October 5, 2020

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October 5, 2020

CDC updates website again acknowledging airborne spread through aerosols, but removes previous description which named airborne spread as the primary route of transmission

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/scientific-brief-sars-cov-2.html

October 5, 2020

Top scientists from leading research institutions publish letter in the journal Science citing “overwhelming evidence” that airborne transmission is a “major route” for SARS-CoV-2, urging scientific community to clarify the terminology used related to aerosols

Scientists affiliated with leading research institutions across the U.S. publish open letter in the journal Science that the scientific community must clarify the terminology used related to aerosols and droplets, and employ a more modern size threshold, rather than the existing one based on 1930s-era work. Authors include experts from the University of California San […]