You are correct, I skimmed it, but I have already seen exactly the same thing several times now.
The idea of it, is to make a rational sounding explanation to explain the infection rates of the medical workers.
There are many variables that these opinions never consider simply because the writers are emotionally compromised or don’t understand the lax precautions and protocols used in these clinics, particularly early on in the outbreak.
One think important in my mind, is the fact that most of these medical volunteers all bunked together in groups, some of them quite large. made for a easy transmission to the entire group in some cases.
I’ll give you a example of how this occurs, based on a real life experience I had just one year ago.
My wife’s mother is in a nursing home. She, being the good daughter that she is, wanted to help her to have a better life their and agreed to personal wash her clothing at home and bring it back to her mother..(they usually do it in their own commercial laundry but the soaps and chemicals often ruin the clothing)
Within about two weeks, my entire family came down with staph infections in various places, including me. It was a nasty little bug. My son ended up having to go to the emergency room, but my wife’s infection and mine resolved on their own.
It was a simple act of kindness but my wife had not considered the fact that decontamination of the washing machine or the use of a stronger washing agent (bleach) might be necessary.
I recount this story only for the purposes of showing everyone here just how viruses and bacteria can propagate and it certainly does not need any “airborne” characteristics to travel for miles from the source.
All things which would be somewhat unusual for the MD who wrote the article.