MIT Says Add 20 Feet To Social Distanc——ing

There's a new study by MIT revealing that social distancing should be 26 feet instead of six.

Researchers studied coughs and sneezes and found that people need more space in order to avoid catching the coronavirus. ''These distances are based on estimates of range that have not considered the possible presence of a high-momentum cloud carrying the droplets long distances. Given the turbulent puff cloud dynamic model, recommendations for separations of three feet to six feet may underestimate the distance, timescale, and persistence over which the cloud and its pathogenic payload travel, thus generating an underappreciated potential exposure range for a healthcare worker. For these and other reasons, wearing of appropriate personal protection equipment is vitally important for health care workers caring for patients who may be infected, even if they are farther than six feet away from a patient.''