Interesting one from MIT. Relates to indoor spaces and scientists’ evolving thinking.
If the coronavirus is really airborne, we might be fighting it the wrong way
If the coronavirus is really airborne, we might be fighting it the wrong way | MIT Technology Review
Thanks again. Takeaways:
Staying Safe: “strict mask use” … “the virus sheds like crazy” …. but for masks to really stop the transmission they have to be tight and worn all the time (even around family) .. “sanitizing every single surface … huge waste of time.”
Variables: longer time indoors … restaurants, bars, offices, classrooms, churches. Ventilation needs to be a higher priority (big problem in older buildings). UV Light dissipates the virus in air in less than a minute.
I find it odd that some people are so certain and others create the word “arguably”.… “evolving” thinking. That means they were inaccurate up to this time and may be inaccurate still. Evolving. “For a virus to be airborne … can spread via inhalation over long distances… from small particles known as aerosols.” “That’s why when you ask some professionals …. they’ll say its not, because we’re not seeing transmission over those sorts of distances,”
“If SARS-CoV-2 is airborne,its far from the only disease. Measles … Tuberculosis … evidence that this is happening with SARS-CoV-2 arguably already exists …. several big studies … “.
Interesting one from MIT. Relates to indoor spaces and scientists’ evolving thinking.
If the coronavirus is really airborne, we might be fighting it the wrong way
If the coronavirus is really airborne, we might be fighting it the wrong way | MIT Technology Review
Takeaways:
Staying Safe: “strict mask use” … “the virus sheds like crazy” …. but for masks to really stop the transmission they have to be tight and worn all the time (even around family) .. “sanitizing every single surface … huge waste of time.”
Variables: longer time indoors … restaurants, bars, offices, classrooms, churches. Ventilation needs to be a higher priority (big problem in older buildings). UV Light dissipates the virus in air in less than a minute.
I find it odd that some people are so certain and others create the word “arguably”.… “evolving” thinking. That means they were inaccurate up to this time and may be inaccurate still. Evolving. “For a virus to be airborne … can spread via inhalation over long distances… from small particles known as aerosols.” “That’s why when you ask some professionals …. they’ll say its not, because we’re not seeing transmission over those sorts of distances,”
“If SARS-CoV-2 is airborne,its far from the only disease. Measles … Tuberculosis … evidence that this is happening with SARS-CoV-2 arguably already exists …. several big studies … “.
Advice = stay in well ventilated areas with as few people as possible and spend as little time as possible in enclosed spaces.