{"id":119084,"date":"2021-08-24T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084//?p=119084"},"modified":"2022-03-31T15:59:51","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T19:59:51","slug":"ucf-study-shows-masks-ventilation-stop-covid-spread-better-than-social-distancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084//ucf-study-shows-masks-ventilation-stop-covid-spread-better-than-social-distancing/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084//","title":{"rendered":"UCF Study Shows Masks, Ventilation Stop COVID Spread Better than Social Distancing"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new study from the 女仆AV suggests that masks and a good ventilation system are more important than social distancing for reducing the airborne spread of COVID-19 in classrooms./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084/n

The research, published recently in the journal Physics of Fluids, comes at a critical time when schools and universities are considering returning to more in-person classes in the fall./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084/u201cThe results suggest exactly what the CDC is doing, that ventilation systems and mask usage are most important for preventing transmission./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084/u201d /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084/u2014 Michael Kinzel, UCF assistant professor/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084/u201cThe research is important as it provides guidance on how we are understanding safety in indoor environments,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084/u201d says Michael Kinzel, an assistant professor in UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084/u2019s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and study co-author./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084/u201cThe study finds that aerosol transmission routes do not display a need for six feet social distancing when masks are mandated,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084/u201d he says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084/u201cThese results highlight that with masks, transmission probability does not decrease with increased physical distancing, which emphasizes how mask mandates may be key to increasing capacity in schools and other places./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084/n

In the study, the researchers created a computer model of a classroom with students and a teacher, then modeled airflow and disease transmission, and calculated airborne-driven transmission risk./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/119084/n