Tag Archives: SARS-CoV-2

Are Face Masks Effective at Preventing SARS-CoV-2

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The simple answer is… No. At least not for the general public who do not have symptoms of COVID-19-like illness. We first saw the use of cloth masks used in US healthcare settings starting in the late 1800s. It came from the realization that surgical wounds need protection from the droplets released in the breath of surgeons. The technology was applied outside the operating room in an effort to control the spread of infectious epidemics. In the 1918 influenza pandemic, … Continue reading →

Is Covid-19 Coronavirus Real?

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) is said to be a novel (new) infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Perhaps the first piece of dis-information we were fed by public health officials and the mainstream media was that Coronavirus was new and we knew very little about it.  That little nugget alone was enough to scare millions of people.  The fact is, though, Coronavirus is NOT new and we know quite a bit about it. Human coronaviruses are actually … Continue reading →

Was SARS-CoV-2 Covid-19 Pandemic Unexpected?

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President Trump and his Coronavirus Task Force has repeatedly said nobody could have ever thought something like this could happen. Oh really? Experts from the U.S. participated in the Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development sponsored by The Rockefeller Foundation and Global Business Network ten years ago.  That exercise was scenario planning demonstrating possible events that might happen and how we might respond to those crisis.  The so-called “Lock Step” scenario was one of the four scenarios … Continue reading →