Here’s some nerd-splaining of the old beards debate on fomites vs. aerosol infection route and it’s relevance to the covids:

“ Such entrenched confusion between these concepts is the root of the neglect of the airborne route of infection in guidelines, despite the mounting casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, similar to the recommendations from the late 1800s, guidance continues to be based largely on empirically observed infection mainly among close contacts, rather than a mechanistic understanding of where, how long and in which environments pathogen-laden droplets can remain airborne and infectious.”

How did we get here

Chalk it up to overspecialization or turf ware fare, mebbe?

Last I looked, we lopped off the average lifespan of the U.S. by a year or two. Let’s hope the latest wiz bang shot comes into being soon and can be distributed thru a creaky and uneven distribution system in time to make up for a lousy job of public health mitigation strategies and an incompetent politics.

The smart set are using CO2 meters to assess a rooms condition indirectly in order to make the decisions if wether it’s worth entering or not, if it can be avoided. Those millions stuck in buildings with low air refresh rates don’t really have a choice. Viral payload is thought to effect severity, IIRC.

Again, I don’t believe the CDC has a scientific based theory of disease spread. Another public health failure, IMO.

Last edited by chunkstyle; 12/23/21 04:32 PM.