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Staying Six Feet Apart Often Isn’t Enough During COVID-19 Pandemic – Healthline
Medical experts reported in the medical journal BMJ that there are many situations where 6 feet is not enough to keep your risk low during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 6-foot rule dates back to the late 1800s, when German scientist Carl Flügge found that pathogens were present in large droplets expelled from the nose and mouth. Most of these droplets fell to the ground within 3 to 6 feet of the person with an infection.
In the 1940s, advances in photography enabled researchers to capture images of these expiratory droplets being sprayed when a person sneezed, coughed, or talked.
Other studies around that time found that large particles quickly fell to t…
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