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While it is very easy for anyone to spread the coronavirus, and just as easy for a person to catch the virus, during a pandemic it appears that few people or categories of people are responsible for it. massive spread of the virus COVID-19.
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Simply put, some people spread the virus to only a few, others are at risk of infecting large groups, or spreading the virus at the community level. This is what scientists define as a supervirus spreader or transmitter of superinfection.
Although what actually makes a person a super-spreader has not been investigated, epidemiologists believe the way a virus or pathogen is spread is influenced by certain factors. Such as body shape and certain behaviors, such as speaking loudly or breathing rapidly, have a major role in spreading disease.
These factors can also determine how some people secretly spread the virus to others. According to research, these are the people who have the highest risk of spreading COVID-19, as quoted from the website Times of India.
1. People with a Higher BMI
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences observed that people who are obese, that is, people who have a higher Body Mass Index (BMI), are more at risk of transmitting COVID-19 to others. The reason is that people with high BMI are able to exhale more respiratory droplets in the air, which can accommodate infectious coronavirus particles.
The findings come after a survey involving 194 people was conducted, which observed that people with higher BMI levels exhaled more bioaerosol than those with controlled BMIs.
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