Updated CDC guidance acknowledges coronavirus can spread through the air

[turbinetree]

By Naomi Thomas, CNN

Updated 7:53 PM ET, Sun September 20, 2020

(CNN) The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated guidance on its website to say coronavirus can commonly spread "through respiratory droplets or small particles, such as those in aerosols," which are produced even when a person breathes.

"Airborne viruses, including COVID-19, are among the most contagious and easily spread," the site now says.
Previously, the CDC page said that Covid-19 was thought to spread mainly between people in close contact -- about 6 feet -- and "through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks."

The page, updated Friday, still says Covid-19 most commonly spreads between people who are in close contact with one another, and now says the virus is known to spread "through respiratory droplets or small particles, such as those in aerosols, produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, sings, talks or breathes."

These particles can cause infection when "inhaled into the nose, mouth, airways, and lungs," it says. "This is thought to be the main way the virus spreads.


CNN's Maggie Fox, Elizabeth Cohen, Jacqueline Howard and Jamie Gumbrecht contributed to this report.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/20/health/cdc-coronavirus-airborne-transmission/index.html

[Laelth]

1. Well, that's better, I suppose.

I am still waiting on a National strategy to deal with it.

-Laelth

[turbinetree]

3. Yepper spot on................

Right along with the 350 million other people.............

[Iliyah]

2. very old news . .

[Mme. Defarge]

9. Yes!

And Donald knew it back in February or March.

[BigmanPigman]

4. New study says it doesn't spread on surfaces much.

"The Most Likely Way You’ll Get Infected With Covid-19
You don’t have to sanitize your apples anymore, but you do have to wear a mask"

https://elemental.medium.com/the-most-likely-way-youll-get-infected-with-covid-19-30430384e5a5

Aerosol transmission does increase the importance of one additional protective step, which is proper ventilation and air filtration. Airflow, either introducing new air into a room or filtering the existing air, can disperse and dilute any infectious aerosol particles, reducing a person’s potential exposure. Being outdoors is the ultimate ventilation, and for months public health officials have recommended that people socialize outside rather than in. However, with winter and colder temperatures coming, indoor air filtration and adherence to masks will become even more important.

Armed with this knowledge, think about how you can make fall and winter safer, both physically and mentally. Instead of buying another can of Lysol, maybe invest in an air purifier, more comfortable two-ply cloth masks, or even an outdoor fire pit or space heater. Be prepared to meet friends outside in colder temperatures or insist upon masks, even in your home. We’ve still got a long way to go before we can declare victory over the novel coronavirus, but at least we know more now than we did six months ago. And you don’t have to sanitize your apples anymore

[LisaL]

6. I am not going to pass on a can of lysol.

NT

[Meowmee]

10. To eliminate any way of getting it I recommend steaming & or washing

What ever comes into your home. Wearing a kn95 mask everywhere you go where people could expose you, goggles which encase your eyes properly and disposable gloves. When you return, remove clothes and wash them, steam shoes, shower, wash glasses etc. sars cov and sars cov 2 can both be transmitted by fecal and oral routes, and by touching droplets which landed on something. Sars cov was proven to be transmitted among family members if clothing and bathrooms etc were used by someone infected and by caretakers etc. and surfaces and items were not sterilized properly. I use the bissell steam shot hand steamer to steam things, it is a trooper. Steam kills pretty much everything, even c difficile spores which are notoriously hard to kill, in a matter of seconds.

[Xipe Totec]

5. Outbreak (1995) - It's airborne! Virus

[spanone]

7. they had to be shamed into doing the right thing

how noble.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

8. This is hardly breaking news. We've known this from the very beginning.

And it is almost never passed on surfaces. So all the constant disinfecting of things, aside from putting toxic chemicals into the environment, accomplishes nothing at all.

[Atticus]

11. OK. Uh-huh. Are they maybe some day going to determine if infection with the virus

could be fatal? I have heard rumors that may be so, but who really knows?