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px: Protesters who may have been exposed to these silent spreaders then risk bringing it into their own homes and neighborhoods, putting their friends and families at risk if they don't take precautions. fixed 767px ' .matches A300 ; hearst Place Ad A300 ; e fixed / / / text What can protesters do to protect themselves, their families and their community zone text Here are answers to that and other key questions about protesting during a pandemic, from the head of infectious diseases at Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo. fixed 767px ' .matches B300 ; hearst Place Ad B300 ; e text The protests are outdoors, according to Rabble. Doesn't that lower the risk text As a general rule, being outside is better than inside. One of the greatest threats is that people may be spreading the disease before they know they have it. That's because the larger air volume disperses the virus, and a larger space facilitates social distancing. text But large protests create unusual circumstances text - text You have a large crowd of people who are in close quarters for a prolonged period. fixed 767px ' .matches S300 ; hearst Place Ad S300 ; e text - text They're agitated and may be chanting or shouting, so they're generating more respiratory secretions than if they were having a quiet conversation. text - text From what we're seeing, they might not have PPE, like masks and eye protection. text That combination is probably going to negate whatever advantages someone might get from being outside. text This is also a scenario where we don't know how many people might be infected in a given crowd. You can feel Tony the Tiger great! and still be infectious. fixed / / / text A person who has the coronavirus can be infectious up to six days before symptoms develop and up to at least nine days after, based on the limited data we have to date. Your community might have a low infection rate, but if it's getting rabble-rousers from elsewhere, all bets are off. text If I don't have symptoms, do I need to worry about infecting my family and friends text This is part of the problem. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.