CDC Warns of Aerosolized COVID-19 Transmission for First Time

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11. I remember reading early into

the pandemic that the particles were "heavy" droplets and not likely to spread far. It could be that continued mutations have made the particles lighter and more aerosolized. That would account for the higher transmission rates of strains like the UK version. Viruses mutate constantly. There are many minor mutations besides the ones identified by regions like the UK and South Africa.

It might be that the trend in mutations since the virus first developed has been toward lighter, more aerosolized transmission. That would make the virus not only more easily spread, but able to deliver a higher viral load on infection because there would be more particles inhaled. A higher viral load means a worse case of covid, able to multiply in the human body at a rate that challenges the immune system's ability to produce enough antibodies fast enough to defeat it.