{"id":667017,"date":"2021-08-20T20:36:33","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T00:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=667017"},"modified":"2021-08-20T20:36:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-21T00:36:35","slug":"plastic-barriers-ineffective-in-stopping-spread-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/plastic-barriers-ineffective-in-stopping-spread-of-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic barriers ineffective in stopping spread of COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fplastic-barriers-ineffective-in-stopping-spread-of-covid-19%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=667017&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2497057\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2497057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MIAMI, FLORIDA \u2013 JULY 09: Ashley Clinton, the hostess, waits for customers behind a plexiglass partition at the KYU restaurant in Wynwood on July 09, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 5:25 PM PT \u2013 Friday, August 20, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>New research has found plastic barriers set up during the pandemic to separate customers from store workers were not effective and actually could\u2019ve led to more infections. Johns Hopkins University released the study, which said plastic barriers likely disrupted air ventilation and increased the number of COVID-related outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>Experts said viral particles would become trapped within the barriers where they would then build up and eventually spread. It was also reported the shields create dead zones within a building where ventilation is hindered and particles amass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne way to think about plastic barriers is that they are good for blocking things like spitballs but ineffective for things like cigarette smoke,\u201d Dr. Linsey Marr, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech and one of the world\u2019s leading experts on viral transmission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe smoke simply drifts around them, so they will give the person on the other side a little more time before being exposed to the smoke. Meanwhile, people on the same side with the smoker will be exposed to more smoke, since the barriers trap it on that side until it has a chance to mix throughout the space.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/meghan-mccain-biden-unfit-to-lead-america\/\">Meghan McCain: Biden Unfit To Lead America<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI, FLORIDA \u2013 JULY 09: Ashley Clinton, the hostess, waits for customers behind a plexiglass partition at the KYU restaurant in Wynwood on July 09, 2020 in Miami, Florida. 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