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> Where is the definitive research on aerosols? https://sites.google.com/vt.edu/air/publications https://sites.google.com/vt.edu/air/publications This example

> Where is the definitive research on aerosols? https://sites.google.com/vt.edu/air/publications https://sites.google.com/vt.edu/air/publications This example was pretty easy to find.

rapjr9 5y ago
And if you read those papers and articles you'll find there are still a lot of open questions, for example a couple of quotes from the first paper: For viral infections generally, little is known about the dose-response relationship between the inhaled number of virions and infection risk and the relationship between the site of deposition within the respiratory tract and the clinical phenotype and severity of illness. The gaps in addressing the 4 critical questions highlight the necessity of an organized interdisciplinary research agenda. The pandemic quickly launched such research, resulting in the new but still incomplete findings presented at the NASEM workshop. These findings document the critical role of aerosols in transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Further studies are needed to refine understanding of the relative contributions of the modes of transmission in distinct settings. Strong and immediate precautionary actions should be taken based on the demonstrated significance of this transmission mode, particularly as the pandemic surges. Strategies need to be developed that assure sufficient ventilation and that add air cleaning and perhaps ultraviolet light in appropriate settings. end quotes Prior to this research scientists spent a long time arguing over what an aerosol was and found there were conflicting definitions. They've studied influenza and colds for a century and until now they didn't know it was spread by aerosols? And they still don't know exactly what the risk of infection by aerosols is.
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- pwr-electronics 5y ago
  There are still two years' worth of research that definitively answers some important questions, which covers the scope of the previous comments, as written.

> Where is the definitive research on aerosols? https://sites.google.com/vt.edu/air/publications https://sites.google.com/vt.edu/air/publications This example was pretty easy to find.

rapjr9 5y ago

And if you read those papers and articles you'll find there are still a lot of open questions, for example a couple of quotes from the first paper: For viral infections generally, little is known about the dose-response relationship between the inhaled number of virions and infection risk and the relationship between the site of deposition within the respiratory tract and the clinical phenotype and severity of illness. The gaps in addressing the 4 critical questions highlight the necessity of an organized interdisciplinary research agenda. The pandemic quickly launched such research, resulting in the new but still incomplete findings presented at the NASEM workshop. These findings document the critical role of aerosols in transmission of SARS-CoV-2. Further studies are needed to refine understanding of the relative contributions of the modes of transmission in distinct settings. Strong and immediate precautionary actions should be taken based on the demonstrated significance of this transmission mode, particularly as the pandemic surges. Strategies need to be developed that assure sufficient ventilation and that add air cleaning and perhaps ultraviolet light in appropriate settings. end quotes Prior to this research scientists spent a long time arguing over what an aerosol was and found there were conflicting definitions. They've studied influenza and colds for a century and until now they didn't know it was spread by aerosols? And they still don't know exactly what the risk of infection by aerosols is.

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pwr-electronics 5y ago
There are still two years' worth of research that definitively answers some important questions, which covers the scope of the previous comments, as written.