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In case anyone missed it. Shanghai government confirm coronavirus is aerosolized (different than droplets or airborne) Shanghai officials reveal novel coronavirus transmission modes Confirmed transmission routes of the novel coronavirus include direct transmission, contact transmission and ***aerosol transmission*** a Shanghai official said on Saturday. https://chinadaily.com.cn/a/202002/08/WS5e3e7d97a310128217275fc3.html This confirms what a CDC official told the daughter of an American couple on the quarantined Japanese cruise ship. This also confirms other news reports: Catching it within 15 seconds near an infected person The incredibly fast spread on cruise ships One infected person in a building, they lock the whole building down Man catching it from infected person one apartment below Large scale disinfection trucks, now N. Korea doing the same The high level hazmat suit the people bringing the American expatriates home The difference between airborne and aerosolized: Airborne Droplet Droplets (>5 μm). Remain only shortly in air (<17 min) [116]. Dispersed over short distances (<1 m). Short range transmission. Direct inoculation of naïve person through coughing/sneezing/breathing of infected person. Deposition mainly on mucous membranes and upper respiratory tract. Aerosol Aerosols, droplet nuclei (<5 μm), Remain in air for an almost infinite amount of time. Dispersed over long distances (>1 m). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1879625717301773