/ Social distancing Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en /curiosity-gap/what-lost-world-where-we-can%E2%80%99t-touch <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>By&nbsp;<a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/chunjie-zhang-377294">Chunjie Zhang </a></p> <p>Associate Professor of German, University of California, Davis</p> <p><em>This blog is condensed from an essay that appeared in The Conversation in late April. </em></p> <p>During one of my daily walks with my toddler, when we passed his favorite playground, I noticed a new sign warning that the coronavirus survives on all kinds of surfaces and that we should no longer use the playground. Since then, I’ve taken great pains to prevent him from touching things.</p> May 04, 2020 - 10:23am Karen Michele Nikos /curiosity-gap/what-lost-world-where-we-can%E2%80%99t-touch /coronavirus/news/how-important-speech-transmitting-coronavirus <p>Normal speech by individuals who are asymptomatic but infected with coronavirus may produce enough aerosolized particles to transmit the infection, according to aerosol scientists at the University of California, Davis. Although it’s not yet known how important this is to the spread of COVID-19, it underscores the need for strict social distancing measures — and for virologists, epidemiologists and engineers who study aerosols and droplets to work together on this and other respiratory diseases.&nbsp;</p> April 02, 2020 - 1:45pm Andy Fell /coronavirus/news/how-important-speech-transmitting-coronavirus