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Hi @samyhaly, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. You ask a good question. The Center for Disease Control explains the spread of COVID-19 as follows:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention.html
The virus is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person.
- Between people who are in close contact with one another (within about 6 feet).
- Through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into the lungs.
Understanding how it spreads may it easier to know how to protect yourself, for example:
- stay at least 6 feet apart from people
- cover sneezes and coughs
- wash your hands with soap, often
Samy, what measures are you taking to protect yourself? Are you able to stay home or do you have to leave the house to work?
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I know the safety measures being reported but like Samy, I'm beginning to wonder if the virus has mutated and is becoming air borne. Videos of city workers spraying streets has raised this question for me as well.
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Thank you for your fast and detailed reply. I do stay home most of the time, but I have, of course, to go out for shopping the necessary things. I also go to my college, for few hours, to supervise urgent work with my students.