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All that cleaning and bleach buying all for nothing? We noted this early on – Catching COVID from surfaces is very unlikely. So perhaps we can ease up on the disinfecting (theconversation.com)

“There’s little evidence that surface transmission is a common way in which the coronavirus is spread. The main way it’s spread is by the air, either by larger droplets via close contact, or by smaller droplets called aerosols. As a side note, the relative role these two routes play in transmission is probably a much more interesting and important question to clarify from a public health perspective.”

“This isn’t to say surface transmission isn’t possible and that it doesn’t pose a risk in certain situations, or that we should disregard it completely. But, we should acknowledge the threat surface transmission poses is relatively small.

We can therefore mitigate this relatively small risk by continuing to focus on hand hygiene and ensuring cleaning protocols are more in keeping with the risk of surface transmission.

In doing this, we can potentially save millions of dollars being spent on obsessive cleaning practices. These are probably providing little or no benefit and being done solely because they’re easy to do and provide the reassurance of doing something, thereby relieving some of our anxieties.”

Under 2K now

Leading is NY for confirmation. CA leading deaths

First time in a long time LA is no longer leading any categories

Confirmation is dispersed but at lower levels so the map is showing more counties

LA almost back with the pack

Peak has passed for the world