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Covid-19: should we be afraid of public transport?

2020-04-29T16:56:42.659Z


DECRYPTION - Promiscuity is the best ally of the coronavirus but it is possible to limit the risks of contamination.


Urban transport should gradually regain its frequency before the crisis. The objective is however to increase the number of daily users as little as possible, by promoting the use of telework. Because even by condemning one seat out of two, it is hard to imagine, and this particularly on certain lines in the Paris region, how it will be possible to maintain distances of one meter between users.

Also read: Deconfinement: SNCF and RATP faced with the puzzle of respecting distancing in transport

The main ally in the spread of the virus is the number of our social interactions. The best protection is therefore distance. But for lack of being able to keep one's distance, and in a closed, poorly ventilated or insufficiently ventilated space like public transport can be, wearing a generalized mask is a solution which limits the risk, because it prevents projections of postillions.

However, if there are unclear elements on the mode of transmission of the virus, the scientific literature seems to show that most transmissions are by droplet.

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Source: lefigaro

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