Razer has created a concept reusable N95 respirator called Project Hazel, featuring Chroma RGB LEDs and microphones and amplifiers to project your voice. The Verge reports: It’s a concept design with a glossy outside shell made of waterproof and scratch-resistant recycled plastic, which is transparent to allow for lip-reading and seeing facial cues when you chat with people. Currently, there isn’t…
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America’s Covid-19 Deaths Likely to Exceed 9/11’s Death Toll Every Day, For Two Months
Just today in America there were 223,365 new Covid-19 cases. The Hill notes that’s “the worst it has ever been.” Long-time Slashdot reader smooth wombat also highlights this quote from Robert Redfield, the director of America’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: “We are in the timeframe now that probably for the next 60 to 90 days we’re going to have…
To reduce chances of spreading coronavirus, keep indoor air clean
Being indoors with other people is a recipe for spreading the coronavirus. But removing airborne particles through proper ventilation and air filtration can reduce some of that risk. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/keeping-indoor-air-clean-reduce-spread-coronavirus…
Epidemiologist explains CDC guidance on 15 minutes of exposure
New guidance from the CDC says that 15 minutes of exposure – regardless of whether that occurs at one time – can result in transmission of the coronavirus. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/epidemiologist-explains-cdc-guidance-15-minutes-covid19-exposure…
Screening Travelers For Symptoms of COVID-19 Was Ineffective, CDC Study Says
Temperature and symptom-based screening programs don’t help catch coronavirus cases, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a new report that took a closer look at the programs used at US airports until mid-September. CNN reports: The CDC said this was a resource-intensive program that had a low case detection rate. Between January 17 and September 13, the…
What does ‘close contact’ for COVID-19 really mean? Epidemiologist explains.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has new guidance clarifying what exactly “close contact” means when it comes to transmission of SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Source: https://www.livescience.com/close-contact-covid-19-explained.html
Offices Resort To Sensors In Futile Attempts To Keep Workers Apart
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: Millions of workers in recent months have returned to offices outfitted with new pandemic protocols meant to keep them healthy and safe. But temperature checks and plexiglass barriers between desks can’t prevent one of the most dangerous workplace behaviors for the spread of Covid-19 — the irresistible desire to mingle. “If you have…
CDC Revises Coronavirus Guidance To Acknowledge That It Spreads Through Airborne Transmission
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised its coronavirus guidance Monday, acknowledging that it can sometimes spread through airborne particles that can “linger in the air for minutes to hours” and among people who are more than six feet apart. From a report: The CDC cited published reports that demonstrated “limited, uncommon circumstances where people with COVID-19 infected others who…
WHO Says No Change To COVID-19 Transmission Guidance After US Draft Change
The World Health Organization has not changed its policy on aerosol transmission of the coronavirus, it said on Monday after U.S. health officials published draft new guidance by mistake warning that it can spread through airborne particles. From a report: Mike Ryan, executive director of the UN agency’s emergencies programme, said he would follow up with the U.S. Centers for Disease…
New CDC guidelines say coronavirus spreads through air. Then CDC deletes them.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acknowledged what scientists have been saying for a while: the coronavirus can spread through the air. Then, they took it back. Source: https://www.livescience.com/cdc-updates-airborne-spread-coronavirus-guidelines.html