Obese and elderly more likely to spread covid-19
Study shows those with a higher BMI or older age produce 1,000 times as many as aerosol particles as their peers.
Bit of an older study from February 2021 that, according to The Times, shows:
Super-spreaders really do exist. Scientists have found people who produce 1,000 times as many as aerosol particles as their peers when they breathe out, making them a far greater risk.
The older and more overweight people were, the more likely they were to be among the 20 per cent who exhaled 80 per cent of aerosol droplets, the study of almost 200 people showed.
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Link to the study:
Exhaled aerosol increases with COVID-19 infection, age, and obesity: