Harvard Professor @j_g_allen says past hantavirus outbreaks did not require “prolonged close contact”: “One person passed it to another person at a birthday party simply by passing by and saying hello.”
Earlier today I spoke with the doctor on the ship and he confirmed something. CDC messaging continues to say "prolonged, close contact" but that contradicts: 1) what's in the literature, and 2) what's happening on this ship.
--> the doc told me a few who got infected/died DID have direct contact w/ very sick patient while treating them, but 3 who tested positive did NOT have direct physical or close contact - only shared time in a few spaces on the ship where people congregate (dining, lecture area)
I think about this all the time. The whole world took a significant cognitive hit from COVID
Ten years from now we will look back and see the the spikes in cancer, immunological diseases and neurodegenerative diseases that are manifesting now in the general population
Damn, that’s wild—Harvard stuck 24 office workers in the same room for 6 days, secretly tweaking the air quality (ventilation, CO2, and VOCs from typical office stuff), and their cognitive scores doubled in the cleaner “green+” conditions vs. standard stale setups. Better decision-making, strategy, crisis response—all crushed by poor indoor air we breathe 90% of the time.
Open windows, crank ventilation, cut the junk emitters. Your brain’s paying the price right now. Fix the air, sharpen the mind.
So it's clear that BA.3.2 preferentially infects children, something we have never seen before in a SARS-CoV-2 variant.
Why?
The question's baffled me, but after a suggestion from Darren Martin, I think I have an explanation that makes sense.
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FROM THE OLYMPICS TO NASA, WEARING MASKS IS BACK - EXCEPT IN HEALTHCARE
Brilliant article on how masking is increasingly popular with Olympic athletes, actors & astronauts wanting to avoid illness…
…but sadly, in hospitals, masking is rare & those who do are often gaslit.
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@fitterhappierAJ They institutionalized Sammelweis for suggesting that dirty hands were harming patients, now we are told to wash our hands to slow the spread of airborne disease. Hubris, ego, arrogance, and denial still alive and well in our medical science