Clearing the Air Around Influenza
Transmission or activation?
This post is an update and summary of several TTE posts including our Transmission Riddle 3
The SARS-CoV-2 transmission riddle - Part 3 and Architecture of Isolation 9
This is the third post of a re-run of our Transmission Riddle series, which was originally posted in 2022. Each post has been updated and reworked with what new evidence we could find. The serial numbers of the original posts may not correspond as we expand, merge, edit and add, like a concertina. Because of content transmission, riddles are looked at i…
Sadly, good evidence does not support the concept of one-to-one transmission of respiratory viruses. Things are never as easy as charlatans would like.
Here is a selection of stories and experiences that cast doubt on the transmission or replication of competent viruses.
First, the recent one. The tale of the Argentinian fishermen: 61 crew members who had been quarantined for two weeks before sailing and tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 set sail for the Antarctic fishing grounds in their trawler. After about 35 days at sea with no contact (other than with the fish), they started exhibiting signs and symptoms of Covid and were quickly returned to base in Tierra del Fuego. All but a few were positive, and two were hospitalised.
Attentive readers of the first Riddle series will recall our mentioning similar episodes, and indeed, the two series are called “Riddles” and “Isolation”.
Nonsensical events suc…
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