"Scientists Say WHO Ignores The Risk That Coronavirus Floats In Air As Aerosol"

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3. Perhaps they actually think only two pathways are significant,

and proving aerosol particles are a major source of contamination is difficult, as an expert states at the end of the article:

~ "They said that the coronavirus is less contagious through the air than measles but that the risk of transmission goes up the longer air remains stagnant and the longer people continue to breathe it. In interviews, they said WHO officials had unfairly set a higher bar for showing aerosol spread than was required for acceptance of the other two pathways.
“For them, droplets and touch are so obvious that they’re proven, but airborne is so outlandish that it needs a very high level of evidence,” Jimenez said. Proof would require exposing large numbers of healthy people to aerosols emitted by COVID-19 patients, a study that scientists said would be unethical.

- Donald Milton, a University of Maryland environmental health professor and an expert on aerosols who co-wrote the letter, said the average person breathes 10,000 liters of air each day.
~ "You only need one infectious dose of the coronavirus in 10,000 liters, and it can be very hard to find it and prove that it’s there, which is one of the problems we’ve had,” he said."
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And if this about aerosol spread is found to be true, it could mean the almost total shutdown of public life and society with lengthy quarantines. For how long until an effective therapy or vaccine is developed and distributed?

- In this recent Business Insider article below, it states how unlikely it is that malls, as Gov. Cuomo recently stated, can be appropriately fitted with specialized Merv (Hepa) filters to trap coronavirus particles. The writer claims it's because many buildings don't have the right infrastructure and systems to make the adaptation. I have no idea whether this info. is accurate or not.

*'Hepa Filter Mall Suggestion May Not Be Possible,' Business Insider, June 30, 2020.
https://www.businessinsider.com/cuomos-hepa-filter-mall-suggestion-may-not-be-possible-2020-6
https://democraticunderground.com/1017591158

> And think of the cost, time and effort it would take to refit, or rebuild schools, transportation systems, malls, stores, office buildings and many other public facilities with specialized HVAC, plumbing, filtration and other modifications for this deadly virus.