Movies that show the experimental setup and the full 85-minute observation of speech droplet nuclei.https://zenodo.org/record/3770559#.X5szhtT7SCP
The full movie recording of highly sensitive laser light scattering observations that indicate loud-speaking generates, in addition to hundreds of regular droplets, also many thousands of micro-droplets per second. This movie clip shows the decay of airborne particles.
Movies that show the experimental setup and the full 85-minute observation of speech droplet nuclei. The full movie recording of highly sensitive laser light scattering observations that indicate loud-speaking generates, in addition to hundreds of regular droplets, also many thousands of micro-droplets per second. This movie clip shows the decay of airborne particles. Note: some parts of the audio of the clips were muted for privacy.zenodo.org
WASHINGTON - Bypassing clinical trials of a potential vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, would be "catastrophic," said an editorial published on Science Advances on Friday.global.chinadaily.com.cn
the choir outbreak is consistent with a growing body of evidence that the virus can be transmitted through aerosols — particles smaller than 5 micrometers that can float in the air for minutes or longer.https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-03-29/coronavirus-choir-outbreak
...a study published March 17 in the New England Journal of Medicine found that when the virus was suspended in a mist under laboratory conditions it remained “viable and infectious” for three hours — though researchers have said that time period would probably be no more than a half-hour in real-world conditions.
...it’s possible that the forceful breathing action of singing dispersed viral particles in the church room that were widely inhaled.
...some people happen to be especially good at exhaling fine material, producing 1,000 times more than others.
Amateur singers interested in choral music tend to be older, but the group includes some young adults.
...The youngest of those sickened was 31, but they averaged 67
The deadly outbreak among members of a choir has stunned health officials, who have concluded that the virus was almost certainly transmitted through the air from one or more people without symptoms.www.latimes.com
However, back in 2018, the remains of Theranos sold its patents to Fortress Investment Group. Fortress Investment Group is a SoftBank-funded massive patent troll. You may remember the name from the time last fall when Apple and Intel sued the firm, laying out how Fortress is a sort of uber-patent troll, gathering up a bunch of patents and then shaking down basically everyone. Lovely, right?
So, this SoftBank-owned patent troll, Fortress, bought up Theranos patents, and then set up this shell company, "Labrador Diagnostics," which decided that right in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic it was going to sue one of the companies making Covid-19 tests, saying that its test violates those Theranos patents, and literally demanding that the court bar the firm from making those Covid-19 tests.
Honestly, I wasn't sure how to begin this story or how to fit all the insanity into the title. It's a story involving patents, patent trolling, Covid-19, Theranos, and even the company that brought us all WeWork: SoftBank. Oh, and also Irell...www.techdirt.com
Das Fenster für eine relative Eindämmung in Deutschland schließt sich raschwww.spektrum.de
Der Virologe Prof. Christian Drosten hat Sars-CoV-2 so gut erforscht wie kaum ein anderer. Alle Welt fragt jetzt um seinen Rat - uns gibt er nun täglich Antwort.www.ndr.de