Covid-19 Updates
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Covid-19 Updates: Risk assessment

Illustration of a blue sedan on a road with mountains and clouds in the background

June 30, 2020

MIT Medical answers your COVID-19 questions. Today’s question comes from someone who wants to get out of the city to go hiking or enjoy other social-distanced, outdoor activities. Is it safe to rent a car? What precautions should be taken?

Illustration of two houses surrounded by one white picket fence with several children, adults, and a dog in the enclosed yard

June 26, 2020

Creating bubbles that work for families and kids

No school. No daycare. No play dates or sleepovers. And now summer camp is canceled too? Daily life during the pandemic has been especially tough for parents and kids. MIT Medical pediatricians think “bubbles” may be the answer.

June 23, 2020

Air conditioning risks?

Summer’s officially here, the days are hot and humid, and it’s time to turn on the AC. Or is it? In a high-rise building with a shared HVAC system, what are the chances of airborne COVID-19 transmission through the vents if someone in another apartment is sick?

June 18, 2020

Is it time to expand your “bubble?”

As states reopen, we can get haircuts, eat at a restaurants, and go back to work in our labs. But when can the kids see grandma or have a play date? When can I start hanging out with the friends I used to hang out with in those pre-coronavirus days?

Small illustration of a toilet with a plume of several liquid droplets and questions marks shooting up from the toilet bowl

June 15, 2020

Public toilets and “toilet plumes”

MIT Medical answers your questions about COVID-19. Today’s topic? Sh*t happens. But when it happens in a public restroom, does it increase the risk for transmission of the virus?

Illustration of a person wearing a PPE mask and speaking into a bullhorn in front of a crowd at a demonstration

June 5, 2020

Reducing risks when attending protests

MIT Medical answers your COVID-19 questions. Today’s topic: What can we do to mitigate the spread of the virus during protests, and what precautions should protesters take after possible exposure?

Illustration of two speech bubbles with one containing a question mark and one containing the letter A

May 28, 2020

Does wearing short sleeves and shorts increase risk?

May 28: MIT Medical answers your COVID-19 questions. Does wearing short sleeves and shorts increase risk?

Illustrated flowchart showing a potential path of viral transmission from a delivered package to its recipient

May 11, 2020

Can I get the virus from a grocery delivery?

May 11: MIT Medical answers your COVID-19 questions. How easy is it to pick up the virus from a contaminated surface, like a recently delivered bag of groceries?

Illustration of a red and white striped windsock blowing in the wind

April 22, 2020

Social distancing and wind

April 22: Does the wind change social-distancing recommendations when we're outside? Is six feet far enough if I’m downwind of someone else?

Illustration a pepperoni pizza in an open box with the pepperonis in the shape of a question mark

April 8, 2020

Can I get COVID-19 from contaminated take-out food?

April 8: Could I get COVID-19 from eating take-out food that had somehow become contaminated by airborne viral particles?

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Up-to-date information for the MIT community about COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019): medical.mit.edu/covid-19-updates

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