Virus Passed On By Just A Few Seconds Exposure

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Why we should still be cautious? News report on how infectious.

Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) Tweeted: “NO MORE THAN MERE SECONDS” of exposure in 10-60 centimeters where one man triggers several #DeltaVariant infections with brief “fleeting” contact. Thousands of shoppers at NSW🇦🇺 mass tested. Delta called “near & present danger”.

HT @lizziepearl. #COVID19
t.co/NFg1RwMnVD twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1406779894785351688?s=20

I actually don't care. I have been in contact with a positive person and didn't get it.

My will and life insurance are up to date and have been for years because I could drop dead from any number of things.

I actually think covid is way down my list of things to concern myself. And I won't be avoiding any other human being even if it was transmissible through solid walls.

unless there are some actual facts to discuss theres little point in speculation I never understand this mental censorship, are people really so uninterested in life that they simply do not think about things until it has been ordained that they are allowed by government decree

Of course we will discuss, it is interesting/concerning.

PETRI dish. Or the petrified ones. 😂🤣

I have no idea who Eric Feigl-ding is. I am in Australia and this has been all over the news this weekend. The health org has put the location where the transmission took place as a risk point and asked everyone who went there to test and isolate, so its not just speculation.

www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/20210618_01.aspx

[quote alwayscrashinginthesamecar1]I have no idea who Eric Feigl-ding is. I am in Australia and this has been all over the news this weekend. The health org has put the location where the transmission took place as a risk point and asked everyone who went there to test and isolate, so its not just speculation.

www.health.nsw.gov.au/news/Pages/20210618_01.aspx[/quote]
It sounds like the early reports of COVID 1.0 in York.

This is being discussed on a thread here.

I think if it was that transmissible in the UK we’d know it by now.

This is to frighten the Australian population and give the government evidence to isolate them within their country now.

Also why was everyone in the Myer store not infected in the same way if it’s transmitted like that.

never understand this mental censorship, are people really so uninterested in life that they simply do not think about things until it has been ordained that they are allowed by government decree

Nope, my life is interesting enough that I dont need to speculate or second guess information to spread gossip on the Internet. But if thats your thing then different strokes innit?🤷‍♀️

My friend was in a room with someone with delta variant recently (she’s a carer)…she did not get it. So although highly transmissible, I don’t think we need mass panic.

Think it is quite hard for us to understand how closely they are monitoring in other countries, whilst over here the governmnet have just let things get completely fucked up three times now. With such low cases they are tracking so carefully and plotting things. We lost that option back in early 2020 thanks to the government not caring.

If it is THAT transmissible then we have very serious problems, we have always worked on close contact, but fleeting contact is something else.

People will want to dismiss this but if it were true, it would have big implications for whether large indoor events could go ahead, for obvious reasons

THIS.

The Delta Variant is many times more transmissable than other forms and this has implications for travel, mass gatherings and the unvaccinated.

@DobbyTheHouseElk

This is being discussed on a thread here.

I think if it was that transmissible in the UK we’d know it by now.

This is to frighten the Australian population and give the government evidence to isolate them within their country now.

Also why was everyone in the Myer store not infected in the same way if it’s transmitted like that.

This ^

We have this variant so we’re already dealing with what the transmission is

Maybe it was an extreme case but Covid has always been highly varied - some spread to many others none, k factor iirc

It is correct that superspreader events are incredibly varied, some people spread to few, some infect many.

If it was really that easily passed on then basically everyone in the UK would have it by now

Well at some point we are all going to get this virus, so it’s time for life to return to how it was now most the vulnerable are vaccinated

Agree with others. We already know about this variant. In a positive note, if it is fleetingly transmissible then our vaccines are even better than we thought as half the country would be delta positive by now.
I also think this is to do with scaring Australians and maybe New Zealander’s into hurrying up and taking the vaccine.

If it is true it just shows how futile the restrictions are

@sashagabadon

Agree with others. We already know about this variant. In a positive note, if it is fleetingly transmissible then our vaccines are even better than we thought as half the country would be delta positive by now. I also think this is to do with scaring Australians and maybe New Zealander’s into hurrying up and taking the vaccine.

Yes it’s mildly interesting from a what can happen POV same as the hotel quarantine corridor transmission was.

But we have real world impact and it doesn’t change anything here.

The restrictions are to prevent the NHS, and other services, from being overwhelmed

So 9000 people tested positive in UK by far the dominant strain is delta. If it was that transmissible how many people do you think each of those 9000 fleetingly walked passed in a day 20/30? We would have seen it in the case numbers in the UK by now.

Not sure how you can prove a virus "jumping host " on CCTV footage

I thinkthey mean the extent of contact between the people has been verified because it was caught on camera. It removes the 'they must have misremember and been together longer than they think or are prepared to admit'

I'll try to find a recent article I read about the K number - looks like some people are very infectious

I am in Aus and can't say that I would put much faith in it just yet. Recently they said something similar happened in Victoria (where I am) and then several days later took it back.

A lot of information seems to be getting blown up to get people scared then they are recanting on it days later. I'm over it. It's very hard to know what it the truth and what isn't even if it's being presented as fact.

At given times or all times?, I would think some people are more infectious than others with the virus, and some people around an infected person more vulnerble to infection than others.