My Op Ed: This is more reason to reopen churches and have Trump rallies. Come on Trumpers, shout glory to Trump and Jesus. If we ever hope to end Trumpism we need to help cause the extinction of the MAGAts Do your thing COVID-19.
A minute of loud talking can generate more than 1,000 coronavirus-laden droplets that linger in the air for 8 minutes, new research shows
Just one minute of loud speech can produce over 1,000 coronavirus-containing droplets, a
new study found.
These droplets can linger in the air for eight-plus minutes, presenting a "likely mode of disease transmission," the study authors said.
The research also suggests that louder speech produces a higher number of droplets.
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Talking loudly produces enough droplets to transmit the coronavirus to others,
a new study confirms.
Given that
one milliliter of oral fluid contains approximately 7 million copies of the coronavirus (according to previous research), the authors of the new study determined that speaking loudly for just one minute can emit more than 1,000 virus-containing droplets. Their work, published in the journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, also shows that those droplets can then remain in the air for eight minutes or longer.
"Speech droplets generated by asymptomatic carriers of SARS-CoV-2 are increasingly considered to be a likely mode of disease transmission," the researchers wrote.
The study also found that louder speech produces a higher number of droplets, though the authors noted that "there is a substantial probability that normal speaking causes airborne virus transmission in confined environments."
"The act of singing, itself, might have contributed to transmission through emission of aerosols, which is affected by loudness of vocalization," the CDC report said.
The new study found that droplets emitted via speech shrink to between 20% and 34% of their original size after they're released into the air. That slows down the speed at which they fall to ground, meaning they can remain in the air for several minutes.
The findings come as states begin lifting lockdowns, allowing businesses to reopen and permitting some social gatherings. In some places,
unmasked crowds are defying
social-distancing guidelines, sparking concerns about new outbreaks.
"We're not reopening based on science," Dr. Thomas Frieden, a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
told The New York Times. "We're reopening based on politics, ideology, and public pressure. And I think it's going to end badly."
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COVID 19 Statistics
Coronavirus (COVID-19) statistics
From May 16 2:40 pm to May 16 7:50 pm 1167 Americans have died from COVID-19. That is over 1000 people every 5 hours who have died from COVID-19. That's over 5000 Americans per day who are killed by COVID-19
Sorry Trump and sorry MAGAts, COVID 19 is not a hoax so shut your filthy lie holes!