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PROFESSOR: So welcome to our
Massive Open Online Course,

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10.S95x, Physics of
COVID-19 Transmission.

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The course is organized
into five chapters. First,

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transfer of
respiratory pathogens,

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where we will learn about how
viral and bacterial diseases

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are transmitted through the air
through aerosol and other types

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of droplets.

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In the next chapter,
part two, we

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will study airborne transmission
in a well-mixed room.

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We'll analyze the
fluid mechanics

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of droplet transfer between
individuals breathing

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the same air in a room.

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And then in the next chapter,
we will describe basic models

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in the field of epidemiology
to describe the spread

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and transfer of disease.

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In the next chapter, 4, we will
integrate the disease modeling

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with airborne transmission to
arrive at a safety guideline

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to limit the indoor airborne
transmission of COVID-19.

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And we will apply it to
COVID-19 through analysis

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of various spreading events.

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And then finally,
in Chapter 5, we

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will go beyond the
well-mixed room

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to discuss the fluid
mechanics of ventilation

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and thermal flows
and respiratory flows

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and understand the
limitations and extensions

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of the analysis leading
to the safety guideline.