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BY BROOKE WOLFORD
MARCH 31, 2020 06:58 PM, UPDATED 18 MINUTES AGO
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend people stand six feet away from one another to avoid spreading the coronavirus.
But research suggests that is not nearly enough distance to keep yourself safe from the coronavirus.
Social distancing measures encourage people to either stay home or, in cases when you need to go out in public, keep a safe distance, according to CDC guidelines. But research suggests that safe distance is actually 27 feet, USA Today reported.
Research on the dynamics of coughs and sneezes found these exhalations cause gaseous clouds, that have the ability to travel up to 27 feet, Dr. Lydia Bourouriba, an associate professor at MIT, told USA Today.
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Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)I recommend about 6-miles, just to be certain. I think that would assure the proper and safest distance.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Says it's misleading; that you'd have to rear back and let out a very hearty sneeze, if then.
zackymilly
(2,375 posts)Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)I merely relayed what Fauci said, not giving my own opinion.
HarlanPepper
(2,042 posts)Where those studying are literally creating the most optimal conditions for it to remain airborne. They are not necessarily representative of real life conditions.
58Sunliner
(4,386 posts)Let's face it, you could get unlucky. Outside is one thing, inside without air currents or air disturbance is another. I don't go anywhere without a mask. Turbulent air would be safest. But you never know.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)mitch96
(13,909 posts)Kinda gross They also did a thing on flu transmission that was truly alarming...
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Azathoth
(4,609 posts)But the statistical likelihood of receiving an infectious dose of virus at 27 feet under real world conditions is probably pretty low.
That said, 6 feet is definitely a lower bound on safe distance if we're talking about someone coughing and sneezing without covering their face.