According to the CDC, chlorine kills the virus. But droplets from an infected individual, who may be asymptomatic, can remain suspended in the air for hours.
The bigger question is why we are reopening the country without a plan for widespread testing, contact tracing, and isolation of positives. Presently only 5% of the population has been infected. Herd immunity will not occur until 70% have been. This is not the flu.
Agreed! But, here's a question for the herd immunity camp: Will herd immunity work if it hasn't been definitively proven that you can't get COVID-19 a second (or third...) time? If virus survivors can get infected again, and in turn infect others, this virus will just keep going in circles until we can all get vaccinated. It will be interesting to see what happens in Sweden and Brazil-- two countries being led by herd immunity advocates.
According to the CDC, chlorine kills the virus. But droplets from an infected individual, who may be asymptomatic, can remain suspended in the air for hours.
The bigger question is why we are reopening the country without a plan for widespread testing, contact tracing, and isolation of positives. Presently only 5% of the population has been infected. Herd immunity will not occur until 70% have been. This is not the flu.
Agreed! But, here's a question for the herd immunity camp: Will herd immunity work if it hasn't been definitively proven that you can't get COVID-19 a second (or third...) time? If virus survivors can get infected again, and in turn infect others, this virus will just keep going in circles until we can all get vaccinated. It will be interesting to see what happens in Sweden and Brazil-- two countries being led by herd immunity advocates.
