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#COVID19 Preprint Journal Club “Evidence for probable aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a poorly ventilated restaurant”

By David Coil   Posted in .Featured Coronavirus Microbiology of the Built Environment
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(h/t to Linsey Marr for posting about this on Twitter) Sometimes I have to double check to make sure I don’t post about the same article twice.   I posted recently about an article describing transmission in a restaurant in Guangzhou, China.  This new article, “Evidence for probable aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a poorly ventilated …

Short study suggesting aerosol transmission of #COVID19 via air-conditioning

By David Coil   Posted in .Featured Coronavirus
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Just saw this pre-print “COVID-19 Outbreak Associated with Air Conditioning in Restaurant, Guangzhou, China, 2020“.  Very short, very to the point.   Evidence that droplet transmission happened in this particular outbreak via the ventilation within a building.  Abstract below:   During January 26–February 10, 2020, an outbreak of 2019 novel coronavirus disease in an air-conditioned restaurant …