New England Journal of Medicle Article – Aerosols and droplets generated during speech have been implicated in the person-to-person transmission of viruses,1,2 and there is current interest in understanding the mechanisms responsible for the spread of Covid-19 by these means. The act of speaking generates oral fluid droplets that vary widely in size,1 and these droplets canRead More

In a new study published in the journal Science, epidemiologists from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health say that in the absence of a vaccine or effective treatment, social distancing until 2022 could be necessary to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.The study, published Tuesday, says that intermittent social distancing may be necessary to control the spreadRead More

From February 19 – March 2, 2020 the CDC collected samples from potentially contaminated objects in the ICU and GW in hospital wards in Wuhan, China.The study, entitled “Aerosol and Surface Distribution of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Hospital Wards, Wuhan, China, 2020”, was conducted in two wards at Wuhan’s Huoshenshan Hospital byRead More

April EdititionDownloadThis is the April edition of the St. Louis Metropolitan Medicine magazine with their COVID-19 coverage. Vantage points from various doctors and health care workers dealing with the coronavirus in the Missouri health care system with a focus on the need to provide more education on the virus. To wit:“More importantly, for the dismissiveRead More