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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
Also, you bring up an interesting point----. Given the rapid spread of omicron, is this variant truly "airborne" as opposed to droplet spread?????? Haven't seen anything that addresses that concern.
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What I've read is that the basic reproduction number of Omicron is 7-10.
Old school corona was between 2-3, delta is/was 6-7.
7-10 is getting up into measles territory, a known airborne spread.
Anecdotally, I know that 1 person, about 2 weeks ago, at my old job in NJ, gave it to AT LEAST 12 people. I was scheduled to be up there for a final visit before I was an Ex employee, but we canceled the trip. Anyway, I'm glad I didn't go as it appears it was a super spreader type event. Everyone is required to mask, be vaccinated, to maintain distance, all of it. None of it made a damn bit of difference. People who didn't even interact with patient zero got it and this is in a factory type environment, with 30 foot ceilings. Everyone cleared it by New years, done and done.