You can catch Covid from someone at 20 meters here, the study says
The researchers found that this daily behavior can always be risky despite safety precautions.
There are few districts of the economy that have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic as seriously as the restaurant industry. And while many states have played with different regulations to allow seemingly safe levels ofindoor dining room To start the backup as a life-saving buoy, the editing of the evidence shows that the meal inside is almost never without risk. ThisIncludes a new report It thought it was possible to catch Covid from someone else in a restaurant 20 meters away. Read it to see why you should take your next order to go, and for more behaviors to avoid,You should not do this one with your family now, who warns.
The new case study, which has been published in theKorean Journal Medical ScienceccE 23 November, investigated the perplexinstance of a teenager in South Korea Who tested positive for COVID-19 despite not having traveled recently, nor new cases reported in the province for one month. Thanks to the analysis of mobile phone data, video sequences and even a recreation of the stage, the researchers discovered that adolescence had been infected after spending five minutes in the same restaurant as the international business traveler who has been tested later positive for the virus.
The researchers were able to establish thatAir currents at the restaurant had made the virus capable of propagating much further than the six feet of social distancing recommended to the public. "Incredibly, despite the out session, the flow of air went down from the wall and created a wind valley"LEE JU-HYUNG, MD, an epidemiologist and one of the authors of the study, said to theLos Angeles Times. "The people who were from this line were infected."
The study adds to the evidence of assembly which, despite great efforts made by health and restorers officials, the dining room remains a difficult activity to make sure of the way safety of how the coronavirus can propagate - to know that eating or drinkingmake an impossible mask. This includes a report from disease control and prevention centers (CDC) published in September, which found that those who had eaten in a restaurant in the last two weeks weretwice as likely to test positive For COVID-19.
"Eat inside in a restaurant isone of the most risky things you can do In a pandemic "Linsey Marr, Professor of Engineering at Virginia Tech who has not been involved in the study, told theThat time. "Even if there is a distance, as shown that these shows and other studies show, distancing is not enough."
But restaurants are not the only places you need to worry about during the pandemic. Continue reading for more sites that worry medical experts and places that have trouble containing Covid,This surprising state is to see the worst pushed Covid in the United States.
1 Bars
In an interview withThe New York Times,Anthony Fauci, MD, reiterated one of his warnings most often repeated. "The bars are really problematic. I have to tell you, if you look atsome of the epidemics we have seenWhen people enter bars,cluttered bars, "he warned.
"I loved to sit at a bar and catch a hamburger and a beer. But when you are in a bar, people lean on your shoulder to have a drink, people side by side like that. It's a little fun. Because it's social, but it's not fun when thatThe virus is in the air. So I think if you want you to want to spend for the moment, it's the bars, "he advised. And for more future of the pandemic,You should not do that just after getting a Covid vaccine, expert warns.
2 Planes
Fauci clarified that anyone who is high - for example, someone who is as old as he at the age of 79 - shouldAvoid "flying on a plane". But it's a different case for young people in good health: "If you are a 25-year-old child who has no underlying conditions, it's a lot different," he saysThe New York Times. And for the signs you could already be sick,This strange pain could be the first sign you have COVID, the study says.
3 Public transport
"It depends on your individual situation. If you are someone who is in the highest risk category, as best as possible, do not travel anywhere," said FauciThe New York Timeswhen questioned about public transport. "If you go somewhere, you have a car, you are in your car for yourself, do not mount on a crowded metro, do not get on a cluttered bus." And for more information up to date,Sign up for our daily newsletter.
4 Hotels
Although the CDC has specifically advised against travel, it has not stopped millions of Americans fromhit the road and take the sky. The agency warns that traveling "increases your chances of getting and spreading Covid-19", stay in a hotel likevery risky Behavior in its guidelines, twice only to stay in an inn or dormitory style home. And to minimize risks during the holidays,This is the only way to choose a "Christmas evening without danger," says Doctor.