After briefly detecting that the virus that causes COVID-19 is spreading through the air, the Centers for Disease Control removed the publication.
In a segment of the agency titled “How COVID Spreads,” the CDC first identified that “suspended droplets and particles” can stay in the air and infect others, a mode of spread that has been supported by widespread evidence for months. , and what President Trump stated in February in a phone call with Bob Woodward.
“In general, un vented indoor environments increase this risk,” the guide says.
But on Monday, the CDC deleted the guide, it had been “published by mistake. “
The sudden hijacking of widely accepted clinical management comes after months of scandal at the CDC, which revolves around episodes in which Trump’s management-appointed people twisted the agency’s recommendations to adapt to political demands.
In fact, this isn’t the first time the CDC’s online page has played a role in those scandals. The company posted a recommendation on its online page last week asking for ability to control other asymptomatic people who had been in close contact with other inflamed people. a misguided recommendation that was widely noted as an effort to mitigate check numbers in the run-up to the presidential election.
The role of aerosol transmission in the spread of the culprit COVID-19 virus is incredibly important: while droplets can only spread at short distances, viruses that are transmitted through smaller, lighter aerosols can infect others much further. He argued that this mode of transmission partly explains how and why the disease spreads so quickly.
But the meaning is not limited to clinical understanding alone. The recommendations accompanying aerosol transmission are much more restrictive, adding the closure of many indoor activities where masking should be used. in gym classes “like harmful situations.