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What is the current thinking on how far covid-containing droplets can travel and how long they remain suspended in the air? would i need to be concerned abt inhaling them if i went for a walk and a covid carrier had passed by a few minutes before?
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Airborne coronavirus: Airborne transmission can occur but is rare. No cases are known to have been acquired outdoors. Don't worry about it.
Answered 8/22/2020
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COVID concerns: Situations in which COVID 19 transmission may be more likely through aerosolized particles are when individuals are in a crowded, poorly ventilated indoor space . Not when someone walks in an outdoor where someone else who may be COVID positive has just passed. Droplet transmission (larger than aerosolized particles) continues to be a major mode of transmission - when someone coughs/ sneezes at
Answered 8/22/2020
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