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Masks, Ventilation Stop COVID Spread Better than Social Distancing

Masks, Ventilation Stop COVID Spread Better than Social Distancing - ماسک و تهویه مهم تر از فاصله

The results indicate masks and proper ventilation may be key to allowing more capacity in schools, businesses and other indoor areas.

A new study from the University of Central Florida suggests that masks and a good ventilation system are more important than social distancing for reducing the airborne spread of COVID-19 in classrooms.

The research, published recently in the journal Physics of Fluids, comes at a critical time when schools and universities are considering returning to more in-person classes in the fall.

Release date: 05 April 2021
Source: University of Central Florida 

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Masks Not Enough to Stop COVID-19’s Spread Without Distancing

Masks Not Enough to Stop COVID19 Spread Without Distancing - استفاده از ماسک بدون فاصله گذاری برای کنترل کرونا کافی نیست

Simply wearing a mask may not be enough to prevent the spread of COVID-19 without social distancing.

In Physics of Fluids, by AIP Publishing, researchers tested how five different types of mask materials impacted the spread of droplets that carry the coronavirus when we cough or sneeze.

Each of the masks captured the vast majority of droplets, ranging from the regular cloth mask, which allowed about 3.6% of the droplets to go through, to the N-95 mask, which statistically stopped 100% of the droplets. But at distances of less than 6 feet, even those small percentages of droplets can be enough to get someone sick, especially if a person with COVID-19 sneezes or coughs multiple times.

Release date: 22 December 2020
Source: American Institute of Physics

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COVID-19 outbreak lasts days longer for each day’s delay in social distancing

COVID-19 delayed implementing social distancing - تاخیر در فاصله گذاری اجتماعی در زمان همه گیری کرونا

Epidemiological researchers have published research finding every day a city delayed implementing social distancing measures after the appearance of a first case added 2.4 days to the length of the outbreak.

Release date: 1 June 2020

Source: University of Texas at Austin