen conference could be connected to between 205,000 and 300,000 coronavirus cases as of November 1. The article was posted in Science Magazine on Thursday.
Researchers said the two-day event held at the Marriott Long Wharf in February had repercussions felt around the world. Cases could be traced as far away as Australia, Slovakia, and Sweden.
“It’s very easy for a virus to make its way around the world, particularly a virus like this where the transmission can occur before symptoms occur,” said Professor Matt Fox of the Boston University School of Public Health. “Its incredibly difficult to get people to change their behavior, particularly large-scale changes in behavior when people don’t yet see the threat that is coming.”
UpdatedFri, Dec 11, 2020 at 10:50 am ET
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A security officer walks past the entrance of the closed Marriott Long Wharf hotel in Boston in April. The coronavirus was spread among Biogen executives who were meeting at the hotel in late February. (AP Photo/Bill Sikes)
BOSTON The Biogen conference that sparked the first major coronavirus spread in Massachusetts was responsible for hundreds of thousands of cases across the world, according to researchers.
About 100 people who attended the February conference at the Mariott Long Wharf in Boston tested positive for the virus. But a study published in the journal Science
said about 330,000 additional cases were estimated to have stemmed from the conference.
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