Two CDC studies—from a restaurant, and a call center—suggest transmission from talking, laughing, breathing around other ppl in a closed space for hours is much more important for transmission than surfaces.

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0764_article
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/8/20-1274_article

(via @zeynep)

Some plausible implications, if these findings are true:

1. It's probably safe to open the parks.
2. Packed restaurants and bars are going to be verboten for a while.
3. Meetings in small conference rooms were always deadly, but now they can literally kill you.

4. The Seinfeld episode about close talkers is now a horror short https://twitter.com/jacobgrier/status/1253767454733422593?s=20