@charise_lee Precautionary principle. With such a high mortality rate you can’t afford to play catchup with this virus. You’re own words; “You don’t know” “likely” “at this time”
NOW - The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control says that "some persons can test positive before the onset of symptoms," so they recommend contract tracing to be done two days before the onset of symptoms.
HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK
🚨The French PM has just announced updated precautionary measures to control the spread of Hantavirus in France:
“Our health response is clear: for ALL contact cases, without exception, reinforced quarantine in a HOSPITAL setting.”
(ie. No home isolating)
Most of what we know about how the #AndesHantavirus transmits comes from a NEJM study of an outbreak in Argentina in 2018-19. Here’s an interview I produced with the study’s senior scientist: https://t.co/PQmQOOmSmm
People can be infectious for 48 hrs before symptom onset. #WHO
@don_mai_don_mai@takaichi_sanae@MarkJCarney Mark Carney reportedly picked up some Japanese while living in Japan for a short time 30 years ago while working for financial services company Goldman Sachs.
This entire thread from Prof Prather is 🔥
“Filtering indoor air should be as standard as filtering water. Full stop.”
“Most infectious diseases spread through the air we breathe. We just accept that everyone gets sick indoors. It DOESN’T have to be this way…”
@Mikeggibbs That’s a hard no. The way one treats one’s family says a lot about one’s character. You stepped up and took care of your Dad, she did not. She’s a narcissist. He threw his entire family under the bus.