Can Runners Infect You?

Horrific video shows coronavirus particles from runners can infect you even if you’re 2m away – The Sun

  • new animation has proven that the UK’s two metre – or six feet – social distancing rule might not be enough to keep you safe during the pandemic if you’re out jogging.It shows that as well as risking infecting other joggers, runners are also risk of infecting people walking in the street – as well as cylists.
  • running side-by-side could be less risky than in single file, as you are far less likely to be struck with any potentially infected fluids.
  • In the side-by-side scenario, when one person coughs or sneezes, the majority of the droplets travel behind the runners, not next to them.Mr Horner added that this is what makes the scenario in which runners jog in single file so unsafe.He said: “If someone coughs, those droplets are suspended in the air and, if you are six feet behind, you are going to run right into them and it doesn’t give them enough time to fall to the ground.”The droplets go straight out and go behind you so if you’re next to someone – ignoring wind conditions –  it won’t hit you.”

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