Researchers publish data that someone has been infected with a strange new coronavirus mutation for two years



A virus researcher has released data that ``someone in central Ohio has been infected with a special new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) mutation for at least two years''. Researchers say that while not a threat to public health, the case could provide the answers needed to treat long-term COVID-19 (Long COVID).

Who in Ohio has had COVID-19 for years?

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Mark Johnson, a professor of microbiology at the University of Missouri School of Medicine and a molecular virologist, has spent much of his career researching the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

In early 2020, Missouri health officials asked Johnson to lead a 'wastewater sampling program' to track the spread of COVID-19. Looking back at the time, Mr. Johnson said, ``There was almost no data available on the genetic material of the virus.''

As the novel coronavirus evolves into different strains such as the Delta and Omicron strains, the analysis of the genetic material sequences in the wastewater sampled by the wastewater sampling program will help us understand which strains are prevalent in which regions. It became identifiable,' Johnson said. While continuing this analysis, the research team seems to have found a 'mysterious strain' of the new coronavirus that has undergone its own mutation.

When investigating this 'mysterious strain', it seems that the 'mysterious strain' stayed in the sewage treatment system for a certain period of time and suddenly disappeared. Initially, the research team couldn't understand why this 'mysterious strain' wasn't prevalent in densely populated areas like New York City, but 'At first, I thought it was a mutant strain derived from mice. Because I couldn't think of anything else,' Johnson said. However, when the research team tested the feces of the rats, the test results were negative.



After that, after ``programs to analyze sewer wastewater'' such as the Missouri wastewater sampling program spread throughout the United States, Johnson and his team investigated publicly available data and found that the state of Wisconsin I will discover 'mysterious stocks' again.

Mr. Johnson and his research team started by investigating major sewage treatment plants in areas where more than 100,000 people live, and checked all sewage systems. He then discovers that the 'mysterious strain' only flows from a certain sewer. Further investigation revealed that the 'mysterious strain' was flowing from a single manhole in Wisconsin, which drained only the sewage of a company with about 30 employees. that's right.

About two-thirds of the company's employees agreed to undergo a PCR test for COVID-19, but the follow-up survey was discontinued because all test results were negative. Still, Mr. Johnson, who could not give up, continued to study the ``mysterious strain'' for several months, and managed to collect samples of the company's excrement, but even here, the ``mysterious strain'' was not detected. that's right.

'I

do n't know why it's not being detected,' Johnson said. We continue to collect excrement samples from



Johnson and his team have also discovered 'mysterious strains' at a sewage facility in Columbus, Ohio. This 'mysterious strain' has also been detected at

Washington Court House , and is said to be an older strain than the delta strain that was most prevalent in the summer of 2021.

Mr. Johnson said of the ``mysterious strain'' found in Columbus, ``It shows that a specific person has been carrying and shedding the new coronavirus for more than two years.This person lives in Columbus and has a job. I predict that he will be commuting to Washington Court House for this purpose.'



The research team says that by sharing this strange story, they hope that someone they know will come forward. Mr. Johnson said, 'How many such strange cases are there? What are their symptoms? Are they related to long-term COVID-19 (Long COVID)?' It's not clear why some people with -19 have a hard time recovering, probably because most of them don't have chronic infections, but some could, theoretically, have chronic infections. is treatable,' he said.

Johnson explains that the 'mysterious strain' found in sewers poses no public health threat because the virus becomes inactive once it passes through the gastrointestinal tract.

Mr. Johnson also tweeted about this 'mysterious strain' on his Twitter and reiterated that he hopes that this mysterious subject will come forward.




In response to the question, 'How do you know it's one person?' Johnson said, 'The sequence of the new coronavirus changes over time, but the sequences detected in the two sewage facilities are the same. In the case of multiple humans, the sequences form separate branches, and given this, it is most likely the data of one person, although there is no evidence of one. Explanation,' he tweeted.




A spokesperson for the Ohio Department of Health said: 'Although we are not convinced that the 'mysterious strain' is associated with just one person, we are investigating because it does not pose a public health threat.' We will not proceed,” he said.

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