Christ, what a brutal day. This plus the CV-19+ TN guy in and out of Logan ... sorry, but this sure seems like a Boston-area cluster to me.
— Ben Hunt (@EpsilonTheory) March 5, 2020
I think we're going to see a freeze on *domestic* business travel by every big company over the next few days.https://t.co/Kp84lOhSgn
note the part where now a bunch of attendees are experiencing flu like symptoms.
— EricaJoy (@EricaJoy) March 5, 2020
having any kind of conference at this point would just be extremely irrational and willfully ignorant. https://t.co/4biA7mCrSJ
#Massachusetts: Three Biogen employees who attended a meeting in #Boston last week have tested positive for #COVID19#coronavirus https://t.co/BSclWh6yrA
— Apex (@Apex_WW) March 5, 2020
Biogen confirmed in statement to WCVB 5 that 3 employees who attended company meeting in Boston last wk tested positive for Coronavirus. 2 live in the EU. Other attendees have influenza. All attendees even if not sick working from home for 2 wks. https://t.co/ePyS6AwrhF #CambMA
— Pearl Freier (@PearlF) March 5, 2020
Three Biogen employees who attended a meeting in Boston last week have tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19). https://t.co/FCwRqHMAcW
— BostonTweet (@BostonTweet) March 5, 2020
Three Biogen employees who attended a mtg in Boston last wk tested positive for COVID-19.
— Maureen Moore (@HopesMom12) March 5, 2020
The company said the 3 individs do not live in MA. Two of the meeting attendees live in the European Union and one of the employees lives outside of Massachusetts.https://t.co/QGPNJcOwA6
#BREAKING: According to the company, after the meeting with Biogen employees last week, a number of attendees reported varying degrees of flu-like symptoms https://t.co/QSB9ShrkWu
— WCVB-TV Boston (@WCVB) March 5, 2020
Workers who attended Boston Biogen meeting test positive for coronavirus https://t.co/MJuGiDal3C
— EndGameWW3 (@EndGameWW3) March 5, 2020
Workers who attended Boston Biogen meeting test positive for coronavirus https://t.co/vGaqZJR812
— WCVB-TV Boston (@WCVB) March 5, 2020
Workers who attended Boston Biogen meeting test positive for coronavirus https://t.co/m0D3VzQWcU
— Thomas Kaine (@thomaskaine5) March 5, 2020
COVID-19 in Boston...? How's the testing capacity, @michaelmina_lab? https://t.co/R29lcrvlxN
— Yonatan Grad (@yhgrad) March 5, 2020
Three new presumptive positive cases in Boston linked to BioGen conference #COVID19https://t.co/IAszcADZZP https://t.co/3aSauEqLOz
— Dr. Nahid Bhadelia (@BhadeliaMD) March 6, 2020
Number of presumptive coronavirus cases up to 7 in Massachusetts https://t.co/5yZn6bgkL2
— EndGameWW3 (@EndGameWW3) March 6, 2020
Several presumptive #COVID19 cases linked to recent Biogen meeting in #Boston#coronavirus #Massachusetts https://t.co/n300euT8qJ
— Apex (@Apex_WW) March 6, 2020
Number of presumptive coronavirus cases up to 7 in Massachusetts https://t.co/32ziCz6wui
— WCVB-TV Boston (@WCVB) March 6, 2020
I'm sorry, but with known #COVID19/#SARSCoV2 outcomes of even smallish events known (such as this ?), how is 'advice' that public events should go ahead grounded in reality? Is this about keeping people safe or avoiding disruption and economic fallout? https://t.co/2cTxdWBlCU
— Tim France (@francetim) March 7, 2020
.@biogen says that all employees, contractors in Mass., Research Triangle Park, N. Carolina and Switzerland are being asked to work from home until further notice. "We will be restricting access to essential personnel operations only." #Coronavirus https://t.co/RUR1mwTSfe
— WCVB-TV Boston (@WCVB) March 7, 2020