Very few transmission events from infected people after two weeks following symptom onset. Very ill people may be able to shed live virus longer.
On Sat, May 16, 2020 at 7:45 PM archer75--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > This is a very good writeup IMO. > > Do you or anyone else know how long after symptoms of covid subside that > patients are no longer infectious? > Thanks, > Gerry > .................................................... > Peter Frederick via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Actually, isolation is the only way to stop the spread. This is an > unusual virus in that it's possible to actually stop the spread, difficulty > is that it can have a long incubation period with virus shedding going on > for some days before symptoms get bad enough to send someone in for testing. > > > > This isn't the first time, either -- SARS and MERS are similar viruses, > just much less transmissible. Another long forgotten incident involved fur > animals in Manchuria in the early part of the 1900s, when no vaccine was > possible. That outbreak was traced back to harvesitng sick animals for > fur, and was stopped by guess what, cloth masks and social distancing. > > > > The key to stopping the spread is testing and contact tracing -- if > people can be tested easily, it's possible to break the chain of > transmission, and when no more people are getting infected, eventually the > virus will no long reproduce. > > > > My local county has always had a pretty strong public health department, > and has been on top of tracing and testing since the start -- luckily, we > are more or less remote here, and full state wide social restrictions were > in place before the first cases showed up. The result is that we have just > over 200 cases for 200,000 people and two deaths. Case number per day is > down to five or six, and I believe nearly all of them were people in > observation for exposure. > > > > Couple people refused to self isolate and were promptly served with stay > at home orders by a local judge -- we still have quarantine laws on the > books from when there were no antibiotics or vaccines for common illnesses > like scarlet fever a measles. > > > > while it may seem very harsh and draconian, the lockdown in China > worked. You have to understand the filtering of news there, but I suspect > the reported case numbers are reasonably accurate -- if the Parry lies too > much, they will be overthrown, it's how things work in China. South Korea > and Tiawan, both of whom had serious issues with SARS in the 90s, have very > low cases as well. > > > > One point more -- nightclubs opened in Seol, and at least 126 cases have > come from a single club over a couple nights. This is what I'm worried > about with the lunatics that squeal about how their "rights" are being > infringed by public health measures. Only takes one jerk ignoring the > health rules to infect hundreds of people in close quarters. Ditto for the > boob that insisted he run his barber shop in spite of the shutdown -- he's > now positive and who knows how many of his clients are too as a result. > > > > I definitely error on the side of caution, it's why I've driven a Benz > for decades. Hardly an imposition to wear a mask compared to getting > really, really sick or killing my elderly mother. We are not all isolated > sovereign states with no responsibilities, we are a community and need to > remember everyone is entitled to what we are. Or as my Grandmother used to > say "You have your rights, true -- until they run into mine, and you are > standing on my toes" > > > > Far too many people who blow on about their "right" to do whatever they > want are notably absent when it's time to take responsibility for the > results of their actions. > > _______________________________________ > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
