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Speech-generated aerosol settling times and viral viability can improve COVID-19 transmission prediction

Published:2022 Issue:1 Volume:2 Page:34-45
ISSN:2634-3606
Container-title:Environmental Science: Atmospheres
language:en
Short-container-title:Environ. Sci.: Atmos.

Author:

Gu Alan Y.¹^ORCID,Zhu Yanzhe¹^ORCID,Li Jing¹^ORCID,Hoffmann Michael R.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Linde Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA

Abstract

Speech generates droplets averaged 6 μm in size. Their settling time and SARS-CoV-2 viral viability inside those droplets, both calculated from temperature and relative humidity, predict COVID transmission rates within one-sigma interval.

Funder

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/EA/D1EA00013F

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