10/01/2020
โ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐, ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, a ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป, and ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ดโ are cited as key elements for a COVID super-spreader event, says Muge Cevik, a clinical lecturer in infectious diseases and medical virology at the University of St. Andrews and a co-author of a recent extensive review of transmission conditions for COVID-19.
But what is a โHighly Infectious Person?โ For example, in Daegu, South Korea, just one woman, dubbed Patient 31, generated more than 5,000 known cases in a megachurch cluster.
According to Samuel Scarpino, an assistant professor of epidemiology and complex systems at Northeastern, COVID-19 spreads in clusters, unlike the flu which spreads in a more linear fashion. In study after study, we see that super-spreading clusters of COVID-19 almost overwhelmingly occur in poorly ventilated, indoor environments where many people congregate over timeโweddings, churches, choirs, gyms, funerals, restaurants, and suchโespecially when there is loud talking or singing without masks.
This post contains quotes from the following article, which is several pages long and delves into the science of epidemiology. We chose to draw out a few key points which might be helpful to our friends.
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