Covid-19 Updates

June 23, 2020

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?