“We’ve known since 1946 that coughing and talking generate aerosols,” said Linsey Marr, an expert in airborne transmission of viruses at Virginia Tech. Source: VT
The surgeon general’s refusal to advise people not to attend large gatherings is at odds with the CDC’s current recommendation, which states that large, in-person events are high risk. Source: VT
Municipal authorities shut down sporting events and tourism sites in the capital on Saturday. Source: VT
The U.S. unemployment rate is at the highest since the Great Depression Source: VT
The way deaths are counted, like so much else in the U.S., differs among (and even within) states. Source: VT
People should avoid using the malaria medicine hydroxychloroquine to treat or prevent coronavirus infection, except as part of a clinical trial to study it. Source: VT
Sweden has 6.08 deaths per million inhabitants, higher than the UK, USA and Italy Source: VT
The Navy said the sailors were removed from the ship and placed in isolation, and are receiving medical care. Source: VT
On Feb. 13, a full two weeks before New Zealand’s first confirmed coronavirus case, Ardern and her finance minister, Grant Robertson, were hungry for statistics. Source: VT
The test has a 90% accuracy rate. Source: VT