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Realistically, everyone in the house with an infected person is going to catch it. You’re breathing the same air if nothing else.

aksss 7y ago
Didn't some study recently say that in China a key practice for containment was removing infected family members from households and placing them in quarantine? I'm a little skeptical of self-isolating in a home with other people. You're all in it together at that point. I'm not sure "everyone in the house will catch it", but probably everyone will be exposed.
freeqaz 7y ago
COVID-19 CDC guidelines recommend droplet precautions[0], which means that the disease doesn't spread via the air. It spreads via droplets when you cough/sneeze. It's still bad, but it does mean that sharing air isn't a hazard by default. If it was airborne, they would recommend different precautions[1]. [0]: https://www.who.int/csr/disease/coronavirus_infections/prevention_control/en/ https://www.who.int/csr/disease/coronavirus_infections/preve... [1]: http://www.wikidifference.com/difference-between-airborne-and-droplet-precautions/ http://www.wikidifference.com/difference-between-airborne-an...
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- swader999 7y ago
  Yeah it spreads by breathing in air up to three hours. Read this study. Droplets as well. Washing hands is critical but so is proper mask that is fit.
- freeqaz 7y ago
  Update: It's a weird hybrid and airborne precautions are probably a good idea anyway.
alexanderchr 7y ago
Surprisingly not. This virus is acting really strange. > The household secondary attack rate was 15% https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.03.20028423v1 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.03.20028423v...
- IAmGraydon 7y ago
  That’s a perfectly normal secondary attack rate, in line with both flu and H1N1. Why do you say that it’s acting strange?
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chillwaves 7y ago
You could set up some fans to exhaust from the room and create negative air pressure.

aksss 7y ago

Didn't some study recently say that in China a key practice for containment was removing infected family members from households and placing them in quarantine? I'm a little skeptical of self-isolating in a home with other people. You're all in it together at that point. I'm not sure "everyone in the house will catch it", but probably everyone will be exposed.

freeqaz 7y ago

COVID-19 CDC guidelines recommend droplet precautions[0], which means that the disease doesn't spread via the air. It spreads via droplets when you cough/sneeze. It's still bad, but it does mean that sharing air isn't a hazard by default. If it was airborne, they would recommend different precautions[1]. [0]: https://www.who.int/csr/disease/coronavirus_infections/prevention_control/en/ https://www.who.int/csr/disease/coronavirus_infections/preve... [1]: http://www.wikidifference.com/difference-between-airborne-and-droplet-precautions/ http://www.wikidifference.com/difference-between-airborne-an...

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swader999 7y ago
Yeah it spreads by breathing in air up to three hours. Read this study. Droplets as well. Washing hands is critical but so is proper mask that is fit.
freeqaz 7y ago
Update: It's a weird hybrid and airborne precautions are probably a good idea anyway.

alexanderchr 7y ago

Surprisingly not. This virus is acting really strange. > The household secondary attack rate was 15% https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.03.20028423v1 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.03.20028423v...

IAmGraydon 7y ago
That’s a perfectly normal secondary attack rate, in line with both flu and H1N1. Why do you say that it’s acting strange?

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chillwaves 7y ago

You could set up some fans to exhaust from the room and create negative air pressure.