We have societal and cultural advantages over China in regards to spreading between us.
1. We cover our mouths when we sneeze and cough.
2. Far fewer heavy smokers here.
3. We wash our hands.
4. We don’t tend to live in huge apartment towers with shared circulation systems.
5. I’d like to think we listen to some basic science over superstition - your mileage may vary.
6. We don’t eat family style from the same bowls/plates using dirty chopsticks.
We also live with far cleaner air.
just to bounce off your post since you mentioned smokers (i.e, ACE-2s) - is this limited only to cigarette tobacco or could that relate to combustible materials per se? Or even those with high exposure to combustible materials such as first responders? Firemen/emt/leo ?