no, that's mediopolitical narrative talking, to instill fear and promote compliance. airborne basically means 'viable virus aloft in the air', in contrast to so

no, that's mediopolitical narrative talking, to instill fear and promote compliance. airborne basically means 'viable virus aloft in the air', in contrast to something like ballistic motion or droplets. no study has conclusively proven that corona transmits, much less survives, in the air for any appreciable duration. at best, there is some inconclusive inference of it. the princess cruises case, for example, employed some contact tracing (with unreliable subjects) and pcr-tested for (dead) virus particles on surfaces well after-the-fact. none of that comes close to proving airborne transmission (especially not fanciful diagrams of what could have been--those aren't proof, just conjecture). infections were overwhelmingly likely to have spread through prolonged conversations indoors where people were breathing each others' direct exhaust ('droplets'), like you'd do on a vacation, not just by being on the same ship.