“Follow the evidence wherever it leads, and question everything.” (Neil deGrasse Tyson)
Western Australia (Rudi Petrig, Mark McGowan)
https://soperth.com.au/western-australia-has-recorded-5-months-with-no-covid-19-community-transmission-43013?ignorenitro=eb1ca5cfeb689e59ba3bddf4d3666dac
https://ww2.health.wa.gov.au/Media-releases/2020/COVID19-update-21-September-2020)
No community spread for over 5 months
Strict border controls
Secured hotel quarantine for 14 days
catching a few positive cases every week, but not getting into the community
Never had strict broad lockdowns, although early on we did have pubs, clubs, massage parlours, etc closed and many people working from home.
Have and still are using social distancing in shops, but no masks
US
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#cases_casesinlast7days
CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/how-covid-spreads.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8755189/CDC-updates-guidance-warn-coronavirus-airborne.html
Friday to Monday
To make it clear that the virus is airborne
Once said the virus is only spread by coughs and sneezes, less than six feet
Infection, breathing, infected particles can travel further than six feet
Linger in the air
On Monday
Removed information from its website
Information posted in error.
WHO
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: implications for infection prevention precautions
https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/transmission-of-sars-cov-2-implications-for-infection-prevention-precautions
Respiratory droplets bigger than 5 - 10 μm
Smaller than 5μm, droplet nuclei or aerosols
Respiratory droplet transmission, within 1 metre
of an infected person who has respiratory symptoms
Aerosol-generating procedures
To date, transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by this type of aerosol route has not been demonstrated
Talking about cluster evidence
However, the detailed investigations of these clusters suggest that droplet and fomite transmi..
