{"id":1921389,"date":"2023-04-29T23:12:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T03:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scientists-launch-manhunt-for-covid-patient-infected-for-two-years\/"},"modified":"2023-04-29T23:16:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T03:16:22","slug":"scientists-launch-manhunt-for-covid-patient-infected-for-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scientists-launch-manhunt-for-covid-patient-infected-for-two-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists launch manhunt for COVID patient infected for two years"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fscientists-launch-manhunt-for-covid-patient-infected-for-two-years%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1921389&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<h2>Scientists on a Manhunt for Longest COVID-19 Positive Patient in Ohio<\/h2>\n<p>\n        <span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">S<\/span>cientists are beginning a manhunt for a person in <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ohio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ohio<\/a> who is believed to have been the longest <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID-19<\/a> positive patient ever.\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        The patient is believed to be living in the Columbus area, and is carrying a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scientists-launch-manhunt-for-covid-patient-infected-for-two-years\/\" title=\"Scientists launch manhunt for COVID patient infected for two years\">highly mutated version<\/a> of the virus &#8220;unlike anything&#8221; experts have seen so far. Dr. Marc Johnson, a microbiologist at the University of <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/missouri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Missouri<\/a>, has warned that the mutations of the strain would be enough to make it a &#8220;variant of concern&#8221; should it spread across the population, as reported by the <i>Daily Mail<\/i>.\n      <\/p>\n<h3>Searching for New Variants of COVID-19<\/h3>\n<p>\n        Johnson&#8217;s team has been analyzing samples of COVID-19 from sewage across the United States to search for any new variants of COVID-19. It is the same type of technique used during the pandemic.\n      <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;We reverse analyze [wastewater] to see if anything in there that doesn&#8217;t match any lineages,&#8221; said Johnson.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Very early on there was this [sample] that was different than anything we had seen.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n        Johnson does not know if the person is contagious, nor does he know how they have managed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/millions-without-power-in-texas-amid-unprecedented-winter-storm\/\" title=\"Millions without power in Texas amid \u2018unprecedented\u2019 winter storm\">stay positive<\/a> for COVID-19 for such an extended period of time.\n      <\/p>\n<h3>End of COVID-19 National Emergency<\/h3>\n<p>\n        The search for this person comes approximately two weeks after President <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> signed a bill ending the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID-19 national emergency<\/a>, roughly three years after the start of the pandemic. The Biden administration previously announced plans to extend both the COVID-19 national emergency and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/martinez-we-have-2-4-hour-lines-due-to-new-mexico-lockdown\/\" title=\"Martinez: 'We Have 2-4 Hour Lines' Due to New Mexico Lockdown\">public health emergency<\/a> until May 11. But House Republicans rejected the extension and introduced legislation to end both immediately.\n      <\/p>\n<h3>White House Correspondents Association Dinner<\/h3>\n<p>\n        The White House is hosting its annual Correspondents Association Dinner on Saturday, during which it is <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/white-house-correspondents-dinner-covid-test\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asking attendees to take a same-day COVID-19 test<\/a> and email the negative results after the 2022 dinner was viewed as a superspreader.\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/arizona-gop-appeal-to-u-s-supreme-court-to-stop-covid-19-vaccine-mandate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists are beginning a manhunt for a person in Ohio who is believed to have been the longest COVID-19 positive patient ever. The patient is believed to be living in the Columbus area, and is believed to be carrying a highly mutated version of the virus &#8220;unlike anything&#8221; experts have seen so far. 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