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Does Being Tall Put You At Risk From Coronavirus Infection?
Short answer: No. COVID-19 doesn’t hate tall people
There are so many headlines flying around at the moment about the coronavirus that it’s sometimes hard to keep up. From the daily updates on numbers of cases, to the endless speculation about exactly whose fault the latest crisis is, it’s increasingly impossible to get to everything. But despite that, there’s a recent media storm that stuck out, because it just seemed so very odd and unlikely.
You see, according to news from across the world, being tall makes you more likely to catch coronavirus. People over 6 foot in height, apparently, are in dire danger of breathing in particles carrying COVID-19, which puts them at a disadvantage, based on a new scientific study.
Now, there is some speculation about risk factors for COVID-19. There are lots of methods of transmission, and a huge amount of debate about exactly how big a role aerosols and bigger droplets play. But one thing that has never really come up before is the idea that being tall would necessarily put you at a higher risk of disease.
