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The virus isn't truly airborne. The respiratory droplets can be carried in the air short distances, but direct infection from that is extremely unlikely outside
by crooked-v 7y ago
The virus isn't truly airborne. The respiratory droplets can be carried in the air short distances, but direct infection from that is extremely unlikely outside of someone literally sneezing in your face.
This is in contrast to diseases like anthrax, where particles can be carried on air currents basically indefinitely and direct infection from the airborne disease is likely.
- ransom1538 7y agoDid you make this up? Can you site a source?
- mercer 7y agoI'm too lazy to cite sources but I'll say I've read plenty that confirm that it is not 'airborne'. Nonetheless, I understand that it's aerosolised and this does carry further than just a sneeze to the face. So, worse than crooked-v says, but better than airborne. Happy to be corrected though.