‘Don’t spend lots of time next to someone. This coronavirus doesn’t magically jump between two people — it’s time and dose…’
The message I think we have to say is being outside is really a very important thing [for Covid-19]. It’s getting fresh air, and being able to move and exercise. It turns out that being in the outside environment dissipates these aerosols very, very quickly. Of all the outbreaks that happened in Wuhan, China where people get together with one infected individual and then transmission occurred — all but one of them occurred inside.
So, I think this is the time of year when people need to take advantage of parks and walks separated by 6, 10, 12 feet knowing they can feel very safe about that. It’s time and dose, so you’re not going to get infected by passing somebody on the path. That’s the good message: Get people out, get them exercising, and take them out.
New episode of the “Osterholm Update: COVID-19”! In today’s podcast, @mtosterholm delves into the role that asymptomatic people might play in the spread of #COVID19, the issue of repeat PCR tests and “chronic infection,” & more on masks and shutdowns https://t.co/CFNhKusmG7 pic.twitter.com/wtNtf3JHg7
— CIDRAP (@CIDRAP) June 10, 2020