Current Events > US companies fear workplace coronavirus precautions do not address airborne risk

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https://news.yahoo.com/u-companies-fear-workplace-coronavirus-110445930.html

U.S. companies are raising new questions about how they can make workplaces safe after the worlds top public health agency acknowledged the risk that tiny airborne droplets of the novel coronavirus may contribute to its spread, industry healthcare consultants said. About two weeks ago, the World Health Organization called for more scientific study into airborne transmission of COVID-19. The move raised awareness of an issue excluded from U.S. government back-to-work guidelines, adding to the challenge of keeping people safe in offices, stores and work sites, these consultants said. Many companies devised strategies based on WHO guidance that large respiratory droplets of the virus could infect people when first emitted and after they landed on surfaces. Now the concern over infection is focused on the idea that tiny droplets could linger in the air for hours.

Employers are asking whether public health recommendations that individuals remain 6 feet apart and wear masks to limit transmission through large droplets are enough. They also wonder about air conditioning systems that do not have filtration systems and the effectiveness of plexiglass partitions against a virus floating in the air, said David Zieg, a lead consultant on clinical services at Mercer, another healthcare services companies.

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They should stop worrying and just support the Republican plan that shields them from any liability
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I thought the studies showed that while the droplets remain in the air for hours, their potential to actually spread covid19 is minutes long?

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