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Jimenez, Jose L. (author), Marr, Linsey C. (author), Randall, Katherine (author), Ewing, Edward Thomas (author), Tufekci, Zeynep (author), Greenhalgh, Trish (author), Tellier, Raymond (author), Tang, Julian W. (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author)Abstract The question of whether SARS-CoV-2 is mainly transmitted by droplets or aerosols has been highly controversial. We sought to explain this controversy through a historical analysis of transmission research in other diseases. For most of human history, the dominant paradigm was that many diseases were carried by the air, often over long...journal article 2022
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Tang, Julian W. (author), Bahnfleth, William (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author), Buonanno, Giorgio (author), Jimenez, Jose L. (author), Kurnitski, Jarek (author), Li, Yuguo (author), Miller, Shelly (author), Sekhar, Chandra (author), Morawska, Lidia (author)The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused untold disruption throughout the world. Understanding the mechanisms for transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is key to preventing further spread, but there is confusion over the meaning of ‘airborne’ whenever transmission is discussed....review 2021