How do you fix a disaster? Start over the right way. As of today, America is on course to have a million cases of COVID a week. That translates eventually to 10,000 dead a week – the equivalent of four 9/11s every seven days. Add in the social mixing of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s. […]
Coronavirus Public Health Blog 3.29.20 How to Not Get Sick: the Issue of Viral Load
Who gets sick? Much of Covid-19’s prevalence, severity, and lethality may have to do with viral particles you are exposed to – the issue of viral load. Very little is written on this subject because it is difficult to study, but we can learn a little from studies on flu (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4676262/). In one frequently cited […]