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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 117, 期 41, 页码 25209-25211出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2011889117
关键词
COVID-19; virus transmission; speaking droplets; SARS-CoV-2
资金
- European Research Council [835117]
- National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the NIH
- European Research Council (ERC) [835117] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
To make the physics of person-to-person virus transmission from emitted droplets of oral fluid while speaking easily understood, we present simple and transparent algebraic equations that capture the essential physics of the problem. Calculations with these equations provide a straightforward way of determining whether emitted droplets remain airborne or rapidly fall to the ground, after accounting for the decrease in droplet size from water evaporation. At a relative humidity of 50%, for example, droplets with initial radii larger than about 50 mu m rapidly fall to the ground, while smaller, potentially virus-containing droplets shrink in size from water evaporation and remain airborne for many minutes. Estimates of airborne virion emission rates while speaking strongly support the proposal that mouth coverings can help contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
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