delta

Rt =~ 9.5 (this will be undercounted)

Wash hands indeed

/s

medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
Quite the upgrade.

Remember friends, no virus ever has changed its mode. That's what experts said.

This is correct, it was airborne, and is much better airborne now.
Realizing now that we never should have been accepting arguments that secondary attack rate tells us anything about mode of transmission.

1/2 Total secondary can be misleading.
2/2 And delta up to 22% household, double wild type. So we'd today be hearing "but it's not 70%" blah blah nonsense from talking heads.
This studied 167 cases out of China. Someone else can fully summarize as no doubt they will do.
MERS
Cool cool cool.

Cool cool cool cool cool cool.

Don't worry. Soothing sounds.

It's just droplets, bro.
Just to close out, chart of the cases over time. From the original thread I posted.
They can replenish from reservoirs but with sustained work you can keep cases low.
Still, spillover continues.
And none of this is droplet.
It's just poor receptor binding.

But happening, as they all do, through the air in the smalls.

#COVIDisAirborne
#MERSisAirborne
#AllTheStupidRespiratoryVirusesTravelThruTheAirOnFrequentFlyerMiles
One person gave it to 82 in the emergency room and this is droplets?

Was the infected person welcoming everyone and offering them a room as they entered?
Here's the ER outbreak 1 -> 82 infected, in case it is not in the previous thread.



Anyway good afternoon to all but the MERS infected camels who won't keep their N95s on because of camel rights. Please keep these camels away from bats. Thank you.
PS I like this study so much I'm popping it here. They tested airflow in the hospital with smoke, and it matched the infection pattern. How much more evidence do you need, right?

And this is "droplet" MERS. (Which textbooks actually say is "airborne")

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15 Sep
Many commenters said "SARS-CoV-2 isn't measles".

Impression that measles was a terror and this was no big deal.

But how deadly was measles?

Well, in US, before vax, 3-4mm caught and 400 died each year.

400

COVID-19 currently 665k
cdc.gov/measles/about/… for example historical view and more info
As I like noting, measles numbers were gathered not during 18 months of some degree of restrictions.
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Two seconds of searching, and there was one in Cornwall closed already too. Then re-opened.

ottawa.ctvnews.ca/students-retur…
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Make no mistake. All the people now saying maybe we made a mistake are safe in summer homes with very rich salaries.
At this stage as a lawyer I am comfortable suggesting that the commissions we strike should consider criminal charges

Eg France's ex Health Minister (I believe) was recently indicted

Everybody should save their e-mails. If those go missing it is spoliation and contempt of court
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I can smell smoke in my N95. Does that mean it's not working?

No. Odoriferous molecules (like sulfur) are tiny and pass through the N95.

Just like air. This is why you don't "is he ded?" when you wear a mask

Here's an article on smoke/masks:

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
I cannot believe we are still having this discussion.

COME ON people. Some of you are in industries that should know how to search the internet.

lmgtfy.app/?q=why+do+I+sm…
For ref, sulfur is .0004 um.
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