Those Anti-Covid Plastic Barriers Probably Don’t Help and May Make Things Worse
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New York Times: Those anti-Covid plastic barriers probably don’t help and may make things worse
Covid precautions have turned many parts of our world into a giant salad bar, with plastic barriers separating sales clerks from shoppers, dividing customers at nail salons and shielding students from their classmates. Intuition tells us a plastic shield would be protective against germs. But scientists who study aerosols, air flow and ventilation say that […]
Plastic shields, barriers for COVID-19 precaution not likely to help
Plastic shields propped up in classrooms to reduce COVID-19 spread likely don’t offer much benefit, interrupting airflow and increase risk of exposure, according to a news report and emerging evidence.
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