What Are COVID-19 Super-Spreader Events And How Can You Avoid Them?

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What Are COVID-19 Super-Spreader Events And How Can You Avoid Them?
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Certain conditions can fuel the spread of the coronavirus. This little trick can help you spot them.

“Super-spreader” is a non-scientific term, used to describe people who end up accidentally infecting significantly more people than would be expected – and in this case, we’re talking about people infecting others with COVID-19.

So far, super-spreader events have occurred in a range of places including meat packing plants, prisons, nightclubs and bars – basically any venue where people are in close proximity of one another, ventilation is poor and the virus gets the opportunity to spread like wildfire. Quentin Leclerc, a researcher in mathematical modeling of infectious disease, who was involved in the LSHTM analysis, says rather than focusing on the type of venue where the virus spreads , we should focus on the environmental conditions that appear to help fuel such events.

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