The understanding of airborne virus transmission has in fact come a long way in the last 18 months yes. Zeynep Tufekci is good on this subject, e.g. https://ww

The understanding of airborne virus transmission has in fact come a long way in the last 18 months yes. Zeynep Tufekci is good on this subject, e.g. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/opinion/coronavirus-airborne-transmission.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/opinion/coronavirus-airbo... https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/why-arent-we-talking-more-about-airborne-transmission/614737/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/why-arent... And an interesting read today: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/10/why-americans-wear-cloth-masks/620296/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/10/why-ameri... >there is still much to learn about the effectiveness of masking. So in summary, no, it's not absurd at all. Why would you say that? As per parent comment that dwelling on the masks was veering off topic, could you address _vaccine hesitancy_ in this context?