RE:RE:Corona-virus and clinical recruitmentWell I guess I need to flesh this out more since you didnt get the point.
1- the virus has reached both southern ontario and quebec. The following link has a live map of confimed cases:
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 2- the average infected person can pass it to between 1.5 to 3.5 people per day
3-the confirmed case in ontario came from Wuhan. All the people on that flight are at risk.
4-several people who were made aware that they were on the same flight as the confirmed case from Wuhan in Ontario, have reported it. So in the few days between releazing the report and reporting the infection to POC in whatever clinic/emerg, could have even more people infected.
5- We have recruitment sites all across the country. Most are concentrated in ontario.
6-connect the dots from here, son.
Pandora wrote: themagicbox wrote: I wonder if this coronovirus scare could affect the patient recruitment for this study?
We're looking for older adults with OA and no other comorbidity. Would they risk getting infected travelling to sites?
Its hit ontario and quebec as of today.
And if those 'patients' travelled from China to Ontario/Quebec what was their means of travel? Plane? And, if so, was that a direct flight with how many "exposed" fellow passengers. And if it was not a direct flight where else did it touch down? Did exposed fellow passengers disembark? Where are they now. Did the target patient possibly change planes and expose how many other fellow passengers?
So many unanswered questions on how a disease such as this can spread far and wide.