Covid General Articles, Discussions, Videos

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Comparing strategies for the mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 airborne infection risk in tiered auditorium venues
Comparing strategies for the mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 airborne infection risk in tiered auditorium venues

study on COVID-19 in auditoriums found displacement ventilation minimized infection risk, while natural ventilation had highest spread.

Masks, shorter events, and lower occupancy helped reduce risks.

·nature.com·
Comparing strategies for the mitigation of SARS-CoV-2 airborne infection risk in tiered auditorium venues
Masking Policy | Clinical Center
Masking Policy | Clinical Center
MASK MANDATE RETURNING TO ALL NIH PATIENT CLINICS—Effective November 4, 2024, masking will be required in all patient care & waiting rooms. Furthermore, testing for COVID, flu A, flu B, and RSV will be required for all inpatients & rooming-in visitors.
·cc.nih.gov·
Masking Policy | Clinical Center
What would an adequate COVID response look like?
What would an adequate COVID response look like?
“Refusal to directly communicate 1) how COVID spreads 2) that it can be avoided 3) how it can be avoided while modeling mitigation, makes pandemic communications much more difficult for vulnerable people, activists and marginalized groups attempting to reduce disease burden in their communities. We should not be swimming against the current of public health officials’ poor pandemic hygiene.”
Refusal to directly communicate 1) how COVID spreads 2) that it can be avoided 3) how it can be avoided while modeling mitigation, makes pandemic communications much more difficult for vulnerable people, activists and marginalized groups attempting to reduce disease burden in their communities. We should not be swimming against the current of public health officials’ poor pandemic hygiene.
·thegauntlet.news·
What would an adequate COVID response look like?