This is a classic example of invincibility and complacency – that nothing will happen to me even while the entire world is suffering with Covid.
Passengers went on a cruise while covid was raging, presuming that Covid won’t infect their isolation on the ship (in deep water!) never realizing that asymptomatics are the core carrier rather then those who are actively infected.
Exactly this is what happens around us. Yesterday, i was talking with friend and I realized, he was not using a mask despite the incidence being very high in their state.
That’s pathetic, i understand coronavirus is not seen and leave behind a trail of fragrance but understand, everytime an asymptomatic exhales or sneezes, they blow approximately 54 million copies of the virus in the air. It is now known that these copies stay for at least 3-6 hours in the air. That air may drift in your direction and not having a mask while exposed to potentially infectious airborne virus is a culpable negligence, especially knowing that it may make you another asymptomatic carrier.
This pandemic is replete with examples where the asymptomatic have infected the gullible and innocent unexposed. It is the later who have taken the brunt from SARS CoV2.
Shashank Heda, MD
Dallas, Texas, US
Coronavirus: Dozens test positive for Covid-19 on Norwegian cruise ship
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53636854
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