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The official COVID-19/Coronavirus Discussion Thread...aka I hope I don't get the Rona

Welp, it happened. And it only took three days for it happen.

One of the teachers in my school dun caught the Rona. Half the school (7th and 8th grade) is now quarantining.

Guess who's still stuck in here, being a 6th grade teacher, even tho said teacher who carried it into the building works in the same lounge as the rest of us?

Yeah. They don't care.
 
(China) Anal swabs to detect covid.


Really??!









www.forbes.com

China Deploys Anal Swab Tests To Detect High-Risk Covid-19 Cases

Experts say the test, rolled out before millions are expected to travel for the Lunar New Year, could be more accurate than throat and nose swabs.
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China Deploys Anal Swab Tests To Detect High-Risk Covid-19 Cases


As Chinese authorities struggle to contain rising Covid-19 infections ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations, Beijing has introduced anal swabs asa new type of coronavirus test that could detect the virus more accurately.











metro.co.uk

Anal swabs being used to test for Covid in China as they're 'more reliable'

Doctors say the virus lingers longer in the anus than in the respiratory tract.
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Anal swabs being used to test for Covid in China as they’re ‘more reliable’



China has started using anal swabs to test people who are believed to be at a high risk of catching Covid-19, according to state TV. Beijing officials last week took anal swabs from residents in neighbourhoods with confirmed cases, along with those in designated quarantine facilities. Doctors say the method, which sees the swab inserted about 3-5cm into the rectum and rotated, can be more effective in detecting Covid-19.


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So um. How long before it's in the US?
 
Double-masking





www.cnbc.com

Dr. Fauci: Double-masking makes 'common sense' and is likely more effective

The idea of "double-masking" generated buzz when people like Amanda Gorman and Pete Buttigieg wore surgical masks underneath cloth masks to the inauguration.
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Dr. Fauci: Double-masking makes ‘common sense’ and is likely more effective


Could wearing two face masks at once during the pandemic provide more protection than just wearing one? According to White House advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci, “it likely does,” he told NBC News’ TODAY on Monday.

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As Fauci explained, masks are physical coverings that prevent respiratory droplets from spreading to other people and provide a degree of protection to the wearer.

“So if you have a physical covering with one layer, you put another layer on, it just makes common sense that it likely would be more effective,” Fauci told TODAY. “That’s the reason why you see people either double masking or doing a version of an N95.”










Double masking for COVID-19: Why Fauci recommends wearing two masks at once

The latest recommendation for slowing and stopping the spread of COVID-19: double masking. Dr. Anthony Fauci endorses double masking, the practice of wearing two face masks, because "it just makes common sense," the chief medical advisor to the president told NBC News' Today.
 
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