Dr. Nelson Lee from the Division of Infectious Diseases said while it's widely accepted the virus spreads through large droplets traveling up to two metres, smaller micro droplets could spread it further.
“When you add masking to hand hygiene, physical distancing and contact tracing and broad testing, then it’s probably a good part of the bundle,” said Stephanie Smith, professor of infectious diseases at the University of Alberta.
The premise was sound: Given the known, albeit distant, connections between kidney disease and gout, would a treatment for the latter have an impact on the former?
