Riding in a car in the pandemic: which windows to open?

[2greys]

If you find yourself in a car with someone outside your household during the COVID-19 pandemic, your instinct may be to roll down your window, whether you’re the driver or a back-seat passenger. But a University of Massachusetts Amherst physicist has shown in a new study that opening the car window closest to you isn’t always the best option to protect yourself from coronavirus or any airborne infection.

In a paper published today, Dec. 4, in the journal Science Advances, researchers have revealed certain surprising ways in which the airflow patterns within a car’s interior could either heighten or suppress the risk of airborne infection during everyday commutes.

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Science Advances. Research Paper:

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[JerryMaren]

Or u culd just tie them 2 the roof rack🤣

[2greys in reply to JerryMaren]

😀 You could do that at a stretch..... (rack/stretch)

[peege]

Thanks 2g, very useful x

[illawarra]

Thank you for sharing. So good to know.

[Hidden]

Iam glad covid isn't airborne

[DaisyEric in reply to Hidden]

I thought is 'sort of' is..ish????

[Hidden in reply to DaisyEric]

I think if it were we would all catch it

[2greys in reply to Hidden]

Coronavirus, 239 Scientists agree on Aerosolization transmission

youtube.com/watch?v=CjuaPui...(Not working as expected?)

[DaisyEric]

Thank you 2greys I am having to take my daughter in law into work sometimes and was opening ALL of the windows we both got cold and wet, but thought this the best option.

[teenieleek in reply to DaisyEric]

Take care with that, my husband got Bell’s Palsy once driving with the window open on a cold day because someone in the back was feeling sick!

[Ergendl]

I've got a soft top Smart car. I'd just open the roof and the windows, and we wouldn't even have any hair left, let alone coronavirus.

[Walkwalkwalk]

That is so useful. Thank you.

[Kismet23]

This is such important information. Can the BLF urge mainstream media to publicise this widely?