Thread by @jmcrookston

Droplets didn't get breathed in at the start of this ... so we're making progress.

They fell to the ground 2m* and we coughed them into each others' faces and poked them into our eyes.

(Coupon valid for droplets flying 2 m in Canada. 1 m at @WHO and elsewhere. 1.5 m in various other countries. Please check local laws before redeeming.)

Resp drops + touch.

You would not say wear a mask if distance cannot be maintained if droplets.

There's a better one with arrows straight to the ground but I can't find it.

Breathed in, eh?

Hmm, I ain't seein' it on this.

Here's the famous one. Nothing about breathed.

So let's stop with the lies, okay?

Just admit, we now know it's in the smaller particles that linger (which is EXACTLY what CDC said, as a half-way measure because they still refer to droplets) and let's get on with this thing.

Yes, we know it stings ego to be wrong (if you let it). Get over it. In a hurry.

Here is the March 2020 guidance from WHO which says mouth and nose "exposed" to droplets.

No inhalation mentioned.

If there is any inhalation going on, they are being darned circumspect about it, and hiding that they linger, so I call false on "breathed in"

#COVIDisAirborne