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Podcast: How Banks Can Manage Risks of Coronavirus Aerosolization

July 22, 2020
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A Return to (More or Less) Normal Bank Operations

Bank employees keep safe distance at Farmers National Bank, Lebanon, Kentucky.

With the World Health Organization’s recent recognition of evidence that the novel coronavirus can be aerosolized in particles that remain in the air for long periods over long distances, how do banks need to adjust their COVID-19 risk mitigation procedures? Aerosolization is a different mode of transmission than the large droplets formed when, say, an infectious person sneezes, and the distance that aerosolized particles can travel make social distancing alone insufficient to prevent transmission.

On the latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast, ABA SVP Paul Benda discusses the science of coronavirus aerosolization and addresses several ways to address it. Beyond mask-wearing as a first-order risk mitigation (masks prevent or substantially reduce virus from being exhaled, he points out), Benda also discusses viral loads, HVAC and airflow adjustments, filtration options and branch and office design considerations.

If you can’t see the audio player above, click here to listen to this week’s episode.

Additional resources:

  • ABA suggestions for addressing the use of masks and face coverings in branches (bankers only).
  • ABA coronavirus resources.

In this episode:

Paul Benda
SVP, Cybersecurity and Risk Policy
ABA
Evan Sparks
Editor-in-Chief
ABA Banking Journal

 

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