Coronavirus FAQs: A Vaccinated Person’s Guide To COVID Exposure And Elevator Etiquette

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September 10, 20215:41 PM ET

MARC SILVER

In a fleeting elevator contact, an individual with a good mask — an N95 or KN95, for example — would be unlikely to become either infected or spread the coronavirus, an expert on COVID-19 says.

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Each week, we answer frequently asked questions about life during the coronavirus crisis. If you have a question you’d like us to consider for a future post, email us atgoatsandsoda@npr.orgwith the subject line: “Weekly Coronavirus Questions.” See an archive of our FAQshere.

We’ve been answering coronavirus questions from our audience for over a year, but this past week, I had some questions of my own. While on vacation with my family, I encountered four tricky COVID-19 situations. I really wanted an expert’s advice.

So I interviewed three COVID-19 specialists:Charlotte Baker, an assistant professor of epidemiology at Virginia Tech;Abraar Karan, an infectious disease doctor at Stanford University; andJill Weatherhead, an assistant professor of adult and pediatric infectious diseases at Baylor College of Medicine. Here’s what they had to say…

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