WAAY 31 Coronavirus Concerns Q&A: How does social distancing protect us from coronavirus in the air?

WAAY 31 Coronavirus Concerns Q&A: How does social distancing protect us from coronavirus in the air?

Barnett and anything clus patellis.

Doctor, these first two are for you.

Pat says the coronavirus droplets we've heard can live in the air for three hours.

When practicing social distancing by six feet apart in a store or outside exercising what keeps us from getting the virus from the air from when an infected person recently if that same airspace?

>> dr. patellis: i think it's really important to understand that keeping our distance is crucial, but it's important if you don't need to be anywhere, particularly in crowded areas, don't go there.

The coronavirus can survive in certain areas for a period of time.

But on the same token, i don't want you to feel like you need to isolate yourself and prevent yourself or family members to do what you need to do, for instance, the necessary parts of life, going out and getting food, going out and shopping for the necessities.

So as far as when someone approaches you and has direct contact, it very much depends on the dose t amount of virus that's available that actually comes into your direction.

Someone sneezes, coughs, you're going to get a very large amount of virus, a viral load brought into your respiratory tract.

Walking around just routinely, the viral load is considerably less.

I would not put that into really strong consideration as far as what you're doing with your day-to-day activities.

I emphasize, if you don't need to be somewhere, don't do it.

>> dan shaffer: just the active exhaling is not necessarily