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FDA Approves Yale University School of Public Health Saliva Test
The FDA has approved the Yale University School of Public Health "spit test." This is a quick saliva test. Spit into a tube and 5 minutes later a result is shown. It has 90%-95% accuracy. About the same as the nasal swab test. The NBA, MLB and major league soccer have been using this test on thousands of players and staff. This is the kind of test that could be rolled out as a home kit the world over. -
How Face Masks Work
There is much debate about the wearing of #face #masks. Much debate about what type should be worn and how each mask protects the wearer and those around you. How #droplets get caught inside the mask and how the mask can block droplets from getting in. Scientists all agree something is better than nothing, even a bandana. In this article from the Wall Street Journal, #WSJ, a very non biased look at what to wear and how it should be worn for best protection practices. -
NYS Coronavirus Update: Update: Decision on Schools Will Be Made in August -- County Fairs Statewide Are Canceled -- Malls Can Reopen with Air-Conditioning Requirements
A very interesting email from Governor Andrew Cuomo in his daily email update to new Yorkers each evening. Most interesting is that mall can re-open under certain air conditioning requirements. There has been new discussion on the airborne nature of this virus and the vulnerability of ventilation systems. -
CNN: New model predicts more than 208,000 Covid-19 deaths in the US by November
As the headline states there may be a possible 208,000 more deaths from Covid-19 by November here in the USA. Most interesting is that if 95% of the public would wear a face mask properly and at the proper time that number drops by 45,000. -
240 Scientists Decree That Coronavirus Spreads In The Air Ventilation A Concern
A group of about 240 scientists is urging health care agencies and government officials to pay more attention to the potential airborne transmission of the new coronavirus.
"There is significant potential for inhalation exposure to viruses in microscopic respiratory droplets (microdroplets) at short to medium distances (up to several meters, or room-scale), and we are advocating for the use of preventive measures to mitigate this route of airborne transmission," the group said in an open letter published Monday in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.
