61 Argentinian

[victor]

on a fishing boat tested Negative before they went to sea for 35 days and during that some became unwell and on return 57 tested Positive for covid--no contact with other people only re supply of food etc,

So where did it come from??

[meriad]

Did they wait (quarantined) for 15 days post testing before they went out to sea - could well be that one of them was in contact with someone infected just a few hours before they departed?

[Kaz]

Ria is right, I think. The wife of a guy on Mick's team at work has had pneumonia ever since she got home from a work trip to Jordan, in February. It has been a beggar to shift, she would seem to recover from it, then relapse. Several spells in hospital but still poorly She's had several tests for Covid over the months, all negative until one earlier this week. She's been isolated since lockdown, and so has P, her husband, because of the pneumonia, so she must have had it all along - which is pretty worrying

[saundra]

There is strong medical evidence that recovery from covid
Is on the same ones of sepsis
So it's a nightmare
So many symptoms it's difficult to imagine or explain I think

[Kaz]

It is looking that way, Saundra

[saundra]

Not good
It's taken me 2years and still not right
Hope the lady recover soon
And D feels better after your visit

[Kaz]

Thanks Saundra xxx

[Workingman]

Everyone tested negative as they left Buenos Aires for Ushuaia where they were then quarantined for 14 days before boarding the ship. There was no resupply on the trip.

So how did they catch it?

The whole episode throws up quite a few questions, especially about what we thought we knew about its transmission, incubation, survival on surfaces, symptoms and even about how deadly it actually is to us all.

[meriad]

But were they tested again before they boarded? If they only tested as they left Buenos Aires but not again, then one of them could have been an asymptomatic carrier?

[cromwell]

Everyone tested negative as they left Buenos Aires for Ushuaia where they were then quarantined for 14 days before boarding the ship.

Best guess may be that the quarantine wasn't all that it should be; that they picked it up in Ushuaia.