# Covid infections declining worldwide **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [February 17, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-infections-declining-worldwide/933153 "2021-02-17T18:49:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 55
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-infections-declining-worldwide/933153/55 "2021-03-02T04:31:49Z")
It is entirely possible that we are vaccinating the super spreaders right now (the old and the fat). My post in the breaking news thread. > [@Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2021 Breaking News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/575): > > I just ran across this interesting paper. [https://www.pnas.org/content/118/8/e2021830118](https://www.pnas.org/content/118/8/e2021830118) I’ve been wondering, ever since the announcement of “super spreaders” and super spread events, whether it is possible to identify individuals most likely to be super spreaders and maybe mitigate their ability to spread. This paper is not a definitive study, but it does seem to identify the characteristics of individuals that exhale more aerosols than the general population and provide some potential mitig… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-infections-declining-worldwide/933153)._