Re:Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could cure ...
by kevinmchugh on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @09:09AM
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Assuming they did good contact tracing here and found that it really was the only way this guy was exposed, we're talking about a vanishingly rare route to infection. The article calls it one in a million infections. I think it might be rarer than that.
Re:Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could cure ...
by ascorbic on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @01:57AM
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Sure. When I said "not transmitted by contact" I should have said "rarely transmitted by contact". It has become clear that the overwhelming majority of transmisson is through aerosols indoors.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/science-and-r...
That'll need a reference. It's only a few weeks since a worker was infected in a one-person workshop[1], from the guy working there two days earlier. Testing showed that it was the exact same (rare) virus strain and the only explanation was that the second guy got infected from using the same tools as the first guy (not infected _through_ the hands of course, but presumably by touching his face afterwards. As one does).
(Keeping surfaces clean is the most important part, otherwise you'll have to clean your hands every time you touch something. As for myself I've become very self-conscious about what I touch.)
[1]https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https:/...