I was thinking of thresholds that were more like “at least 12 feet apart, maybe 20 feet”, with nobody touching any objects.
My point is that since 45 out of 60 people were infected and they were spaced out, the farthest person infected in that group must have been quite far from the source of the infection, and keeping a even longer distance to be safe is probably impractical for most indoor spaces.
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(Also, I’m assuming this is all outdoors)
Didn’t notice this part earlier. I would be much less worried outdoors where virus particles are more likely to disperse instead of hang around, but don’t have any quantitative answers to offer.
I suspect the inside issue is something that will eventually have to be addresses via ventilation and filtration (as in planes) and attention to just how the air flows seems important here. That probably doesn’t get us back to distances pre-COVID-19 but at least gets to some new workable normal. (Unless we’re giving up direct social interactions and go to pure virtual reality solutions).
Outside might still need some work I think. If you’re thinking not overly crowded settings not nearly as much to worry about. However, things like open air markets, rallies, large spectator sporting events outside or even tightly packed streets may still be a bit problematic. I think a lot there will depend on infection density at that point. I would expect some type of cloud to still emerge from the crowd of people that may remain localized in a lot of weather settings.
My point is that since 45 out of 60 people were infected and they were spaced out, the farthest person infected in that group must have been quite far from the source of the infection, and keeping a even longer distance to be safe is probably impractical for most indoor spaces.
ETA:
Didn’t notice this part earlier. I would be much less worried outdoors where virus particles are more likely to disperse instead of hang around, but don’t have any quantitative answers to offer.
Ah, okay yes that makes sense.
I suspect the inside issue is something that will eventually have to be addresses via ventilation and filtration (as in planes) and attention to just how the air flows seems important here. That probably doesn’t get us back to distances pre-COVID-19 but at least gets to some new workable normal. (Unless we’re giving up direct social interactions and go to pure virtual reality solutions).
Outside might still need some work I think. If you’re thinking not overly crowded settings not nearly as much to worry about. However, things like open air markets, rallies, large spectator sporting events outside or even tightly packed streets may still be a bit problematic. I think a lot there will depend on infection density at that point. I would expect some type of cloud to still emerge from the crowd of people that may remain localized in a lot of weather settings.