#COVID #outdoors A study estimating concentrations of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in outdoor air determined that the probability of outdoor airborne transmission is exceedingly low. Researchers used aerosol samples collected outdoors in various settings in Wuhan, China, in February 2020. Unlike inside settings where many infected individuals could be in the same small environment, they found […]
#Harvard #COVID #Airplanes #Restaurants #eating Across the country COVID-19 lockdowns, shutdowns and restrictive limits are keeping people from gathering in restaurants, but airlines are still feeding people. The Big Q: Why is it safe to eat on an airplane and not in a restaurant? A Harvard University opinion: In a recent study it explains that […]
#COVID #Singing #Talking #risk The performing arts has been badly affected during the COVID chaos with live musical performances canceled for many months because singing was identified as a potential “higher risk” activity, but new research shows that singing does not produce more respiratory particles than when speaking at a similar volume. The findings are […]
#solution #coronavirus #hygiene A new study found that nasal and oral rinses effectively shut down human coronavirus particles in less than 2 mins. Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine said that the same mechanism should also kill SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. According to Study Finds, the scientists used common, over-the-counter products like diluted […]
#C19Cronavirus #WHO #CDC $DB The Big Q: How contagious is someone who has contracted C-19 coronavirus and displays no symptoms? The Big A: This study, published in the medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine this week, provides 1 theory for the Big Q. It isolated 303 patients with C-19 in a treatment center in SKorea. Of […]
#mask #C19coronavirus #WHO #government #lockdowns #deaths #disease #viral #transmission #influenza #air #choice Not a single randomized controlled trial with verified outcome has been able to detect a statistically significant advantage of wearing a mask versus not wearing a mask, when it comes to preventing infectious viral illness If there were any significant advantage to wearing […]
The current coronavirus “curve” is not and cannot be accurate since it does not include suspected cases of the illness before late February. It is unclear why scientists have not yet produced any models that attempt to calculate the virus’ presence here until testing was available. A big increase in symptoms very similar to coronavirus occurred a […]
In Y 2012, researchers from the University of Michigan noted a need to establish the efficacy of non pharmaceutical measures for mitigating pandemics, in this case, influenza. They studied whether the use of face masks and hand hygiene reduced rates of influenza and influenza-like illness (ILI) in 1,178 students living in university residence halls. The students were assigned […]
Manual Transmissions are in the History Books at Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) $RACE There was a time when gated manual transmissions aka “sticks” were synonymous with performance cars, no more at Ferrari. Ferrari is the latest automaker to retire the clutch pedal, a move that may seem like a gut punch to fans of stick shifts, […]
Florida Investigating a non-Travel Related Zika Virus Case The State of Florida is investigating a non-travel related Zika virus case in an area previously not known with active local transmission of the mosquito-borne virus, the state’s Governor Rick Scott said Tuesday. “Today, we learned that the Florida Department of Health (DOH) is investigating one new […]