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Post by Admin on Sept 10, 2020 5:53:51 GMT
One of America’s top fitness gurus has some surprising advice today: avoid the gym! Jillian Michaels rose to fame on the hit show “The Biggest Loser” and now runs a fitness empire. She revealed that she got COVID-19 from a friend, after letting her guard down for just an hour. She said that public gyms are a horrible place to go if you’re afraid of catching the virus. President Donald Trump held a rally with 14,000 people in an aircraft hangar in North Carolina, and it had Dr. Fauci nervous.
On Tuesday, the fitness trainer, 49, revealed she had contracted COVID-19 "several weeks ago" as she discussed why people should consider not going to the gym amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
“If you are afraid of COVID, you should not go to the gym. And I actually am a person who let my guard down, I haven’t even spoken about this publicly really, and a very close friend of mine gave me COVID several weeks ago," she said during an interview with Fox Business discussing her at-home workout app.
“I’m fortunate to have gone into it being healthy and I was able to get on the other side of it pretty quick, but not everyone is that lucky as we know," she continued. "All I can tell you is if you are afraid of getting COVID, a public gym is probably a place where you will get it."
"I would love to tell you that’s not the case, but the reality is I literally get my guard down for an hour with one of my best friends who does my hair and makeup and got it," Michaels said. "It’s just that simple."
The Biggest Loser alum went on to explain that her friend did not know she had coronavirus when they met up, and neither one of them knew they had contracted the virus until days after the meeting.
"If you’re not in a mask and that person is not in a mask, and they have COVID and have no idea — because, by the way, I had no idea that I had it for six days [and] my friend had no idea that she had it when she gave it to me — anticipate that you will likely get it in an environment like that," she said of going to the gym.
"If you are afraid of it, by all means, it’s not a move that I would recommend making," Michaels added.
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Post by Admin on Sept 19, 2020 19:34:25 GMT
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday reversed controversial coronavirus testing guidance that said people who were exposed to an infected person but weren’t showing any symptoms did “not necessarily need a test.” The new guidance said that people without symptoms who have been in close contact with an infected person “need a test.” The CDC defines “close contact” as being within 6 feet of a person with a confirmed Covid-19 infection for at least 15 minutes.  “Please consult with your healthcare provider or public health official. Testing is recommended for all close contacts of persons with SARS-CoV-2 infection,” the new guidance said. “Because of the potential for asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic transmission, it is important that contacts of individuals with SARS-CoV-2 infection be quickly identified and tested.” Numerous studies have shown that people can carry and spread the virus without showing symptoms — both in the presymptomatic stage and in cases where they never develop symptoms. Public health specialists and officials at the World Health Organization have repeatedly emphasized the importance of testing people who don’t have symptoms in order to cut off chains off transmission.  Many public health specialists criticized the CDC’s change in testing guidance in August for appearing to downplay the significance of testing people who don’t have symptoms but who might be spreading the virus. The CDC called the shift in guidance a “clarification” and noted the “the need to test asymptomatic persons.” |
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Post by Admin on Sept 22, 2020 1:49:00 GMT
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday sowed confusion over its stance on the airborne transmission of the coronavirus, by publishing — and then removing — new guidance that suggested the virus can spread beyond the 6-foot parameter that’s become commonly accepted in social distancing policy.
The agency pulled the new guidance, which marked a significant shift in understanding of how the virus has spread. Previously, the CDC said the virus spread through direct exposure and inhalation of droplets only within about six feet of another person.
But recently, scientific research has advanced the idea that infected aerosol particles can linger in the air for longer than previously thought — something the CDC appeared to acknowledge before it quickly reversed itself, saying the new language was posted by mistake, and was simply a draft version.
Even so, the move has some experts concerned.
Dr. Howard Koh, a former U.S.Health and Human Services (HHS) assistant secretary, said the information was correct and needed to be published soon. He added that even if it was mistakenly posted early, there have been too many redactions and reversals during the pandemic for experts not to be wary.
“To rectify the latest challenge, the CDC must acknowledge that growing scientific evidence indicates the importance of airborne transmission through aerosols, making mask wearing even more critical as we head into the difficult fall and winter season,” Koh said.
According to epidemiologist Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, the new developments mean that six feet may not be enough of a distance, especially in indoor spaces — and that there had been growing convergence on that point among scientists around the world for months.
But the CDC’s reversal, even if temporary, is both shocking and expected, Feigl-Ding said.
“I don’t understand what there is to politically gain by denying the existence of aerosol transmission. At this point, trust in the CDC and FDA are just so woefully deficient,” he told Yahoo Finance Monday.
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Post by Admin on Sept 22, 2020 5:53:10 GMT
A single passenger spread Covid-19 to 15 other people aboard a flight from London to Hanoi, Vietnam, according to a study published Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Researchers identified a 27-year-old woman from Vietnam who had a sore throat and a cough before the flight as the source of the outbreak. Twelve passengers in business class and two in economy, as well as a crew member, were infected on the March 1 flight, the study says.
Upon arrival, her symptoms progressed further, and she tested positive four days later.
By March 10, contact tracing was conducted for all 217 people aboard the Vietnam Airlines flight, the study said. While people aboard the flight had traveled to 15 provinces in Vietnam, there was no "strong evidence" supporting potential Covid-19 exposure to others outside those on the flight.
"The risk for on-board transmission of SARS-CoV-2 during long flights is real and has the potential to cause Covid-19 clusters of substantial size," the study's authors wrote. "Our findings call for tightened screening and infection prevention measures by public health authorities, regulators, and the airline industry."
Health officials said that at the time of Flight VN54's arrival, passengers and crew members were not required to wear masks in airplanes or at airports. All passengers from Covid-19-infected areas, including the U.K., were screened by thermal imaging upon arrival, but the study does not say whether the woman was flagged for symptoms.
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Post by Admin on Sept 22, 2020 19:34:56 GMT
Jack Osbourne's 3-year-old daughter Minnie has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
During Monday's season 11 premiere of The Talk, co-host Sharon Osbourne opened up about how Minnie's diagnosis meant that she was unable to appear live in-studio as originally planned.
"I was meant to be in the studio, I was so looking forward to it," Sharon, 67, told her fellow co-hosts. "And then, unfortunately, one of my granddaughters [Minnie] has come down with COVID."
"She’s okay, she’s doing good," she added of Minnie's condition. "I don't have it. Her daddy [Jack Osbourne] doesn’t have it. Her mommy doesn’t have it. Her sisters don't."
Saying that Minnie got the illness "from somebody who works for my son," Sharon said Minnie testing positive for coronavirus "just goes to show you, she’s 3 years of age, that children can get COVID."
While Sharon, who has repeatedly tested negative for coronavirus, admitted that she wanted to see cohosts Sheryl Underwood, Eve and Carrie Ann Inaba "so bad," she said she only has "one more week left of quarantining and then I'm out."
And when Underwood, 56, asked Sharon, "Did Jack ask about me? He may need me to come and quarantine with him," Osbourne replied, “He is equally as upset because he was planning on coming to the studio with me just to wish you good luck.”
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