Does anyone know the science behind this specific government Covid guideline?

king_hellfire

king_hellfire

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Social distancing at my workplace has totally broken down and there are gatherings of people all over the warehouse. When I, and others, ask the management to try and get it under control they keep referring to the government guideline that states ‘You should plan work to minimise contact between workers and avoid skin-to-skin and face-to-face contact. Where face-to-face contact is essential, this should be kept to 15 minutes or less wherever possible.’ The workers are spending longer than 15 minutes together but the managers keep referring to the above guideline.

What I’m wondering is the 15 minutes stated an arbitrary number or is there an actual scientific reason behind it? I’ve not managed to find any scientific explanation for it other than ‘it takes 15 minutes for the virus to be transmissible’ without any explanation of why that’s the case. It just seems a bit unbelievable that you could potentially talk face-to-face with an infected person for 10 minutes and not be at risk.

Is there anyone on here that could help find a scientific explanation for the 15 minutes guideline please? 👍🏻
 
I’m not sure, they could be, mate.

Do you think there could be other guidelines for people who have to work through the lockdown?
 
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