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Why Wear a Face Mask & Protective Eyewear? Study Says COVID-19 Droplets Can Remain Airborne for 16 Hours

COVID-19 droplets stay in the the air longer than SARS or MERS. Much longer, in fact. The Lancet medical journal found, "viable virus in the air 16 hours after aerosolisation." In other words, COVID-19 stays in the air for quite a while after someone breaths, talks, or sneezes. That's the...

You Have a ‘Moral Obligation’ to Wear a Facemask: Fresno County’s Top Doc

California health officials are bracing for a second COVID-19 wave as soon as July. The Fresno County Department of Health is also bracing for that possibility. It has seen cases and hospitalizations rise as more people are going outside and becoming more mobile. The county's rate of doubling cases has...

COVID Analysis: Shopping, Outdoors Safe; Mass Transit, Restaurants Risky

As few as 1,000 SARS-CoV2 viral particles are needed for a COVID-19 infection to take hold. That's based on the MERS and SARS outbreaks. A single breath releases 50 to 5,000 droplets. If a person coughs or sneezes, 200,000,000 viral particles go everywhere. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Professor Erin Bromage searched...

Here’s Why It’s Crazy to Go Outside Without a Mask

Talking emits droplets from your mouth. Loud talking generates even more droplets. These droplets can harbor infectious virus particles. The National Institutes of Health published a letter with video and visual accompaniment Wednesday to prove a noticeable point. The scientists write, "The act of speaking generates oral fluid droplets that...

New Video Shows COVID-19 Droplets Greatly Contained by Masks

Talking emits droplets from your mouth. Loud talking generates even more droplets. These droplets can harbor infectious virus particles. The National Institutes of Health published a letter with video and visual accompaniment Wednesday to prove a noticeable point. The scientists write, "The act of speaking generates oral fluid droplets that...

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