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AIRBORNE: It is airborne. Top aerosol expert Dr Prather comes out strong: “I have to say something cuz this could actually protect people”...What airborne transmission means is that:
6 feet is not far enough to stand apart. It also means MASKS. https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200527/aerosol-scientist-covid19-is-likely-airborne?fbclid=IwAR0p6-Zzx-6yjUlQf9a_ZVHHOnQPvivqloFTVtX5JgFmCnoBRncT1XNcLco
2) Aerosols, she writes, “can accumulate, remain infectious in indoor air for hours, and be easily inhaled deeply into the lungs.”
Prather realizes this is a scary thing to be telling people. “I hesitate. I don’t want to freak people out.”
She also believes knowledge is power.
Prather realizes this is a scary thing to be telling people. “I hesitate. I don’t want to freak people out.”
She also believes knowledge is power.
3) “It’s very fixable. Masks aren’t that big of a deal,” she says. “To me, I look at this as a solution.” She points to the success Taiwan stopping the spread. Taiwan has only had a few hundred cases and only 7 deaths, even though it never implemented a national lockdown.
4) [Taiwan] aggressively tested their citizens, quarantined people who tested positive for 2 weeks, and had everyone wear face masks. “you look at countries that just naturally wear masks when people feel sick … those countries did a lot better than those that did not”
5) She tells people to imagine how far they can smell cigarette smoke or a barbecue. That’s how far aerosols can travel between you and another person. The good news, she says, is that recent studies show cloth masks can be as effective at blocking the virus as surgical masks.
6) There’s one big caveat. Masks have to fit to your face. “If you look at all these people who are wearing bandanas, they’re just hanging down. That’s not good because aerosols will just flow right around. Aerosols are really light. If u can feel a breeze, it’s in that breeze.”
