CNN: Boston biotech conference led to 245,000 Covid-19 cases across US, genetic fingerprinting shows. “A biotech conference in Boston last February that’s already been flagged as a Covid-19 superspreading event led to at least 245,000 other cases across the US and Europe, a new genetic fingerprinting study shows. One single case seems to have been […]
CNN: A person who went to work while sick is likely the cause of two separate Covid-19 outbreaks in Oregon. “The action in question: A person knowingly went to work while sick and later tested positive for the virus, Douglas County officials said last week. Two separate Covid-19 outbreaks have now been traced back to […]
Washington Post: An Ohio wedding left dozens with the coronavirus, including the bride and groom: ‘It starts to take a toll on you’. “When Mikayla Bishop began walking down the aisle in October, the bride immediately noticed that even though she had provided masks, almost no one was wearing one. ‘I’m walking down the aisle,’ […]
ABC News: Wedding with over 300 guests in Washington state linked to COVID-19 outbreak. “A wedding in Washington state attended by over 300 people has been linked to nearly 40 COVID-19 cases so far, health officials said. The massive party was held near Ritzville, in rural Adams County, on Nov. 7, officials said.”
Daily Beast: Parents Tried to Cover Up a ‘Superspreader’ Dance. Disaster Ensued.. “A massive, unmasked homecoming party at a steakhouse in Missouri included a deliberate campaign to hide from pesky health officials and contact tracers.”
Los Angeles Times: Super-spreading wedding party demonstrates COVID-19 risk posed by holiday gatherings. “If you want to know why public health officials are so nervous about how much worse the COVID-19 pandemic will get as the holiday season unfolds, consider what happened after a single, smallish wedding reception that took place this summer in rural […]
Inverse: Massive dataset reveals 4 superspreader sites to avoid this winter. “To show how these mobility shifts influence disease transmission, scientists have just released a far-reaching, yet fine-grained, dynamic model. The data maps how 98 million Americans in ten of the nation’s largest metro areas moved through half a million different establishments — from bodegas […]
EurekAlert: Stanford-led team creates a computer model that can predict how COVID-19 spreads in cities. “The study, published today in the journal Nature, merges demographic data, epidemiological estimates and anonymous cellphone location information, and appears to confirm that most COVID-19 transmissions occur at ‘superspreader’ sites, like full-service restaurants, fitness centers and cafes, where people remain […]
Poynter: Here’s a spreadsheet of COVID-19 superspreader events from around the world. “The database describes where the event happened, what kind of location it was (such as a prison, meat processing plant, nursing home, etc.) and, interestingly, provides the geographic coordinates that make it easy to map. Look at the U.S. data and you will […]
Washington Post: How the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally may have spread coronavirus across the Upper Midwest. “Within weeks of the gathering, the Dakotas, along with Wyoming, Minnesota and Montana, were leading the nation in new coronavirus infections per capita. The surge was especially pronounced in North and South Dakota, where cases and hospitalization rates continued their […]
The College Post: Monmouth Goes Online After ‘Super-Spreader Event’ Led to 125 Infections. “A ‘super-spreader event’ at Monmouth University’s New Jersey campus led to over 100 positive cases of COVID-19, forcing the school to cancel all its in-person classes. The university found out about the event, which happened two weeks ago off-campus, after it noticed […]
The Atlantic: This Overlooked Variable Is the Key to the Pandemic. “By now many people have heard about R0—the basic reproductive number of a pathogen, a measure of its contagiousness on average. But unless you’ve been reading scientific journals, you’re less likely to have encountered k, the measure of its dispersion. The definition of k […]
Medium: Covid-19 Superspreading Events Database. “SSEs appear to be the key driving force behind the current pandemic, so in order to have a better chance of containing the virus it is crucial to find out whether the many SSEs that took place around the world share certain characteristics. Knowing in what types of settings SSEs […]