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HomeMIT RES.10-S95 Physics of COVID-19 Transmission, Fall 2020Video 2-3: Airborne Disease Transmission in a Well-Mixed Room—Air Filtration Versus Masks
Video 2-3: Airborne Disease Transmission in a Well-Mixed Room—Air Filtration Versus Masks
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Air filtration and mask filtration reduce COVID-19 transmission in different ways. Air filters, no matter how effective, only increase uniform removal of virions from the indoor air. Even basic masks block droplets both at the source and at the target.
Speaker: Professor Martin Z. Bazant