Health
Super-spreaders could be key to controlling COVID-19 – Sydney Morning Herald
Mounting evidence suggests the vast majority of coronavirus cases may be spread by as little as 10 per cent or fewer of those infected..
“Were concerned that weve created a monster. ‘R’ does not tell us what we need to know to manage this,” Mark Woolhouse, an infectious-diseases expert at the University of Edinburgh, told the journal, Nature.
The data suggests that if we can find those so-called super-spreaders, we may be able to control the infection much more efficiently.
Local examples of super-spreaders abound.
A single hospitality worker who worked at multiple social venues was linked to one of Melbournes first major clus…
-
Noosa News20 hours agoCommissioner thanks police officer who threw a speed radar at a car
-
Noosa News18 hours agoNo matter what happens in his Origin debut, history beckons for rookie maroon Robert Toia
-
Noosa News19 hours agoDefence investigation finds Taipan pilot’s actions possibly prevented further fatalities in crash
-
Noosa News19 hours agoGood character references restricted in rape cases in Queensland