No matter what the CDC says, here's why many scientists think the coronavirus is airborne.

[Eugene]

Earlier DU thread in LBN: CDC reverses itself and says guidelines it posted on coronavirus airborne transmission were wrong

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Source: Washington Post

No matter what the CDC says, here’s why many scientists think the coronavirus is airborne.

“To the general public, ‘airborne’ can evoke fear and panic. People think of the movie ‘Contagion,’ which is like ‘Jaws’ but for infectious diseases.”

By Ben Guarino, Chris Mooney and Tim Elfrink
9/21/2020, 7:04:47 p.m.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday removed language from its website that said the novel coronavirus spreads via airborne transmission, the latest example of the agency backtracking from its own guidance.

The agency said the guidance, which went up on Friday and largely went without notice until late Sunday, should not have been posted because it was an early draft.

“Unfortunately an early draft of a revision went up without any technical review,” said Jay Butler, the CDC’s deputy director for infectious diseases. “We are returning to the earlier version and revisiting that process. It was a failure of process at CDC.”

Evidence that the virus floats in the air has mounted for months, with an increasingly loud chorus of aerosol biologists pointing to superspreading events in choirs, buses, bars and other poorly ventilated spaces. They cheered when the CDC seemed to join them in agreeing the coronavirus can be airborne.

Experts who reviewed the CDC’s Friday post had said the language change had the power to shift policy and drive a major rethinking on the need to better ventilate indoor air.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/09/21/no-matter-what-cdc-says-heres-why-many-scientists-think-coronavirus-is-airborne/

[dhol82]

1. OMG - we are truly fucked.

[Thekaspervote]

2. I will be looking to the WHO or other free countries now for accurate info, until dotard is gone

[FBaggins]

3. Then you must conclude that it is not airborne

That's the current WHO position (absent aerosol-forming medical procedures).

https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/transmission-of-sars-cov-2-implications-for-infection-prevention-precautions

[Iliyah]

4. Thank goodness majority of Americans know that the virus is airborne . . .

the administration want to keep their cult stupid of facts. Majority of Americans will listen to the scientist and experts. California is below 3% in infections and that is because majority of Californians have followed 3 steps - mask, distancing and washing hands.

Take out foods, outdoor restaurants, computer classes, etc.

[FBaggins]

5. There's a pretty simple way to see if they really believe that it's airborne

What kind of mask are they wearing?

If it's a surgical mask... or a bandana... or something with their favorite football team on it - they don't really think that airborne transmission is a serious threat.