It's ironic that the Republican governors that removed / eased restrictions are counting on the Biden / Harris administration vaccine distribution plan (its fixed after the Trump / Pence administration distribution plan was flawed) to work and that enough people (about 70%) will get vaccinated. wrbtrader
These New Zealand researchers used genomic tracing to confirm the spread of the COVID-19 virus - down to the level of person to person sequencing. It is interesting to note COVID-19 easily spread on a plane in which everyone wore masks and was only 1/3 full. Despite the airline industry trying to claim planes are safe -- the reality is that COVID spreads easily across people trapped inside a narrow tube for hours. Coronavirus spread on flight, in hotel corridor, New Zealand study finds https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/coronavirus-airplane-spread-study-scn/index.html The coronavirus spread on an international flight, in a hotel corridor and then to household contacts despite efforts to isolate and quarantine patients, New Zealand researchers reported Thursday. Careful genomic tracing confirmed the spread of the virus among nine patients and shows how people can infect one another despite careful efforts, the researchers reported in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. One of those infected had spent 14 days in quarantine after being evacuated on a chartered 747 jet from India to New Zealand last September and had tested negative twice. Others appear to have become infected on the flight, even though it was only a third full and passengers were spaced apart from one another. All passengers were required to wear face masks for the duration of the flight. The evacuees were quarantined in a hotel, in rooms with balconies and private bathrooms. But at least two more got infected in the hotel, the researchers reported. Closed-circuit television shows one of the people infected on the flight and two people infected in the hotel were never in direct contact and were not even outside their rooms at the same time, the researchers said. "Nevertheless, footage showed that during routine testing on day 12, which took place within the doorway of the hotel rooms, there was a 50-second window between closing the door to the room of case-patient C and opening the door to the room of case-patients D and E. Therefore, we hypothesized that suspended aerosol particles were the probable mode of transmission in this instance, and that the enclosed and unventilated space in the hotel corridor probably facilitated this event," they wrote. After 14 days of quarantine in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, and repeated negative tests, some of the travelers were flown on a chartered flight to Auckland, where they were met by household contacts. Two of those contacts became infected. The team tested samples from everyone infected. "We found a genomic link between virus isolated from all 9 case-patients," they wrote. "These findings reinforce the need for rigorous border control processes for countries pursuing COVID-19 elimination," they wrote. Plus, careful testing and contact tracing is important for keeping track of the virus, they said.
Wow... I wonder if he was a Covid long-hauler...one of those people that are suffering with debilitating symptoms long after surviving a Covid-19 infection ??? Reason why its problematic because right now...a lot of insurance companies do not still recognize long-haulers for medical insurance claims. That's a big problem considering there's like many millions of people that have survived their bought with Covid but now starting to develop these strange illnesses or some of the original Covid-19 illnesses never went away (e.g. extreme weakness, brain fog, breathing problems). A good guy because he gave up his salary and spent his own money to make sure his employees had safety latex gloves, glasses and face masks during the Pandemic. RIP wrbtrader
That's an interesting story because the "contact tracing" confirms they were infected on that particular flight. It'll probably given more merit why Airlines (e.g. Quantas) will soon require passengers to show a Digital Vaccination Card to be able to board their airplanes. wrbtrader
Russia might have been taking a few tips from Florida when it comes to the Covid numbers they've been reporting. Coronavirus: How Russia glosses over its Covid death toll BBC - https://tinyurl.com/b2hpsb6k
Massive anti-lockdown protest. It looks like very few people are wearing mask. LONDON Germany Australia Netherlands Japan
Every society has it's dummies. They likely wouldn't be called Trumptards in other counties, they'd be called a different type of 'tard.