Posts Tagged ‘covid19’

When You Can be Around Others After You Had or Likely Had COVID-19 | CDC

November 8, 2020

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/end-home-isolation.html#:~:text=If%20you%20continue%20to%20have,viral%20test%20for%20COVID%2D19.

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You can be around others after:

10 days since symptoms first appeared and
24 hours with no fever without the use of fever-reducing medications and Other symptoms of COVID-19 are improving*

*Loss of taste and smell may persist for weeks or months after recovery and need not delay the end of isolation

If you continue to have no symptoms, you can be with others after 10 days have passed since you had a positive viral test for COVID-19. “}}

When should I be tested? | MIT Medical

November 8, 2020

https://medical.mit.edu/covid-19-updates/2020/07/when-should-i-be-tested#:~:text=But%20because%20a%20false%20negative,days%20after%20a%20probable%20exposure.

I’ve been exposed to COVID-19; how soon will I be contagious? | MIT Medical

November 8, 2020

https://medical.mit.edu/covid-19-updates/2020/10/exposed-to-covid-19-how-soon-contagious
symptoms 5 days

Tests Show Genetic Signature of Coronavirus That Likely Infected Trump – The New York Times

November 7, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/01/science/trump-covid-19-genome.html

New Haven covid wastewater data

November 5, 2020

https://covidtrackerct.com/

click on “wastewater surveillance”

Urgent Care from the Army Corps of Engineers | The New Yorker

October 29, 2020

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/08/03/urgent-care-from-the-army-corps-of-engineers
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After Biden’s Exposure to Trump, His Team Is Cagey on Health Questions – The New York Times

October 5, 2020

aerosols at the debate

After Biden’s Exposure to Trump, His Team Is Cagey on Health Questions – The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/04/us/politics/biden-covid-test-trump.html

CDC: Coronavirus May Be Adrift in Indoor Air – The New York Times

October 5, 2020

CDC: Coronavirus May Be Adrift in Indoor Air – The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/health/cdc-coronavirus-airborne-indoor-air.html

How to Keep the Coronavirus at Bay Indoors – The New York Times

October 4, 2020

thought this was useful…

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Tips for dodging the virus as Americans retreat from colder weather: Open the windows, buy an air filter — and forget the UV lights. …
For a classroom or office, a portable air cleaner suited to the room’s size “is a great low-cost plug-and-play strategy to give you several air changes per hour of clean air,” Dr. Allen said. These are compact devices that can be plugged into any outlet; effective models are available for less than $200.
Some people mistakenly think that the average air filter, portable or part of a larger system, is no match for the microscopic virus. But “the virus is not naked in the air,” Dr. Marr said. “It comes out in respiratory droplets.”

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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/27/health/coronavirus-transmission-indoors.html

Comparing COVID-19 Immune Responses Uncovers Key Differences between Adults and Children

September 24, 2020

https://www.genengnews.com/news/comparing-covid-19-immune-responses-uncovers-key-differences-between-adults-and-children/