The WHOLE POINT of the article is to educate you about the difference between droplets (ballistic) and aerosols (behave like a gas).
It doesn't look like you, or the people replying to you read the article. And thats a shame, because you're exactly the type of person who the author is trying to educate.
I believe that’s why the parent comment said scientists and medical experts should improve how they explain terms going forward. People like OP should not be this confused about how the virus spreads after 4 months of hearing about it all the time. I’m glad we have magazines helping fix that problem now, but communication from places like the CDC hasn’t been totally understandable to normal people. (Add a healthy dose of misinformation and propaganda and you get today’s situation :))
It doesn't look like you, or the people replying to you read the article. And thats a shame, because you're exactly the type of person who the author is trying to educate.