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CDC updates guidance on disinfectants versus soap to stop spread of COVID-19
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said "disinfection is only recommended in indoor-setting schools and homes where there has been a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19, within the last 24 hours."
The updated guidance tracks what health officials and medical experts have already advised –that the risk of passing on or becoming infected with the respiratory virus through "fomite" surfaces is low, compared to direct contact, droplet or airborne transmission. But the announcement Monday offers new specifics,saying there is "little scientific support" for routine disinfectant use to prevent surface contact infection.
It comes as the nation looks toward reopening and establishing new space and cleanliness guidelines.
Empty grocery store shelves in home cleanup aisles have been a common sight during the pandemic, with sales spiking as shoppers rush to purchase disinfectant sprays and wipes faster than stores are able to restock them.
https://abc7news.com/how-to-stop-spread-of-covid19-disinfectants-covid-lysol-clorox-wipes/10490931/
The CDC's COVID-19 Cleaning Guidelines Now Say You Can Take It Easy With the DisinfectantsNow the CDC says that, in order to protect against COVID-19, regularly cleaning with basic products or just soap and water is enough for most people. Focus on cleaning surfaces that are frequently touched (such as doorknobs, countertops, tables, and light switches) regularly and after you have visitors in your home. As for other surfaces, you can clean them as needed or when they're visibly dirty, the CDC says. Under these circumstances, you likely don't need to use disinfecting products.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/the-cdcs-covid-19-cleaning-guidelines-now-say-you-can-take-it-easy-with-the-disinfectants/ar-BB1fmpIX
Moms are hunting down breast milk filled with COVID-19 antibodies to feed to their kids of all agesParents are sharing breast milk with COVID-19 antibodies in an attempt to help protect their kids.
It's unclear how protective the milk is, and sharing outside of a milk bank can be risky.
Lactating women giving antibody-rich milk to their older children is harmless but may not be worth it.
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Some parents looking to protect their kids from COVID-19 are turning to an unconventional elixir: breast milk containing COVID-19 antibodies.
Some who can't or no longer breastfeed are seeking it from moms in their communities or online, and other lactating women are sneaking it in their older kids' meals, Intelligencer's Kevin Dugan reported.
Research has shown vaccinated and previously infected moms develop protective COVID-19 antibodies in their breast milk.
But it's unclear how effective they are at preventing disease in babies, how much milk would offer protection, and how long that protection would last. Sharing breast milk outside of a milk bank can be risky, too, and most kids don't get infected by COVID-19 as easily as young and older adults, nor do they tend to get as sick if they do.
But some parents say in the absence of a vaccine approved for little ones, using breast milk is a risk worth taking. "If there's a way I can do something that offers a level of protection to my child, I'd like to try," Courtney Carson, a mom of a four-month-old in Brooklyn whom Dugan interviewed told Good Morning America.
What we know about COVID-19 antibodies in breast milk Early in the pandemic, research showed how moms who've had COVID-19 can pass protective antibodies on in utero and through breast milk.
Study author Rebecca Powell told Insider her more recent research, which has yet to be published in a peer-reviewed journal, has shown that protection seems to last for up to 10 months, the longest her team has been able to track previously infected moms.
"We're finding that these antibodies are really, really durable over time, which is great," said Powell, an assistant professor of medicine and infectious diseases at Mount Sinai's Icahn School of Medicine
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/moms-are-hunting-down-breast-milk-filled-with-covid-19-antibodies-to-feed-to-their-kids-of-all-ages/ar-BB1fmIWe
>women are sneaking it in their older kids' meals
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You would think anon. Agreed, but people also think POTUS told them to drink bleach so there is that.