Daily Admin Update
Day 70
Good Morning,
School will be back in session tomorrow with lots of 8th graders completing their portfolios. We have less than two weeks of school before we go on summer break.
I am sending you all love with a gentle reminder that we are here for you if you are in need. Please do not hesitate to reach out, we are here to support all in the community.
With love,
Sarah
How the coronavirus spreads in those everyday places we visit
It hasn’t even been five months since health officials in Wuhan, China, reported unusual pneumonia cases to the World Health Organization.
But those five months have been the most active in the history of epidemiology. Since that report, we’ve learned so much about the coronavirus. One of the most important lessons? How the disease is spread.
In particular, so-called superspreading events seem to be a major cause of infections. One London School of Hygiene analysis suggested that 80% of the secondary transmissions were caused by just 10% of infected people. In other words, if you want to avoid getting COVID-19, one of your major focuses should be avoiding a superspreading event.
So as Utahns leave their homes and reengage with society, we thought now would be a good time to scour the research to note where these events have been documented and where they haven’t. We can also learn about the circumstances that led to each superspreading event, and do our best to avoid them.
The result is the following compendium, in alphabetical order, of public places and the lessons we can learn.
The full article is here. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/05/23/your-guide-how/
Some of the takeaways are:
• Dance floors are probably incompatible with social distancing.
• High-capacity bars and clubs are going to be potential locations of superspreading events.
• Self-serve buffets probably create an unmanageable amount of viral spread.
• In closed, small environments, virus transmission can occur throughout a room.
• Keeping outside ventilation high on buses seems to be a worthwhile goal.• Bus drivers should receive protective gear to prevent infection.
• Singing appears to significantly raise the likelihood of transmission.
• Churches can be the site of community-changing superspreading events.
• High-risk activities like singing and buffets may make church gatherings more dangerous.
• Avoid hugging and sharing food, especially while sick.
• Constant movement in spacious buildings probably helps prevent exposure to coronavirus droplets.
• Gyms can quickly spread the coronavirus, especially when instructors become infected.
• High-intensity workouts may be more dangerous than low-intensity workouts, though that’s unclear.
• Thanks to high traffic numbers, one mall or large store can infect many people, even though the likelihood of any individual customer being infected is low.
• The most dangerous method of transmission in an office is spending a long time near an infected person.
• Using shared facilities like restrooms with an infected person appears to be less dangerous.
• Spending a short amount of time with an infected person, like on an elevator ride, is not especially dangerous.
• Jobs with frequent talking, like call centers, do appear to have elevated risk for superspreading.
• Don’t go on a plane with a cough. Everyone should wear a mask.
• If there is someone with a cough, those viral particles can likely travel more than 6 feet, but probably not throughout the plane.
• The odds of an outbreak on any individual plane trip are low.
• In-person voting either has a small or neutral impact on coronavirus spread when precautions are taken.
• Schools are a significant source of spread for other diseases like influenza, but so far, not the coronavirus. We don’t know why.
• A individual who has contact with an infected child in a school is unlikely to be infected.
• Getting thousands or tens of thousands of people together in one building can result in community-changing “biological bombs."
• Sports celebrations (singing, hugging, cheering) could potentially mean more spread.
-The Salt Lake Tribune