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[quotSighte="Genuine Realist" pid='284221' dateline='1593308473']
Apparently, not too readily from contaminated surfaces or brief passings-by, but from close contact for extended periods. This gives hope that appropriate social protocols can be developed.

A real issue, beside the dreadful absence of Presidential leadership, is the extent to which health officials have damaged credibility by overkill, or SIP's extended indefinitely.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-exactly-do-you-catch-covid-19-there-is-a-growing-consensus-11592317650?mod=wsjtwittertest

The article may be behind a paywall. Sorry.

In early March, the epidemiologists did not know how effective masks would be and they did not even have enough masks for health-care workers anyway. The US was caught so flat-footed in pandemic preparedness that SiP was required to prevent overwhelming the health-care system.  In those days in the not so distant past, there was virtually no testing. In those days, there was no way of knowing how many ventilators were needed, where to get them, or how to build them.  Even the President took a personal interest in building ventilators despite his dismissal of the pandemic.

Basically, the SiP was the US penalty for being unprepared.  In Taiwan, where they were prepared, they were able to send kids back to school in February long before the US even thought of closing them here.

I am not sure when people try to characterize the US response as flawed because of overkill rather than lack of preparation and lack of will.

Sigh. This beratement of the US gets very, very old. Here's a link from March about the 27 nations of the EU that might enlighten you:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-healt...-10-times-

The reuters link, like much of the US’s Covid response, is not working.

[Snorlax94]

[quotSighte="Genuine Realist" pid='284221' dateline='1593308473']
Apparently, not too readily from contaminated surfaces or brief passings-by, but from close contact for extended periods. This gives hope that appropriate social protocols can be developed.

A real issue, beside the dreadful absence of Presidential leadership, is the extent to which health officials have damaged credibility by overkill, or SIP's extended indefinitely.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-exactly-do-you-catch-covid-19-there-is-a-growing-consensus-11592317650?mod=wsjtwittertest

The article may be behind a paywall. Sorry.

In early March, the epidemiologists did not know how effective masks would be and they did not even have enough masks for health-care workers anyway. The US was caught so flat-footed in pandemic preparedness that SiP was required to prevent overwhelming the health-care system.  In those days in the not so distant past, there was virtually no testing. In those days, there was no way of knowing how many ventilators were needed, where to get them, or how to build them.  Even the President took a personal interest in building ventilators despite his dismissal of the pandemic.

Basically, the SiP was the US penalty for being unprepared.  In Taiwan, where they were prepared, they were able to send kids back to school in February long before the US even thought of closing them here.

I am not sure when people try to characterize the US response as flawed because of overkill rather than lack of preparation and lack of will.

Sigh. This beratement of the US gets very, very old. Here's a link from March about the 27 nations of the EU that might enlighten you:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-healt...-10-times-

The reuters link, like much of the US’s Covid response, is not working.