The entire Primary Schools reopening plan hangs on one sentence (p26): "Remember that the virus is spread by droplets and is not airborne so physical
separation is enough to reduce the risk of spread to others even if they are in the same
room"
#COVID19ireland #edchatie
https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m2720
Covid-19: Airborne transmission is being underestimated, warn experts

Microscopic respiratory droplets generated by talking and breathing can hover in the air for minutes or hours and drift many metres horizontally before infecting people, argue 239 experts from 32...

https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m2720
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/health/virus-aerosols-who.html
The Coronavirus Can Be Airborne Indoors, W.H.O. Says

The agency also explained more directly that people without symptoms may spread the virus. The acknowledgments should have come sooner, some experts said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/09/health/virus-aerosols-who.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/health/coronavirus-airborne-aerosols.html
Airborne Coronavirus: What You Should Do Now

How to protect yourself from a virus that may be floating indoors? Better ventilation, for starters. And keep wearing those masks.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/health/coronavirus-airborne-aerosols.html
https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/airborne-coronavirus-what-you-should-do-now-to-help-yourself-stay-safe-1.4298297
Airborne coronavirus: What you should do now to help yourself stay safe

How to avoid a virus that may be floating indoors? Keep wearing masks, for starters

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/airborne-coronavirus-what-you-should-do-now-to-help-yourself-stay-safe-1.4298297
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/8/20-1274_article
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/health/239-experts-with-one-big-claim-the-coronavirus-is-airborne.html
239 Experts With One Big Claim: The Coronavirus Is Airborne

The W.H.O. has resisted mounting evidence that viral particles floating indoors are infectious, some scientists say. The agency maintains the research is still inconclusive.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/health/239-experts-with-one-big-claim-the-coronavirus-is-airborne.html
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30323-4/fulltext
Particle sizes of infectious aerosols: implications for infection control

The global pandemic of COVID-19 has been associated with infections and deaths among health-care workers. This Viewpoint of infectious aerosols is intended to inform appropriate infection control...

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30323-4/fulltext
Mounting evidence suggests coronavirus is airborne — but health advice has not caught up
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02058-1
"The World Health Organization has acknowledged there is emerging evidence that the coronavirus can be spread by tiny particles suspended in the air.

The airborne transmission could not be ruled out in crowded, closed or poorly ventilated settings" https://www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-53329946?amp_js_v=a3&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQIKAGwASDYAQE%3D#aoh=15958865272918&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-53329946
Coronavirus: WHO rethinking how Covid-19 spreads in air

The WHO has acknowledged there is evidence that Covid-19 can be spread by airborne particles.

https://www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-53329946?amp_js_v=a3&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQIKAGwASDYAQE%3D#aoh=15958865272918&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-53329946
https://www.cebm.net/study/covid-19-aerosol-transmission-of-covid-19/
Aerosol Transmission of COVID-19 - CEBM

Aerosol transmission of COVID-19 may take place by infected people with no symptoms when they speak or breathe without necessarily coughing or sneezing.

https://www.cebm.net/study/covid-19-aerosol-transmission-of-covid-19/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/scourge-hygiene-theater/614599/
You Can Stop Cleaning Your Mail Now

People are power scrubbing their way to a false sense of security.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/scourge-hygiene-theater/614599/
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.15.20132027v2
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by inhalation of respiratory aerosol in the Skagit Valley Chorale...

During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, an outbreak occurred following attendance of a symptomatic index case at a regular weekly rehearsal on 10 March of the Skagit Valley Chorale (SVC). After that...

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.15.20132027v2
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.19.20145326v1.full.pdf
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