The Morning Breeze w/ Carolyn McArdle & Cort Johnson

The Morning Breeze w/ Carolyn McArdle & Cort Johnson

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FYI: Coronavirus Travels On Shoes, Spreads At Least 13 Feet: CDC

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For today's edition of "here's something we didn't know," a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that the coronavirus can travel through the air at least 13 feet, which is more than twice as far as social distancing guidelines suggest.

Additionally, the research found that the virus can linger on shoes and function as carriers of the coronavirus.

“Furthermore, half of the samples from the soles of the ICU medical staff shoes tested positive,” the researchers wrote of samples taken at Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, China. “Therefore, the soles of medical staff shoes might function as carriers.”

So now you know...


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