Scientists say WHO ignores the risk that coronavirus floats in air as aerosol

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Scientists say WHO ignores the risk that coronavirus floats in air as aerosol

Richard Read

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Choir members wear masks during a May 31 service at the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul. <span class="copyright">(Ahn Young-joon / Associated Press)</span>
Choir members wear masks during a May 31 service at the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul. (Ahn Young-joon / Associated Press)

Six months into a pandemic that has killed over half a million people, more than 200 scientists from around the world are challenging the official view of how the coronavirus spreads.

Richard Read

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The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention maintain that you have to worry about only two types of transmission: inhaling respiratory droplets from an infected person in your immediate vicinity or — less common — touching a contaminated surface and then your eyes, nose or mouth.

But other experts contend that the guidance ignores growing evidence that a third pathway also plays a significant role in…

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