"highly contagious" = doesn't need a lot of copies to infect someone.
virus RNA detected in air (keeping in mind sampling usualy loses a lot of virus)
Hundreds of copies of virus were recovered in each mL of air near the patient head.
Hundreds of copies per mL in saliva.
Cheng, V.C.C., et al and K.-Y. Yuen. ‘Detection of Norovirus in Air Samples in a Non-Vomiting Patient: Implications of Testing Saliva for Norovirus in an Immunocompromised Host’. J Hosp Inf 103,no3 (Nov 2019): 357–58. doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin….
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This is not all of the reviews, just the top ones. I likely missed some.
x2006
Tang, J. W., Y. Li, I. Eames, P. K. S. Chan, and G. L. Ridgway. ‘Factors Involved in the Aerosol Transmission of Infection and Control of Ventilation in Healthcare Premises’. The Journal of Hospital Infection 64, no. 2 (October 2006): 100–114. doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin….
x2020 March JAMA
Bourouiba, Lydia. ‘Turbulent Gas Clouds and Respiratory Pathogen Emissions: Potential Implications for Reducing Transmission of COVID-19’. JAMA, 26 March 2020. doi.org/10.1001/jama.2….
- droplets travel further than 2 meters.
For anyone who doesn't know, this is from a hilarious set of commercials that played in the 90s, all with the same format of someone who provides very technical knowledge who turns out to know nothing, but who "stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night"
Disinformation thread, just to drop some resources that might be of interest while I am looking at them.
Note date.
Broniatowski, David A., et al . ‘Weaponized Health Communication: Twitter Bots and Russian Trolls Amplify the Vaccine Debate’. American Journal of Public Health 108, no. 10 (October 2018): 1378–84. doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2….
Nieman Lab. ‘Yes, It’s Worth Arguing with Science Deniers — and Here Are Some Techniques You Can Use’. Accessed 7 October 2021. niemanlab.org/2019/06/yes-it….
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