Oops. CDC Makes Big Correction About Spread of COVID-19

40 million jobs lost later the CDC says virus doesn't spread from surfaces

Cars lined up at a California food bank

After originally recommending the country go on lockdown because of the “easy” spread of COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a big “oops” regarding how the agency now believes the coronavirus spreads.

According to the most recent revisions to CDC information, the virus is spread not so much on surfaces like store door knobs, products and restaurant tables, but from intimate contact between inpiduals.

The news may come too late for businesses, big and small, on the verge of bankruptcy from lockdown orders that barred everything from sitting alone in a car in a church parking lot, walking in parks and swimming alone, to buying flower seeds at Michigan’s Home Depots and Lowes or buying a wedding ring.

The new data may also raise questions about how both the CDC and local governments acted in the to rush close down the entire society before all information had been collected and verified.

“We are still learning about how the virus spreads and the severity of illness it causes,” the agency now says.

The CDC is now admitting the coronavirus is generally spread between people who come into “close contact with one another,” as well as via “respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or talks” not on surfaces.

“The virus that causes COVID-19 is spreading very easily and sustainably between people. Information from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic suggest that this virus is spreading more efficiently than influenza, but not as efficiently as measles, which is highly contagious,” the CDC admits.

As for fears that the coronavirus is rampant on surfaces or objects, the CDC now says it believes the virus “does not spread easily in other ways,” beyond close contact with an infected person. That admission comes too late for many people who lost their jobs as a result of state and local orders to shut down 95% of businesses in most states.

Critics charge that the CDC should not have made lockdown recommendations based on only one or two studies and want the CDC to fess up.

The CDC does admit that because “COVID-19 is a new disease…we are still learning about how it spreads.”

One study published in March found that the coronavirus could remain on some surfaces for hours and even days. Researchers at the time evaluated the presence of the virus on surfaces and found that it could live on cardboard for up to 24 hours and plastic for up to 72 hours.

Experts now see those findings as dubious as other studies from the U.S. and Europe show the spread of Covid-19 much more difficult.

“It may be possible for COVID-19 to spread in other ways, but these are not thought to be the main ways the virus spreads,” the updated CDC information says.

The information might help to calm fears for those concerned about contracting the illness from some surfaces and give fuel to protests across the nation calling for restrictions to be eased so inpiduals can begin working.

Even so, the CDC continues to assert touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes could lead to infection but admits “This is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads, but we are still learning more about this virus”.

Still, the CDC advises that the best way to avoid becoming sick is to avoid close contact with others, wash your hands regularly with soap and water and keep surfaces clean.

Dr. John Whyte, the chief medical officer for WebMD, spoke to Fox News about the updated information and called it an “important step in clarifying how the virus is spread, especially as we gain new information.”

“It also may help reduce anxiety and stress. Many people were concerned that by simply touching an object they may get coronavirus, and that’s simply not the case. Even when a virus may stay on a surface, it doesn’t mean that it’s actually infectious,” Whyte told Fox News.

Source: Kansas City Metro

8 Comments
  1. jaded flower says

    Uh, the photo at the heading has been around for a while. Last time was used to show cars sitting on the dock at Long Beach as auto market hasn’t been good for over a year; too much inventory to send to dealerships. There’s a higher bar for independent media; otherwise, it falls to the category of “truther industrial complex”.

  2. cechas vodobenikov says

    it is now confirmed that at least 5 of the most populous US states lie about covid—conflating antibody and virus tests….can’t trust amerikan data—ever…soon acne and hangnails will also be counted as c19 in the USA

    1. jack duras says

      yes,Correct,is Exosomes,covid is a tool,for global enslavement

  3. voza0db says

    Our main problem is that the Herd of Slaves is DUMB ENOUGH to keep listening to the CDC and WHO and FDA… Good luck with that!

    1. Amanda says

      Yes, and they are impossible to wake up!! I honestly don’t know what to do. It seems all of us truthers talk with each other in these comment sections, but we don’t have a way of reaching the dumbed down masses who only listen to mainstream media.

      1. voza0db says

        I also like to go to sites that are clearly RIGHT or LEFT wing!

        On the LEFT wing sites… Most of them ban me after a few REALITY comments.

        On the RIGHT wing sites… I was never banned but the level of the conversations is very low, and it’s always about politicians!

        Slaves do enjoy their Masters!

      2. voza0db says

        The BEST thing I do is “I run in the outside fringe of the Herd”. I don’t draw the attention to me and I search for the places where I recognize the others slaves are dumb and don’t want to impose their dumbness…

        It’s impossible to wake up someone that wants to be in a coma!

    2. jack duras says

      100% agree

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