No mouth mask on? That’s how fast the virus spreads in a …

Japanese researchers at Riken and the University of Kobe have simulated the spread of virus particles in the air using a supercomputer. They want to use this to demonstrate how fast and how far the virus can spread if a mouth and nose mask is not used. “For many, wearing a mouth mask is annoying and an inconvenience and they don’t see the point of it. That’s because spreading a virus is something that happens invisibly. By visualizing it, we hope that people will think a little further and see the usefulness of the measures, ”says Professor Makoto Tsubokura, leader of the research team.

–

Earlier this week, Ghent University researcher Bart Mesuere showed with the animation below how the virus spread throughout the country again in a few weeks.

– .