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Can runners spew viruses farther than 6 feet? Scientists suggest avoiding the ‘slipstream.’

The findings should not discourage people from exercising, but steering clear of other exercisers makes sense, because people spread the virus before developing symptoms, researchers say.

Image courtesy of Prof. Bert Blocken, Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, whose research suggests one should avoid the slipstream of a jogger in during the coronavirus pandemic.
Image courtesy of Prof. Bert Blocken, Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, whose research suggests one should avoid the slipstream of a jogger in during the coronavirus pandemic.Read moreBert Blocken, Eindhoven University of Technology
    by Tom Avril
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