Something to consider. The @CDCgov and @WHO's contact trace methods are based on direct contact.
They wouldn't know how to use the Gesundheit 2 to save @DrTedros's reputation. Or how to do full traces, including everyone in the room. Or in the next room.
To use smoke.
So, all of those epi studies?
About as useful as @RWalensky 's magical 5 day isolation policy, when trying to rule out airborne transmission.
How about this? You nay-sayers, explain the origin of the 6 foot distance rule. The 15 minute transmission rule used today.
I can explain where they come from, can you?
Sorry if I am being aggressive.
We have sat around for far too long. I am calling it like I see it, and it's all self-reinforcing bullshit.
I am talking directly to you, John Conly and others of his ilk.
Get out of the damn way.
Let me show you what I mean by self-reinforcing.
In this fascinating treatment of a lost case of Marburg, the authors explore how the wife got infected.
Let's take a second and observe that it's still early in the CoVid pandemic, and we could still snuff it out - assuming the CDC and WHO are giving us the right tools.
Oops, meant to say Monkeypox.
Let's take a look at the most important tool that they are not giving us.