To people who don't know the difference between droplets infections and airborne ones, COVID19 is a droplet infection
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DrSunnyTheSkeptic · 26-30, M
@Graylight According to WHO there is no sufficient reports of aerosol transmission yet
Graylight · 51-55, F
@DrSunnyTheSkeptic [quote]WHO is assessing ongoing research on the ways that COVID-19 is spread and will continue to share updated findings.
WHO[/quote]
Below is only a sampling of the studies they're investigating indicating airborne transmission. It matters little though, since almost everyone agrees 6 feet was more a comfort measure than and effective distancing method. Droplet transmission can happen at better than 80 mph and travel for dozens of feet:
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, jiaa189, https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaa189
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(8), 2932; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17082932
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2020.105585
http://dominique.regards.free.fr/blog/images/documents_pdf/200602_l-Morawska_it-is-time-to-address-airborne-transmission-of-covid-19-clinical-infectious-diseases.pdf
WHO[/quote]
Below is only a sampling of the studies they're investigating indicating airborne transmission. It matters little though, since almost everyone agrees 6 feet was more a comfort measure than and effective distancing method. Droplet transmission can happen at better than 80 mph and travel for dozens of feet:
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, jiaa189, https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaa189
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(8), 2932; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17082932
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2020.105585
http://dominique.regards.free.fr/blog/images/documents_pdf/200602_l-Morawska_it-is-time-to-address-airborne-transmission-of-covid-19-clinical-infectious-diseases.pdf