Scientists say coronavirus can be spread farther than 6 feet in tiny airborne particles

More than 200 scientists are asking the World Health Organization to update its guidance on how the coronavirus spreads in the air. They say fine particles may travel farther than six feet and fear current advice may not promote multiple layers of protection. Dr. Jon LaPook reports.

[icereal]

4 months ago: 3 feet

1 month ago: 6 feet:

Today: a mile

[nickclark]

Why are we still listening to these psycopaths?

[MDPToaster]

I remember when I was called a conspiracy theorist for listening to that Taiwanese doctor that said exactly this.

[dillon]

I love the reporters take... "Ok, wtf do we do now?"

[abuelb]

I can smell musty person from 10ft away. Thats a fact.

[fitty_y]

so we can still have protests tho because corona doesn’t affect us there

[MarigoldSundays]

Seeing people turn away from the internet and go out into the world has made the media panic. That’s why their headlines are getting more and more dramatic by the day

[brucedickey]

SO WHY ISN'T THIS TRUE IF YOU ARE A PROTESTER?

[AfroMan]

In the past 5 months, the "Professional" opinions on COVID have flipped more times than bus tumbling down a mountain side.

[thehr]

Can't wait to hear about this "discovery" again in November

[mikemouers]

So it takes a scientist to tell you something we have been taught in elementary school.
These people are just plainly full of $hit.

[johnjacob]

I feel like they are just playing with us at this point. I'm just a common high school graduate and even I knew this.

[CHENDOdeCOPANDARO]

shouldn’t they have known this since the start 🤷🏻‍♂️

[shooky_yeona]

I feel like you guys are just making up excuses for us not to be near each other how are y'all gonna work if your that far from each other.

[Nelcomarproductions]

Tomorrow, Coronavirus can travel back in time and infect you

[Highriezher]

Top 5 impossible odds:
1: landing a bottle flip 50%
2: making a free throw 25%
3: meeting the girl of your dreams 10%
4: winning the lottery 1%
5: 2020 giving us a fricking break 0.000%

[softersideofc.c.]

So now we got to be 5 football fields apart from each other

[LemonLimes]

This is old news. An MIT researcher knew this could spread up to 27 feet in March. Its airborne.

[jakeblake]

What's next, an executive order on how much we can talk and sing?

[frankblangeard]

Clearly we should all be placed in solitary confinement with purified recirculated air that each of us breath...forever.