COVID19-Transmission, infection, policy research

The role of social mixing in increasing airborne disease infection rates

Post Author:Joel W Harper
Post published:July 7, 2020
Post Category:COVID-19 / Government Policy Recommendations / Infection Events / SARS-CoV-2 / Transmission
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Let’s imagine two very simple infection scenarios. They are analogous to typical interactions that occur in bars, clubs and other social events. In the first scenario one infected person is talking to another uninfected person. The probability of the person being infected will look like; We’ve set the infection probability as being 50% per 10 minutes of exposure. The x axis is time in minutes. The reason for its curve is for each additional 10 minute time unit an additional 50% is added. Note: The time lengths are arbitrary, and chosen for illustrative purposes. The graph tends towards 1, with…

Welcome to my virus research.

Post Author:Joel W Harper
Post published:July 2, 2020
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First post, new website, new determination to get my ideas out there. I have no lab, but I do have a great mind for outside the box thinking. I get very annoyed with the sloth-like behaviour of the UK's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE). The Indendent SAGE is arguably even worse, politics masquerading as science. I'm interested in the underlying science. There will be a bit of philosophy which formulates the perspective. Thanks for dropping by.