Anonymous wrote:I can tell that people feel very passionately about this issue on both sides of the coin (relax, no risk vs. hunker down as much as possible). I have started taking some steps to prepare and cut back exposure to large crowds, but also haven't cancelled our spring break travel plans. So, I have a question for epidemiologists and others who have spent more time reading up on COVID-19. (And I really want to ask a question, not start a fight.) Should I be viewing this differently than, say, an aggressive flu year when we know that the vaccine was not well matched?

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Anonymous wrote:Chinese researchers now feel the virus can travel as far as 4.5 meters in a constrained environment like a bus.

Fascinating story about how, using closed circuit cameras on a long distance bus, Chinese researchers tracked 7 people who got infected from one carrier riding the bus.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3074351/coronavirus-can-travel-twice-far-official-safe-distance-and-stay

"The coronavirus that causes Covid-19 can linger in the air for at least 30 minutes and travel up to 4.5 metres – further than the “safe distance” advised by health authorities around the world, according to a study by a team of Chinese government epidemiologists."



I read elsewhere

Wouldn’t this mean that if a plane flight had infected people, we would expect lots of additional infected people by the time the plane landed?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can somebody please crash course me on the coronavirus logic?

So the virus is highly contagious.
But if there are cases in the community..
Don’t worry. It is not going to spread.
It only spreads in Korea, Iran in Italy.
Check what country you are in.

2+2 = potato

It’s called burying your head in the sand...

+1
They are really trying to downplay it. If there are no tests then it's just a cold! But don't spread it to someone vulnerable....
Are they trying to calm the economy, or tourism, or what?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Chinese researchers now feel the virus can travel as far as 4.5 meters in a constrained environment like a bus.

Fascinating story about how, using closed circuit cameras on a long distance bus, Chinese researchers tracked 7 people who got infected from one carrier riding the bus.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3074351/coronavirus-can-travel-twice-far-official-safe-distance-and-stay

"The coronavirus that causes Covid-19 can linger in the air for at least 30 minutes and travel up to 4.5 metres – further than the “safe distance” advised by health authorities around the world, according to a study by a team of Chinese government epidemiologists."



I read elsewhere

Wouldn’t this mean that if a plane flight had infected people, we would expect lots of additional infected people by the time the plane landed?

Anonymous wrote:Third AIPAC Attendee Tests Positive for Coronavirus
https://collive.com/3-aipac-conference-attendees-test-positive-for-coronavirus/

Splunk held its big annual conference (2,000+ attendees) at the convention center starting the day after AIPAC ended. I was there and was puzzled by the lack of hand sanitizer and the help-your-self snack bars using scoops touched by everyone who then used their hands to eat their nuts/pretzels/etc.

Here we go...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can somebody please crash course me on the coronavirus logic?

So the virus is highly contagious.
But if there are cases in the community..
Don’t worry. It is not going to spread.
It only spreads in Korea, Iran in Italy.
Check what country you are in.

2+2 = potato

It’s called burying your head in the sand...

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like we started exporting our own cases

Confirmed COVID-19 case in Australia with ties to Aspen community

https://kdvr.com/news/coronavirus/confirmed-covid-19-case-in-australia-with-ties-to-aspen-community/

Australian visitor in Aspen confirmed to have coronavirus after returning home


A woman visiting Aspen from Australia has been confirmed to have COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, the Colorado Department of Health and Environment said Sunday in an update.

“We are aware of a confirmed COVID-19 case in Australia with ties to the Aspen community. One woman in her 20s who was visiting Aspen returned home to Australia earlier this week, where she tested positive for COVID-19,”

https://www.aspentimes.com/news/australian-visitor-in-aspen-confirmed-to-have-coronavirus-after-returning-home/

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here we go...

https://www.zerohedge.com/health/dc-priest-who-shook-500-hands-communion-has-coronavirus

Please don't post crap from RWNJ conspiracy websites. Find a better source.

except there's nothing "RW" about it, and its actually true. Its just a website that seems to have news 6-24 hours before it shows up most people pay attention.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here we go...

https://www.zerohedge.com/health/dc-priest-who-shook-500-hands-communion-has-coronavirus

Please don't post crap from RWNJ conspiracy websites. Find a better source.

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone posted the news item about people who many be infected from the Christ Church in Georgetown? The mayor is telling anyone associated with that church to self quarantine.