Preventing The Spread of The Coronavirus

09-07-2020

Maintaining a distance of at least six feet is standard in current safety guidelines to reduce the risk of community spread of COVID-19. However, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Oxford recently published a report that said the rule is outdated and an oversimplification.

The authors of the report said that force of emission from activities such as coughing and shouting can produce aerosol particles that can travel through the air more than six feet. In addition, other factors—including crowd size, ventilation and exposure time—also need to be taken into consideration to provide greater protection in high-risk settings.