MIT RES.10-S95 Physics of COVID-19 Transmission, Fall 2020

by MIT OpenCourseWare · 49 videos

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1 Course overview of physics of COVID-19 transmission 1:38 2021-04-08
2 Transfer of respiratory pathogens: Chapter 1 overview 0:50 2021-04-08
3 Transfer of respiratory pathogens: Droplet formation 19:23 2021-04-08
4 Transfer of respiratory pathogens: Airborne droplets 17:28 2021-04-08
5 Transfer of respiratory pathogens: Wells curve derivation (ASIDE) 13:13 2021-04-08
6 Transfer of respiratory pathogens: Equilibrium size of respiratory aerosols 15:32 2021-04-08
7 Transfer of respiratory pathogens: Bacteria 9:59 2021-04-08
8 Transfer of respiratory pathogens: Viruses 6:15 2021-04-08
9 Transfer of respiratory pathogens: Escape time of virions 13:20 2021-04-08
10 Transfer of respiratory pathogens: Release of viral load from a drop (ASIDE) 7:22 2021-04-08
11 Transfer of respiratory pathogens: Drop size–dependent infectivity (ASIDE) 13:10 2021-04-08
12 Transfer of respiratory pathogens: Aerosolized pathogen deactivation 5:19 2021-04-08
13 Transfer of respiratory pathogens: Viral deactivation in aerosols (ASIDE) 8:55 2021-04-08
14 Transfer of respiratory pathogens: Modes of transmission 4:59 2021-04-08
15 Transfer of respiratory pathogens: Indoor airborne spreading of COVID-19 8:49 2021-04-08
16 Airborne disease transmission in a well-mixed room: Chapter 2 overview 1:03 2021-04-08
17 Airborne disease transmission in a well-mixed room: Respiration and ventilation 20:53 2021-04-08
18 Airborne disease transmission in a well-mixed room: Airborne transmission rate 10:28 2021-04-08
19 Airborne disease transmission in a well-mixed room: Air filtration versus masks 19:31 2021-04-08
20 Airborne disease transmission in a well-mixed room: Sedimentation and deactivation 15:50 2021-04-08
21 Airborne disease transmission in a well-mixed room: Drop-size distributions 20:09 2021-04-08
22 Epidemiological models: Chapter 3 overview 1:08 2021-04-08
23 Epidemiological models: Disease spreading in a population 9:20 2021-04-08
24 Epidemiological models: Indoor disease spreading 22:40 2021-04-08
25 Epidemiological models: Incubation-enhanced spreading 18:23 2021-04-08
26 Safety guideline for COVID-19: Chapter 4 overview 3:03 2021-04-08
27 Safety guideline for COVID-19: Cumulative exposure time 14:32 2021-04-08
28 Safety guideline for COVID-19: Transmission rate 5:13 2021-04-08
29 Safety guideline for COVID-19: Transient transmission rate 3:51 2021-04-08
30 Safety guideline for COVID-19: Steady transmission rate 8:41 2021-04-08
31 Safety guideline for COVID-19: Transient aerosol buildup 12:29 2021-04-08
32 Safety guideline for COVID-19: Safety guideline as a simple formula 5:51 2021-04-08
33 Safety guideline for COVID-19: Analysis of superspreading events 16:55 2021-04-08
34 Safety guideline for COVID-19: Case studies 10:22 2021-04-08
35 Safety guideline for COVID-19: Role of prevalence of infection 13:39 2021-04-08
36 Safety guideline for COVID-19: Risk scenarios 9:07 2021-04-08
37 Safety guideline for COVID-19: Reopening schools or businesses 16:45 2021-04-08
38 Safety guideline for COVID-19: Vaccination and immunity 9:55 2021-04-08
39 Beyond the well-mixed room: Chapter 5 overview 1:37 2021-04-08
40 Beyond the well-mixed room: Forced convection 14:56 2021-04-08
41 Beyond the well-mixed room: Natural convection 15:40 2021-04-08
42 Beyond the well-mixed room: Ventilation 3:01 2021-04-08
43 Beyond the well-mixed room: Aerosol transport 13:32 2021-04-08
44 Beyond the well-mixed room: Respiratory puffs and jets 12:25 2021-04-08
45 Beyond the well-mixed room: Turbulent jets (ASIDE) 12:13 2021-04-08
46 Beyond the well-mixed room: Short-range transmission 15:22 2021-04-08
47 Beyond the well-mixed room: Airborne transmission indoors 6:32 2021-04-08
48 Beyond the well-mixed room: Social distancing 17:46 2021-04-08
49 Course conclusion 6:40 2021-04-08

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