The World Health Organisation (WHO) has minimized air-borne transmission of COVID-19 because the pandemic started now more than 200 scientists are making a plea for action, warning people they aren’t as safeguarded as they may think.
The WHO’s view has actually so far been that COVID-19 is spread out predominantly through large respiratory droplets– the ones that come flying out of our mouths when we cough, sneeze and speak but then rapidly fall to the ground.
The danger of airborne transmission has not been identified by the WHO, except in some healthcare settings.
Now 239 scientists from 32 various countries and many different locations of science (including virology, aerosol physics and public health) have penned an open letter advising the WHO to alter their advice.
” We disregard COVID-19 air-borne spread inside your home at our peril,” the scientists state.
If their plea is heard, the methods which the world attempts to control the virus could change considerably.
What’s air-borne transmission?
The letter, led by internationally identified air quality and health expert Lidia Morawska from the Queensland University of Innovation, makes an appeal for public health organisations like the WHO to attend to the “frustrating” research on the dangers of microdroplets.
These are the really tiny breathing particles (of 5 microns or less in size) that you produce when you breathe, speak, laugh, sing and so on.
Due to the fact that these particles a