Thread: nCoV 2019
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Old 18th July 2020, 15:57     #916
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Originally Posted by Ab
To be fair, going to the beach does not seem to be a problematic activity. Outside, not too close to other people, sunshine, salt water. The media keeps posting outragepieces featuring crowds at beaches but it's just clickbait.

Groups of closely-packed people breathing each other's respiration INDOORS, that's the timebomb. Pubs, concerts, shopping centres, churches, buses and trains.
I'm sure somewhere I saw some modelling for the spread of particles of corona virus laden droplets - the point was that when air is moving, say, because of an airconditioning unit, or a light breeze, the particles could travel much further. Beaches often have breezes.
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