The Places You're Most Likely To Catch Covid-19 In Grand Rapids

When the Covid-19 pandemic first began in China and made its way around the globe I think it's safe to say that nobody could have predicted what we would be dealing with over the following years.

Did you ever think you would be getting a swab shoved up your nose to be tested?

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or that we would have tests to take at home?

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For the first time in our lives, a lot of people would be wearing a mask.

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When we first started a two-week lockdown and wore masks in an attempt to slow the spread of Covid-19
we had no clue how easily we could catch or transmit Covid-19.

I still remember wiping down groceries with disinfectant wipes when we brought them inside our house.

As time went out we learned that catching Covid-19 from those things was very unlikely.

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Accordign to theconversation.com SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, spreads mainly by airborne transmission. So the key to preventing transmission is to understand how airborne particles behave, which requires knowledge from physics and chemistry.

A new study by Environmental Science & Technolgy has a better insight into where you're most likely to catch Covid-19. While the chart gives an estimated figure for each situation, the actual risk will depend on the specific parameters, such as exactly how many people are in a room of what size.

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When you break down the number these are the places and situations you're most likely to catch Covid-19.

Gathering with lots of people in an enclosed space with poor air quality

Working out inside an under-ventilated gym

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Partying In a nightclub

Inside a school classroom

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Singing/Karaoke

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Attending an Indoor Concert

I, like many other people, caught Covid-19 even though I had my first two rounds of the vaccine.
When I got it I was very scared because I'm overweight and have asthma.

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When I recently tested positive for Covid-19 I started to think "what if something happened and I didn't make it?" These are just some of the things that ran through my mind.

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Answers to 25 common COVID-19 vaccine questions

Vaccinations for COVID-19 began being administered in the U.S. on Dec. 14, 2020. The quick rollout came a little more than a year after the virus was first identified in November 2019. The impressive speed with which vaccines were developed has also left a lot of people with a lot of questions. The questions range from the practical—how will I get vaccinated?—to the scientific—how do these vaccines even work?

Keep reading to discover answers to 25 common COVID-19 vaccine questions.

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