Covid-19 patients ate before getting sick, study

A new study reveals that an increase in new infections is linked to this activity.


As scientists are studying the correlations between your actions and the spread of COVID-19, new connections are formed. The last is the link between you to be infected and dinner. "Higher restoration expenses appear to be related to faster propagation of coronavirus, according to a JPMorgan study," reportsCNBC. "JPMorgan has analyzed the data of 30 million hunting cards loaders and the University of Johns Hopkins and found that higher restoration expenses in a state predicted an increase in new three-week infections Later, "says the network. "In-person restaurant expenses were" particularly predictive ". Conversely, higher expenses in supermarkets predicted a slower propagation of the virus."

Dinner is "the strongest predictor"

"With regard to categories of card categories, we find that the level of expenditure in restaurants three weeks ago was the most powerful predictor of rising new cases of viruses over the next three weeks," has Written Jesse Edgerton, the Economic Department and Research of the Bank.

A warning: "The link between restaurants and Covid-19 did not suggest that eating either the main cause of the propagation of the virus. It might simply be a proxy for a wider set of policies that reduce distance distancing social ", note thehill.

"We recognize that the interaction among the many factors that can lead the propagation of the virus could be quite complex, and the states now find a rapid spread share other features beyond their catering expenses," said Edgerton. "But we always find it useful to see these relationships between economic activity and the subsequent propagation of the virus."

Dr. Fauci did not dinner

The Washington Post Asked for a number of experts that their thoughts on restoration in restaurants and not alone said they would do it.

  • "Anthony S. Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: We do not do anything inside. I do not eat in the restaurants. We are taking away. "
  • "Elizabeth Connick, Head of the Infectious Disease Division and Professor of Medicine and Immunobiology at the University of Arizona: No, no restaurants. I avoid any closed space with many people, especially when it's people I do not know the risk. I think the greatest risk is to be in a closed space and breathe the same air as other people breathe and not bearing masks. I would not go even if they wore masks. I could consider eating outside, even if I would not prefer. I think that be outside is much safer. Takeout, yes. I would die if I did not take away. "
  • "Linda bell, Epidemiologist of the state of South Carolina: I will not dine in a restaurant, but I will dine outdoors if the restaurant had safety safely. I am taking away. "
  • "Booby, Jacobson research teacher and former Dean de la Harvard T.h. Public Health School Chan: I will not dine inside now. I'm going to dine outside. I am a big believer outdoors, it's safer outdoors. "

As for yourself: do not go to an unconscious indoor restaurant that you are asking for you and for others; Wear a well-fitting home mask with several layers of quilt fabric, or an off-towering cone mask; practice social distancing; Wash your hands frequently; monitor your health; And to cross this pandemic with your healthiest, do not miss theseThings you should never do during the pandemic coronavirus.


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