This is not related to the topic of this particular post, but here's something I've been wondering.
At the beginning of the pandemic, the received wisdom was that SARS-CoV-2 was primarily transmitted by droplets, hence the emphasis on hand washing and staying six feet apart. Now that we know that SARS-CoV-2 is airborne, should we be re-thinking the received wisdom about transmission of other common respiratory viruses, such as influenza and the various common-cold viruses?
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It's oddly gratifying for me that what you wrote is very largely my exact reaction, except I don't know Peter Hotez and didn't reach out to him.
This is not related to the topic of this particular post, but here's something I've been wondering.
At the beginning of the pandemic, the received wisdom was that SARS-CoV-2 was primarily transmitted by droplets, hence the emphasis on hand washing and staying six feet apart. Now that we know that SARS-CoV-2 is airborne, should we be re-thinking the received wisdom about transmission of other common respiratory viruses, such as influenza and the various common-cold viruses?