Well duh! The CDC now says people should also avoid crowded indoor spaces and ensure indoor spaces are properly ventilated by bringing in outdoor air. This update is a result of mounting evidence from super-spreader events. The guidance for physical distancing remains in place and needs further emphasis as winter drives more personal interactions indoors.
The balance of attention must be shifted to protecting against airborne transmission because people are “far more likely” to breathe in floating virus than be sprayed by quickly falling droplets of contaminated body fluid.” – Science, October 5, 2020. Link.
Source: Washington Post, October 5, 2020. Link.
“It’s not just big goobers, but everything that’s exhaled, big and tiny,” said one CDC scientist who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
“Wear masks at all times indoors when others are present,” Kimberly Prather said. Separation is important — but, inside, no such thing as a completely “safe social distance exists.”
Also see: A closer look at the Bradykinin <Covid-19> hypothesis, Elemental, September 1, 2020. Link.
According to our team’s findings, a Covid-19 infection generally begins when the virus enters the body through ACE2 receptors in the nose. . .” – Daniel Jacobson, Ph.D.
Also see: AAHA NEWStat, October 7, 2020. Link.
Also see: Designing your veterinary hospital for social distancing, DVM 360, August 28, 2020. Link. The key when designing a veterinary hospital for pandemic preparedness is adaptability. Spaces that are flexible and adaptable will help not just during our current world crisis, but they will allow your hospital to move and flow with the ever-changing needs of our society.
INSIGHTS: Put it on! Your mask is for others. Their mask is for you.
