The word ‘Quarantine’ comes from Italian roots meaning 40 days.
During the days of the bubonic plague - ships had to anchor 40 days outside the harbor (in Venice) where the sailors would have to stay on the ship.
The ones who would die from plague would be buried at sea ...
During the days of the bubonic plague - ships had to anchor 40 days outside the harbor (in Venice) where the sailors would have to stay on the ship.
The ones who would die from plague would be buried at sea ...
But the ones who recovered from plague by 40 days were immune and couldn’t pass it on. (Many till then didn’t know rats carried plague)
So in the current lock down has to be long enough that the #Covid19 🦠 dies down in a person and doesn’t find a new host.
So in the current lock down has to be long enough that the #Covid19 🦠 dies down in a person and doesn’t find a new host.
Thus probably a lockdown for month or two ... allows the chain to be broken and human antibodies kill the virus in totality.
