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Jan 16 6 tweets 1 min read
How do aerosol viruses like SARS-CoV-2 spread in hospital settings? 🧵
Understanding airborne transmission is essential to preventing hospital-acquired COVID. Image Aerosols are tiny particles released when people breathe, speak, cough, or shout.
Unlike droplets, aerosols can remain suspended in the air, travel beyond close contact, and accumulate indoors.