A scientist who studies aerosols says everything she reads about COVID-19 points to a pathogen that travels through the air.
Prather says she’s been alarmed not to see the CDC or WHO come out with a strong statement that people could catch COVID-19 by breathing it in.And she believes masks can play a major role in stopping that transmission.magazine on May 26, Anthony Fauci, MD, who leads the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,“When you sing, the amount of droplets and aerosol that come out is really, in some respects, scary,” Fauci said.
Aerosols, she writes, “can accumulate, remain infectious in indoor air for hours, and be easily inhaled deeply into the lungs.” “It’s very fixable. Masks aren’t that big of a deal,” she says. “To me, I look at this as a solution.”
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