Airflow and Masks Proved Key in Stopping Flu Spread in Indoor Trial
TL;DR
In a controlled hotel-room study with five influenza patients and 11 healthy volunteers, close face-to-face contact did not result in transmission, likely due to limited coughing, rapid mixing and dilution of airborne virus, and possibly age-related protection; the findings underscore ventilation, air movement, and masking as effective defenses against indoor flu spread and could inform infection-control guidelines.
Topics:healthhealth-and-medicine#airborne-transmission#health-and-medicine#indoor-air-quality#influenza#masks#ventilation
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