Special thanks:
Matthew Staymates - National Institute of Standards and Technology
Dr. Richard Davis - Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center (learn more about his Petri dish experiment)
Derek Muller (Veritasium)
Dr. Pete DeBalli on Twitter
References:
We're not using umbrellas as they were originally intended - https://qz.com/quartzy/1707271/americans-are-not-using-umbrellas-as-they-were-intended/
World Health Organization - Q&A about masks https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/question-and-answers-hub/q-a-detail/q-a-on-covid-19-and-masks
American Society for Microbiology - COVID-19 Transmission Dynamics
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