• Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    We use WHO guidelines here, putting the passengers who were brought home in at least 42 days of quarantine. The US, though, now that is a different thing. Maybe they’ll try injecting bleach, like “the greatest mind ever” suggested…

    By the way, our media definitely do inform people that this is a human-to-human transferable virus. Although this was already clear when they mentioned the Andes strain a few days ago.

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      The NEJM article says a possible 8 weeks transmissibility (in some cases).
      So even 42 days isn’t enough.
      And many people couldn’t even follow their short Covid quarantine at home.
      I don’t believe they can all handle 6 weeks, and certainly not in a safe way if they are made to believe it’s not easily transmitted.
      Their relatives will get it.
      Totally inadequate measures and wildly irresponsible for a virus with a 2.19R factor and 35-50% mortality.