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Study reveals COVID-19 transmission rate on trains.

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A study by scientists from the University of Southampton has examined the chances of catching COVID-19 in a train carriage carrying an infectious person.

Based on high-speed routes in China, researchers from WorldPop found that for train passengers sitting within three rows (widthwise) and five columns (lengthwise) of an infected person (index patient) between zero and ten percent (10.3) caught the disease. The average rate of transmission for these ‘close contact’ travellers was 0.32 percent.

The study, in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Academy of Electronics and Information Technology, and Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, also showed that passengers travelling in seats directly adjacent to an index patient suffered the highest level of transmission, with an average of 3.5 percent contracting the disease. For those sitting on the same row, the figure was 1.5 percent.

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Interesting to see the highest level of transmission was 3.5%, much lower than I would have thought, what was not clear to me, was whether or not people were wearing face masks.

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"Based on high-speed routes in China"

So I would think yes, people were wearing face masks.

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If that is so, shows how effective masks are, also how well they sanitise the trains.

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Not if they are packed out like today on the last photo on this page:

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People are mad, I understand the age group, where people think they are invincible (boy racers in turbo cars and on motorbikes), this usually ends about 25 years of age, or in an A&E department. But a lot in these pictures are supposed to be of a sensible age.

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