silliesandsmiles

Not the OP, but someone who watched an infectious disease researcher discuss this. The study that determined this aerosolized the virus, then sprayed it into a rotating air drum that was designed to not disturb the virus. In that specific condition, the virus was able to remain air born for three hours. So unless you live in a rotating air drum being sprayed with Covid 19, it’s unlikely that this happens in the real world. The disease is spread through droplets which fall to the ground roughly 6 feet from origin.

What are your experiences with strep? My brother has Cerebral Palsy and has no immunity to strep - he got it i believe 9 times this winter, and that's without tonsils and adenoids. I have read that some doctors believe CP to be related to the mother getting strep while the baby is in the womb.

Every day I am reminded of how brave he is - I just wanted to say thanks for doing this, I love spreading awareness about CP. By the time he was eight, he had endured over ten surgeries, and my mother chose to be a stay at home mom, because he had PT, OT, ST and doctors appointments almost every day as a little boy. My brother wore similar braces in preschool and we called them his space boots to make him feel better! He has a very mild case and can walk and move fairly well, but it has definitely posed a challenge for him. He still struggles with his fine motor skills. He is very intelligent, but his grades still suffer some because he really likes to be independent and take notes on his own, but his handwriting is not very legible. As a child, we all learned the basics of sign language because his speech was incredible difficult to discern, which caused behavioral problems because he communicate his needs. At first glance he can appear fairly normal, and we have had a hard time getting people to understand that he isn't just clumsy but has a medical condition. He is very active with the Boy Scouts, and regularly goes camping, and he has a green belt in Karate (he is 15 now.) However, because he is not in a wheelchair and is intelligent, we have had people accuse us of lying about his condition to get special treatment. This includes instances with teachers, customer service, and leaders of the Boy Scouts.

I'd love to see how to handshake!