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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Flu isnt actually thar contagious.  They are saying that the spread factor for covid is more like measles or chicken pos (which most of have been vaccinated for, or bad as children).   If you’re driving someone sick, roll down the windows and have them face outwards, or wear a mask.  
I do wonder if even a bandanna over the face of the sick person would help cut down the droplet spread. [/quote]

Actually, they are saying that it’s spread is more like the flu[/quote]

I was referring to the R-naught (transmission rate), not the mechanism for contagion.  The r-naught for season flu is about 1.3.  They're still guessing at the r-anught for COVID, but it appears to be more in the 2-3 range (so maybe twice as contagious).  Measles r-naught is up over 3, so definitely worse.  These cites are a little old, but I haven't seen anything updated on the r-naught that seems more reliable.  I think they are still just figuring it out, but anecdotes of contagion seem to indicate a high r-naught -- there are now a LOT of stories of drivers (taxi drivers, etc), health care workers, etc. catching it just from being in close proximity to the patient.  The taxi drivers probably are not sharing a coke and a smile with their customer, and I would expect that the health care workers are all washing their hands or sanitizing quite frequently.  I'm not an alarmist, but I think anyone that is saying that the r-naught is similar to usual seasonal flu just son't looking at the facts.   When my husband got flu, I was able to avoid catching it by usual precautions -- slept on the couch, washed my hands, ran a clorox wipe over the door handles.  I doubt the same would work for covid.

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/01/scientists-warn-ncov-more-infectious-sars-experts-have-doubts
https://www.livescience.com/new-coronavirus-compare-with-flu.html[/quote]

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