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MIT researchers say ‘six-foot rule’ behind social distancing policies has ‘no physical basis’ – Gold Coast Bulletin
New research has cast doubt on the “six-foot rule” that has informed social distancing guidelines used around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic.

New research has cast doubt on the six-foot rule that has informed social distancing guidelines used around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professors Martin Z. Bazant and John W.M. Bush have challenge the long-held guideline adopted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organisation.
They claim the risk of being exposed to the virus indoors is the same at 60 feet as six feet – even while wearing a mask.
The…
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