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Originally Posted by map
No it is not airborne. It is contracted from droplets that fall on surfaces, including being coughed or sneezed on. This is different from just breathing in the air around you and contracting a virus.
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Guess there’s debate among the infectious disease community that is causing the confusion with regards to the airborne nomenclature.
https://www.wired.com/story/they-say...-borne-by-air/
For me, this snippet from the CDC makes clear that you can catch it through the air and not just by touching a surface that it’s landed on.
“The virus is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person.
Between people who are in close contact with one another (within about 6 feet).
Through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes.
These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into the lungs.”
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...nsmission.html
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