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Dispatch 4: Six Feet

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Is Six Really the Right Number?

The recommended distance is six feet apart. You could be infected and spreading it to anyone in your six-foot bubble. People sometimes expel small amounts of moisture when they're talking, particularly if they're talking to someone very close up. In the 1930s, there was this guy named William Wells, who was studying different diseases.

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