Two metres or one: what is the evidence for physical distancing in covid-19?
Article
Jones, Nicholas R. ; Qureshi, Zeshan U. ; Temple, Robert J. ; Larwood, Jessica P. ; Greenhalgh,Trisha ; Bourouiba, Lydia
2020
370
m3223
1-6
epidemic disease ; distance protection ; aerosols ; air movement ; ventilation ; risk assessment
Medicine - Toxicology - Health
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3223
English
Bibliogr.;Ill.
"Rigid safe distancing rules are an oversimplification based on outdated science and experiences of past viruses, argue Nicholas R Jones and colleagues.
Physical distancing is an important part of measures to control covid-19, but exactly how far away and for how long contact is safe in different contexts is unclear. Rules that stipulate a single specific physical distance (1 or 2 metres) between individuals to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing covid-19, are based on an outdated, dichotomous notion of respiratory droplet size. ..."
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