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How coronavirus spreads through the air: 5 essential facts – Inverse
Scientists explain what aerosols are, how airborne particles can transmit the coronavirus, and how to protect yourself.
Scientists have been warning for months
that the coronavirus could be spread by aerosols tiny respiratory droplets that people emit when they talk or sneeze and that can linger in the air.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention appeared to acknowledge that risk on Sept. 18. It posted guidance on its website listing aerosols among the ways the virus spreads and saying there was growing evidence the airborne particles can remain suspended and travel beyond 6 feet. But three days later, …
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