Covid-19 superspreading event in Boston may have led to 20,000 cases, researcher says

One superspreading event may be connected to about 20,000 COVID-19 cases in the Boston area, a researcher says.

— One superspreading event may be connected to about 20,000 Covid-19 cases in the Boston area, a researcher said on Tuesday.

Superspreading occurs when one or a few infected people cause a cascade of transmissions of an infectious disease.on Tuesday -- involved analyzing the impact of early superspreading events in the Boston area and provided"direct evidence" that superspreading can profoundly alter the course of an epidemic.

"Also, because it happened early in the epidemic it had the chance to spread widely before extensive testing capacity, shutdowns, social distancing, and masking were in place," she wrote. "We were adhering closely to the prevailing official guidelines. We never would have knowingly put anyone at risk. When we learned a number of our colleagues were ill, we did not know the cause was COVID-19, but we immediately notified public health authorities and took steps to limit the spread."

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker said in a news conference on Tuesday that he saw the Biogen conference in February as a"seminal event" in the coronavirus pandemic for the Boston area.

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