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Here is an interesting paper in Nature on the conditions that promote the spread of the virus. It may be directly relevant to the things we need to keep in mind once TT clubs re-open.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2271-3_reference.pdf
Based on this, some of the places that are likely to be especially problematic are toilets and probably table surfaces, and any place people congregate. It can be mitigated by constant cleaning. So if you start playing again, and I know some of you will, keep this in mind. I would definitely NOT use the toilets at your club!
The bigger the room you play in the better. But bear in mind, as I have pointed out repeatedly, odds of infection are not just dependent on distance, they are also dependent on time that you spend in the general vicinity of someone shedding the virus because they are simply breathing. The danger comes from close contact with infected people and touching infected surfaces. With that said, the authors of the Nature paper cannot say for sure that the RNA they are detecting comes from active viruses, and as yet nobody knows the actual mean number of virus particles one would need to actually get sick. Still, this was interesting.
Not surprisingly based on this, you are far more likely to catch this thing in a closed (indoor) environment than an open one (18.7 more likely according to the pre-print linked below).
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.28.20029272v2
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2271-3_reference.pdf
Based on this, some of the places that are likely to be especially problematic are toilets and probably table surfaces, and any place people congregate. It can be mitigated by constant cleaning. So if you start playing again, and I know some of you will, keep this in mind. I would definitely NOT use the toilets at your club!
The bigger the room you play in the better. But bear in mind, as I have pointed out repeatedly, odds of infection are not just dependent on distance, they are also dependent on time that you spend in the general vicinity of someone shedding the virus because they are simply breathing. The danger comes from close contact with infected people and touching infected surfaces. With that said, the authors of the Nature paper cannot say for sure that the RNA they are detecting comes from active viruses, and as yet nobody knows the actual mean number of virus particles one would need to actually get sick. Still, this was interesting.
Not surprisingly based on this, you are far more likely to catch this thing in a closed (indoor) environment than an open one (18.7 more likely according to the pre-print linked below).
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.28.20029272v2
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