Could you be a superspreader of Covid-19? Chances are good you will not know. Many spreaders are asymptomatic. But more and more research demonstrates a minority of those afflicted – 10-20% of the total – infect 80% of total cases. The result is a low kappa – the degree of “skew” in the epidemic’s data. […]
Coronavirus Public Health 3.20.20 The Problem of Cluster Outbreaks
Infectious agents are supremely opportunistic. Point cluster outbreaks make them more dangerous. . You can think of coronavirus as a wave of small hurricanes, creating more and more damage. Yet what’s not exactly in their way may lie unaffected, even if a spot next door is hit hard. And infections will tend to cluster in […]