1/ Aerosol scientists don't agree. What kind of consensus is that?
Does the discipline who studies transport of particles through the air, NOT count for a "consensus" of which particles travel through the air??
2/ this "consensus' is incorrect.
SARS-CoV-2 transmits better to people nearby because aerosols are most concentrated there. And then it can transmit in a room, if we "help it" w/ low ventilation, long time etc.
3/ If it can infect in a room, it MUST infect much more easily in close proximity, where it is ~50-100 times more concentrated than in room air.
Just like smoke (an aerosol), which is far more concentrated in close proximity than at the room level.
4/ And then, droplets are NOT needed at all to explain the patterns of transmission. We can explain everything with aerosols.
Which is consistent with almost no evidence for droplets, and a ton of evidence for aerosols:
5/ But to see a high level person like @DrTomFrieden say that there is a consensus that aerosols is not important, in matters (transport through the air) where a primary discipline is aerosol science, makes us feel again very welcome into this debate...
(Cartoon thx to @DFisman)
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