Rizal Philippines
3.23.2021
Despite stringent measures, covid19 cases have surged and registered the highest increase this March 2021 of 8000 cases.
What has caused this surge?
1. Growing laxity because of the on going vaccination
2. Too early opening of the economy?
3. Mix up on understanding of the mechanism of covid19 transmission
4. Politicalized and or militarized implementation of countermeasures vs covid 19
This post would like to touch on #3. Many have been influenced by the movie ""Pandemic" where many are led to believe that the virus is transmitted via fomite.
In many literature available, covid19 is a drop infection and is spread by saliva or sputum coming from a sneezing, talking, coughing or singing individual in an en closed space, crowd and close personal contract. And the virus attaches to mostly moist tissues of the throat and nose. The virus being only made of molecules and not of living organism can not exist in an open atmosphere especially where there are elevated temperature.
But what measures do we see:
1. Foot bath;
2. Disinfection
3. Lockdowns
4. Check points
5. Traffic control
In many parts most of the cases came from close personal contact with infected persons in hospitals (mostly that) or contact with persons in hospitals: So we must be on guard always with first layer of infection or that of third (reinfection from the secondary contact)
All the above do not address the primary mode of infection. 3, 4, 5 are mere declaration and show of force and might by the government; the disease transmission is minimally addressed by limiting and slowing the movement of persons.
What the govt must watch are the family affairs: parties, gatherings, baptism, funeral where people are carefree do not wear masks, talk freely, for hours, - situations that are ripe for the covid19 transmission.
NO NEED TO WONDER
