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These threads are awful because "droplet" and "aerosol" don't have good fixed definitions, and because people misuse the word "airborne" to mean "aerosol".


Yes, there is a lot of education problem when you want to discuss anything virus related.

Aerosol == small droplets of water.

Airborne, particles == no droplet, just leftover of an aerosol that dried out in less than 100% humid air.

It would not be the first time that health-related article on an economic website gets physics wrong.




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