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Experts Warn: Rigid Social Distancing Rules for COVID-19 Based on Outdated Science – SciTechDaily
Rules should better reflect the multiple factors that combine to affect risk, say experts. Rules which stipulate a single specific physical distance (1 or 2 meters) between individuals to reduce the spread of COVID-19 are based on outdated science and experie…
Rules should better reflect the multiple factors that combine to affect risk, say experts.
Rules which stipulate a single specific physical distance (1 or 2 meters) between individuals to reduce the spread of COVID-19 are based on outdated science and experiences of past viruses, argue researchers in The BMJ on August 25, 2020.
Such rules are based on an over-simplistic dichotomy describing viral transfer by either large droplets or small airborne droplets emitted in isolation without accounti…
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