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When COVID-19 superspreaders are talking, where you sit in the room matters

  • Written by Suresh Dhaniyala, Bayard D. Clarkson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson University
imageClassroom experiments show how the coronavirus can spread and who's at greatest risk. Tom Werner via Getty Images

It doesn’t take long for airborne coronavirus particles to make their way through a room. At first, only people sitting near an infected speaker are at high risk, but as the meeting or class goes on, the tiny aerosols can spread.

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