Two hairstylists who had coronavirus saw 140 clients. No new infections have been linked to the salon, officials say

CNN ^ | 6/11/2020 | Faith Karimi

[Slainte]

No cases of coronavirus have been linked to two Missouri hairstylists who saw 140 clients last month while symptomatic, county health officials said.

Both stylists worked at the same Great Clips location in Springfield. The clients and the stylists all wore face coverings, and the salon had set up other measures such as social distancing of chairs and staggered appointments, the Springfield-Greene County Health Department said this week.

Of the 140 clients and seven co-workers potentially exposed, 46 took tests that came back negative. All the others were quarantined for the duration of the coronavirus incubation period. The 14-day incubation period has now passed with no coronavirus cases linked to the salon beyond the two stylists, county health officials said.

[crusty old prospector]

Hmm.

[RayChuang88]

Well, it is summer. But starting around the autumnal equinox, people need to start taking 1,000 IU of Vitamin D3 and 22-25 mg of zinc in supplements per day to boost up their immune systems.

[House Atreides]

So, by now the two stylists are immune and can’t transmit the virus.

[WildHighlander57]

So, this shows that masks, distancing, and less crowded conditions work.

[Balding_Eagle]

It’s just as likely that the type of clippers they used reduced the likelihood of transmission

[Mom MD]

or it shows the virus is less contagious with brief contact than thought

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Yep. Toward the end of the article is this: “Studies have found that physical distancing and the use of a mask are the two best ways to prevent coronavirus transmission...This month, a study published in the Lancet medical journal found people should stay six feet apart and wear face coverings. It said the chance of transmission without a face mask was 17.4%, while that fell to 3.1% when a mask was worn.”

Of course, it’s the same Lancet magazine that recently published and later retracted the fraudulent study denouncing HCQ.

[Jordo]

The article wasn’t researched or written very well.

It says the stylists were symptomatic while they cut hair for 8 days. I wonder if “symptomatic” is a typo. Did Missouri encourage sick people to cut hair in mid-May? The story would make more sense if they were actually “asymptomatic”.

If they were really symptomatic, a good reporter would tell us their symptoms. Did they have fevers? Did they have mild symptoms consistent with spring allergies? Were they coughing up a lung?

As expected from incompetent CNN, the story doesn’t tell us what kind of masks were worn. That’s probably an important detail.

The story boils down to “people did stuff and stuff happened”. But CNN got to use some scary pictures with patients on stretchers and folks in haz-mat suits.

[montag813]

Well, it is summer. But starting around the autumnal equinox, people need to start taking 1,000 IU of Vitamin D3 and 22-25 mg of zinc in supplements per day to boost up their immune systems.

You missed one. Quercetin, which acts similarly to HCQ, but safely.

[CodeToad]

People act like this is a virus where contact with it is instant death.

[Trillian]

Here we go away with the “corona”.
The riots aren’t working to their advantage, so back to locking people down and closing businesses or keeping them closed if they haven’t been burned down.

[nitzy]

....Or possibly that summer works.

[curdogmen]

best keep secret in the usa....southern missouri...any where near springfield mo ...

[Slainte]

No, they were symptomatic when they were working. From a previous story- Both stylists had symptoms while at work, officials said. They did not provide details on their conditions or when they tested positive.

[TBP]

What the heck is wrong with these people? The experts said they were supposed to get sick! Why won’t they follow the science?

[xkaydet65]

This story is good news but the daily increase in positives and percentage of positives re tests and hospitalizations in Texas, Florida, and Georgia is worrisome.

[Tymesup]

Daniel McCarthy, senatorial candidate in AZ is on Chris Salcedo now. Says AZ has been sitting on 50k positive cases, is reporting them now, trying to create a spike.

Worldometer reported the same number of tests for Texas on the 10th and 11th - 1,348,893, with an increase in cases of 2,023.

[Mom MD]

That was a model not a study. there is no study proving distancing or face masks do anything. The New England Journal calls face masks a magic talisman at best

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Thanks for the correction. Damned hard to model airflow through and around masks in both directions during breathing, talking, shouting, sneezing and coughing.