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Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Scientific Debate Surrounding the Transmission of Covid-19

How the coronavirus travels through the air has become one of the most divisive debates in this pandemic.
“The question, then, isn’t whether the coronavirus is “airborne” in the tediously academic way the word has been defined. As the journalist Roxanne Khamsi puts it, the virus is “definitely borne by air.” The better questions are: How far does the virus move? And Is it stable and concentrated enough at the end of its journey to harm someone’s health?”