When infected people use elevators, they probably do leave some of their germs behind. Wear a mask and wash hands to lower your risk.
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May 13, 2020
For people who live or work in tall buildings, taking an elevator feels riskier in the time of coronavirus. Even if we can avoid riding the elevator with other people, are we still riding with the germs they left behind?
‘Elevators are tricky,’ said Linsey Marr, an aerosol scientist at Virginia Tech. ‘It really depends on the elevator.’
Most elevators aren’t big enough to allow people to stay six feet apart, so there’s a chance that infected passengers could transmit the virus, particularly if they are unmasked and are coughing, talking or just came in from a jog and are breathing heavily….”
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