On today’s episode: It’s Nobel Prize time! A serendipitous discovery may mean new treatment options for Type 2 diabetes. It’s time to talk about COVID being airborne. All that and more today on All Around Science…

LINKS: * ARTICLE: Herd Immunity - A Rough Guide * ARTICLE: Nobel Prize Annoucement * ARTICLE: Remote control of blood sugar: Electromagnetic fields treat diabetes in animal models * LETTER: Airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 * ARTICLE: Assessment and Comparison of different mask types

List of articles showing evidence for SARS-CoV-2 airborne transmission:

  • Online ahead of print.
    Viable SARS-CoV-2 in the air of a hospital room with COVID-19 patients
  • Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by inhalation of respiratory aerosol in the Skagit Valley Chorale superspreading event
  • Reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2
  • The airborne lifetime of small speech droplets and their potential importance in SARS-CoV-2 transmission
  • COVID-19 patients in earlier stages exhaled millions of SARS-CoV-2 per hour
  • Short-range airborne route dominates exposure of respiratory infection during close contact

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