April 29, 2020

Key Piece Still Absent from COVID-19 Puzzle

Is it airborne in aerosol particles from our breathing and talking, or only in larger droplets, splattered by coughing or sneezing?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/airborne-coronavirus-detected-in-wuhan-hospitals/ar-BB13kV91?li=BBnb7Kz

We don't know. China doesn't know. Nobody knows. Airborne transmission would explain a lot, but there is still one Hell of a lot nobody knows about this virus, months into the pandemic. Dangerous, clearly, and looking about as dangerous now for the 55-60 age group as the over-60 age group.

As states reopen, what will happen? Will we now attain peak death toll despite the disruptive investment intended to "flatten the curve"?

In 1918, government did not stop the pandemic. The pandemic stopped itself, when it ran its course. In other words, when the population had been so thoroughly exposed that people had lived or died en masse, "herd immunity" kicked in and shut it down.

Is our government today more capable? Is our science significantly advanced since 1918?

I am thinking we will soon know the answers to the questions, and they may not be the answers we would have preferred.

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