It is my understanding that Covid19 is probably not airborne, but rather droplet borne. That is the reason for the 6 foot separation. Is there a theoretic chance of infection sharing a lane with someone, I don't know.
Sure. I've read droplet and aerosol borne. In any case, the Harvard COVID basics page indicates that emitted aerosols may linger in the air for up to 3 hours. That's the part that I'm questioning. In an IM set or stroke choice set, swimmer A who doesn't yet know they are sick with COVID swims backstroke and blows plumes of COVID laced aerosols into the air which linger for a variable amount of time depending upon the air movement at this given pool. Swimmer B and C who are in the adjacent lanes unknowingly inhale these aerosols as they swim whatever stroke they might be swimming.
The consensus seems to be that it is nothing to worry about, pools are safe. But can anybody point me to some science that indicates how my above outlined scenario isn't a possibility?
It is my understanding that Covid19 is probably not airborne, but rather droplet borne. That is the reason for the 6 foot separation. Is there a theoretic chance of infection sharing a lane with someone, I don't know.
Sure. I've read droplet and aerosol borne. In any case, the Harvard COVID basics page indicates that emitted aerosols may linger in the air for up to 3 hours. That's the part that I'm questioning. In an IM set or stroke choice set, swimmer A who doesn't yet know they are sick with COVID swims backstroke and blows plumes of COVID laced aerosols into the air which linger for a variable amount of time depending upon the air movement at this given pool. Swimmer B and C who are in the adjacent lanes unknowingly inhale these aerosols as they swim whatever stroke they might be swimming.
The consensus seems to be that it is nothing to worry about, pools are safe. But can anybody point me to some science that indicates how my above outlined scenario isn't a possibility?
