Heavy breathers could be Covid-19 SUPERSPREADERS: One in five people make 80 per cent of ALL exhaled air particles – with obese and old people the worst offenders US researchers assessed exhaled aerosol particles from nearly 200 people Also infected primates with Covid to see how infection altered production BMI, age and Covid infection were all … Read more
Super-spreaders trigger more than 60 per cent of all coronavirus infections, a shocking study has revealed. Despite accounting for less than eight per cent of infections, scientists found the group were responsible for the majority of cases, while 70 per cent of those who caught the disease did not spread it to anyone. More than … Read more
NHS cleaners, porters and office staff were unknown ‘super-spreaders’ in hospitals, according to the nation’s antibody screening drive. Sir John Bell, who runs the programme, said background workers at some UK hospitals had ‘sky high’ levels of antibodies compared to doctors and nurses on COVID-19 wards. It means it was the hospital cleaners and porters, … Read more
Scientists have found more evidence that ‘superspreader’ events are the main driving force behind the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Preliminary research from Hong Kong found that around 20 per cent of COVID-19 sufferers are highly infectious, and responsible for 80 per cent of all transmissions. However, 70 per cent of people infected with the virus do not … Read more
CELEBRITIES like Woody Harrelson have a lot to answer for when it comes to spreading “fake news” about coronavirus. Woody joins rappers Wiz Khalifa and MIA as “super-spreaders” of conspiracy theories about the pandemic which has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths globally, according to experts. The ‘fake news’ about 5G towers causing coronavirus spread … Read more
A heartbroken son has begged people to stay indoors and obey social distancing after his mother, 87, died from coronavirus after shopping in Asda, amid fears that supermarkets could become superspreaders of the killer illness. Shoppers were pictured squeezing together at supermarkets up and down the country this morning, ignoring social distancing rules from the … Read more