So You’re Going Outside: A Physics-Based Coronavirus Infection Risk Estimator for Leaving the House
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10 min readApr 20, 2020
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So we’re quarantined. We’re social distancing, avoiding groups, and staying 6 feet apart as much as possible. But this still leaves so many questions!
- What if the sidewalk is only 4 feet wide — should I #stayHomeSaveLives?
- How does “riskiness of the hangout” scale with “length of the hangout”?
- How risky is going to Costco vs. going to the corner store?
- How does this all change if we’re…
