1. COVID-19 Superspreading Thread 🧐

As the mutant variant seems to spread more easily - it's important to remember that the COVID-19 virus spreads quickly given the ideal super spreading conditions 🧐
2. Risk of Transmission - Traffic Light System 🧐
https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3223
3. The Science of Superspreading 🧐 https://vis.sciencemag.org/covid-clusters/ 
Gyms. Bars. The White House. See how superspreading events are driving the pandemic

Preventing hot spots of COVID-19 transmission has emerged as a key challenge in the fight against the virus

https://vis.sciencemag.org/covid-clusters/
4. How COVID-19 is spread through the air - a room, a bar, and a classroom 🧐 https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-10-28/a-room-a-bar-and-a-class-how-the-coronavirus-is-spread-through-the-air.html?ssm=TW_CC
A room, a bar and a classroom: how the coronavirus is spread through the air

The risk of contagion is highest in indoor spaces but can be reduced by applying all available measures to combat infection via aerosols. Here is an overview of the likelihood of infection in three...

https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-10-28/a-room-a-bar-and-a-class-how-the-coronavirus-is-spread-through-the-air.html?ssm=TW_CC
5. Superspreading through aerosols and the importance of ventilation h/t @mdc_martinus 🧐

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3Af2f0a4e1-6939-43e6-af86-e0af71dbd756#pageNum=1
6. How Superspreading Events Drive Most COVID-19 Spread 🧐 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-superspreading-events-drive-most-covid-19-spread1/
How ‘Superspreading’ Events Drive Most COVID-19 Spread

As few as 10 percent of infected people may drive a whopping 80 percent of cases in specific types of situations

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-superspreading-events-drive-most-covid-19-spread1/
7. Superspreader Database and Locations 🧐

https://covid19settings.blogspot.com/p/about.html 
8. CASE STUDY: Effect of ventilation on a tuberculosis outbreak at Taipei Uni. Many of CLASSROOMS were under-ventilated CO2 levels > 3,000 ppm. When engineers improved air circulation and got CO2 levels < 600 ppm, the outbreak completely stopped 🧐 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ina.12639
Effect of ventilation improvement during a tuberculosis outbreak in underventilated university...

The role of ventilation in preventing tuberculosis (TB) transmission has been widely proposed in infection control guidance. However, conclusive evidence is lacking. Modeling suggested the threshold...

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ina.12639
9. When COVID Subsided, Israel Reopened Its Schools. It Didn't Go Well 🧐 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/world/middleeast/coronavirus-israel-schools-reopen.html
When Covid Subsided, Israel Reopened Its Schools. It Didn’t Go Well.

As countries consider back-to-school strategies for the fall, a coronavirus outbreak at a Jerusalem high school offers a cautionary tale.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/world/middleeast/coronavirus-israel-schools-reopen.html
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