Early results from a survey of 2000 people in the UK and US has suggested that the COVID-19 transmitted through aerosol transmission is materially significant.
The survey analysed by a team of data scientists in the UK, Norway and the US is one of the first to examine a wide range of personal and work-related predictors of transmission.
Taking both samples together, being tall more than doubled the probability of having a COVID 19 medical diagnosis or positive test for people over 6ft.
The data in both countries, argue the researchers, could suggest that aerosol transmission is very likely, with taller individuals at higher risk – something that would not be expected if transmission was exclusively through droplets.
Fascinating, this may mean a positive for my shrinking from 5'2" - 4'11", so far had been negative, cannot reach top cupboards in kitchen, top of standard height fridge freezer, neck ache when talking to anyone over 5'8", needing long handled gubbins for opening/closing curtains, getting things out of wardrobes etc. Now just have to worry about droplets, not aerosol as well. Whoopee.
it happens to a lot of us . I was 5ft 6and half now 2 ins less and I don't like it . My kitchen was set at a height to suit me with wxtra space under upper cupboards and now guess what . I have a small stool in kitchen. Invaluable. Maybe I should raise the floor !
I am on the hunt, for something I know existed, it is a half step, with a raised handle on one side, to stop elderly frail from falling off. I fear a simple step, or a step on wheels, as my osteoporosis would ensure many fractures, if I was daft enough to fall off.
Thanks, absolutely it, was on the hunt for the metal version, not the wooden one, as when I did my job, the one like this had a better non-slip surface. As my kitchen is a square rather than galley shape, I have room for something like this, without falling over it!! Having been an Occupational Therapist in a previous life, I have watched as I have collected more and more of the equipment the same as the stuff I used to dish out. I suppose I am lucky, that I know what was available, and what was, but did not work.
I suppose that must be quite an advantage having some prior knowledge of the equipment and so on. There have been a number of things I’ve bought then found it’s not really suited to what I need.
Some stuff can be quite dangerous, I wish I could persuade people to, either go to the specialist shops, where they can try things, or get an OT from Social Services to give them and assessment and advice. There were things I could not supply, but could often tell people the pros and cons before they purchased something. There is an organisation online The Disabled Living Foundation, has been going for years, I used to take clients there when it was in West London. They have very good fact sheets and advice lines, it is just not enough people seem to know about them.
Have you looked at various aid companies? my local ableworld has a couple and others all have varients. About £25-30 . Look good with high handle . Good idea but dont know how stable they are. You reall,y need to see what you are buying and that is difficult at present. Since thinking about it i realise that i use a hand hold too as there is usually a table top nearby.
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