Catching COVID-19: Why where you sit in a classroom matters, and how ventilation can help
- Written by Suresh Dhaniyala, Bayard D. Clarkson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson University
Classroom experiments show how the coronavirus can spread and who's at greatest risk. Tom Werner via Getty Images
It doesn’t take long for airborne coronavirus particles to make their way through a room. At first, only people sitting near an infected speaker are at high risk, but as the meeting or class goes on, the tiny aerosols can spread.
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