PSA TO MEDIA:
“AEROSOLS” is jargon - IT IS YOUR JOB TO CLEARLY STATE HOW THEY DIFFER FROM DROPLETS WHEN SHARING RESULTS FROM THE NEJM PAPER.
“AEROSOLS” is jargon - IT IS YOUR JOB TO CLEARLY STATE HOW THEY DIFFER FROM DROPLETS WHEN SHARING RESULTS FROM THE NEJM PAPER.
In a nutshell: COVID-19 patients likely cough/sneeze DROPLETS, which are larger than aerosols and all fall to the floor within 1-2m, give or take.
AEROSOLS are smaller so can last in air for longer, but are very likely only produced in hospitals after certain medical procedures
AEROSOLS are smaller so can last in air for longer, but are very likely only produced in hospitals after certain medical procedures
THE TAKEAWAY: this paper does NOT mean SARS-CoV2 is floating around in the air for 3 hrs - it does NOT seem to be airborne like that (the R value would be much higher if it were).
Healthcare workers DO have to deal with aerosols so save the masks for them.
Healthcare workers DO have to deal with aerosols so save the masks for them.
If you want more details, I just made a video series on Instagram explaining this: instagram.com/s/aGlnaGxpZ2h0…
Also notice how many times I said “likely” — because of course things could change and science is about confronting uncertainty!
But confronting uncertainty does NOT mean spreading information because “well we don’t now it’s NOT true sooooo”
But confronting uncertainty does NOT mean spreading information because “well we don’t now it’s NOT true sooooo”
With that said, please read this thread:
