Hat tip goes to ElenaM.
Thanks for the H/T. I am bothered by the hair-splicing over the various forms of inhalation transmission. Sure it’s scientifically accurate to say it isn’t transmissible via droplet nuclei as is influenza, but insisting that it isn’t “airborne” is grossly misleading to non-medical and non-scientific people.
The fact is, infected people produce virus particles in their saliva and lung secretions, both of which are expelled from the body into the environment via coughing and sneezing. Anyone within three feet of the infected individual can inhale those secretions and become infected without ever coming in direct physical contact with the viral source. And no one wants to talk about environmental contamination, which I think is even more serious than the droplet vector.
In light of the hair-splicing and diversions I doubt there is any chance of containing this virus before the body count becomes insanely huge.