04-28-2021, 01:31 AM
RgrF wrote:
The constant dis-unified drip of information adds up. Today MIT released a study that found social distancing (6 feet) was a fallacy...
Not at all.
It's nuanced. And also NOTHING WE DIDN'T ALREADY KNOW IF WE'VE ALL BEEN PAYING ATTENTION.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/20...-airborne/
The common six-foot social distancing guidance on its own may not be enough to protect people from contracting the coronavirus while spending time indoors, according to a report that examined the virus’s airborne transmission risk.
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology argued that not all indoor settings are the same, varying by size, ventilation, air filtration, occupancy and the nature of the activity. While the core premise of the study isn’t new, the research offers more details (and a handy online risk-assessment calculator) to help people better understand what factors in a given indoor setting may increase their risk for catching the coronavirus.
“For airborne transmission, social distancing in indoor spaces is not enough, and may provide a false sense of security,” Martin Z. Bazant, an MIT chemical engineering professor and the paper’s lead author, told The Washington Post in an email...
Of course, one way to address this is to always wear a mask as well as respecting social distance when working/socializing indoors.
“Efficient mask use is the most effective safety measure, followed by room ventilation, then filtration,” Bush told The Post in an email. “And risk increases with the number of occupants and the exposure time, so one should try to spend as little time as possible in crowded indoor spaces.”
...The researchers stressed their findings do not suggest that social distancing is ineffective — only that it does not provide sufficient protection in the particular indoor circumstances calculated in their models.
RgrF wrote: Whether factual or not this sort of thing gets weaponized by political types - types who don't give "rats ass" if people get sick or if they die but are willing to use the pandemic to further their drive for power.
Not disagreeing with that at all.