Useful thread from @linseymarr on the ongoing confusion around the term "airborne." I tried alternatives and arrived at the same place: we should use the term because it's the clearest one we have, and also use the opportunity to update its hospital/infection control definitions.https://twitter.com/linseymarr/status/1399761760983334912 …
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So avoiding the word has landed us in a situation that dampens the benefits of our better understanding of aerosol transmission, but it doesn't reassure healthcare workers because without the updated understanding, they think airborne necessarily implies measles-like diseases.
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Yes, has never just been a question of definitions. "Droplets are too heavy to hang in the air. They quickly fall on floors or surfaces... To protect yourself keep 1m distance from others."pic.twitter.com/w6yjvbiqZe
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