Health
How coronavirus spreads through the air: 5 essential facts – Inverse
Scientists explain what aerosols are, how airborne particles can transmit the coronavirus, and how to protect yourself.
Scientists have been warning for months
that the coronavirus could be spread by aerosols tiny respiratory droplets that people emit when they talk or sneeze and that can linger in the air.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention appeared to acknowledge that risk on Sept. 18. It posted guidance on its website listing aerosols among the ways the virus spreads and saying there was growing evidence the airborne particles can remain suspended and travel beyond 6 feet. But three days later, …
-
Noosa News21 hours agoCommissioner thanks police officer who threw a speed radar at a car
-
Noosa News20 hours agoDefence investigation finds Taipan pilot’s actions possibly prevented further fatalities in crash
-
Noosa News19 hours agoNo matter what happens in his Origin debut, history beckons for rookie maroon Robert Toia
-
General17 hours agoDairy farmers devastated by floods across parts of New South Wales