Links: COVID-19, where we are now

[sonia]

Your ‘Surge Capacity’ Is Depleted — It’s Why You Feel Awful by Tara Haelle.

While the phrase “adjusting to the new normal” has been repeated endlessly since March, it’s easier said than done. How do you adjust to an ever-changing situation where the “new normal” is indefinite uncertainty?

State of Play : Covid-19 by Zoe Brain.

Covid-19 patients now have a better chance of surviving than those infected in the early, desperate months. Furthermore, other useful treatment strategies may yet emerge as we frantically scramble for that elusive vaccine.

COVID-19 Is Transmitted Through Aerosols. We Have Enough Evidence, Now It Is Time to Act by Jose-Luis Jimenez.

When it comes to COVID-19, the evidence overwhelmingly supports aerosol transmission, and there are no strong arguments against it. For example, contact tracing has found that much COVID-19 transmission occurs in close proximity, but that many people who share the same home with an infected person do not get the disease.

Comments

[runpunkrun]

I read that last piece based on your blurb, and I'm frustrated that Jimenez says "many people who share the same home with an infected person do not get the disease" and then doesn't explain what that means for transmission or how it supports his argument that Covid is spread through aerosols.

[sonia]

Yeah, I'm not sure either. I could use that statement to support or contradict just about any theory about transmission. And it would be nice to see a citation on that as well, since in early days I thought they were saying most transmission in Wuhan was within households.

[runpunkrun]

And we're constantly hearing about how multi-generation households are at higher risk in our own country. Which makes it very strange that Jimenez would introduce the topic without any kind of follow up.