glingorfel [he/him]

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  • the aerosols are technically droplets of liquid yes, but they are physically distinct from what we usually call “droplets” in the sense of the spittle that comes out of your mouth and doesn’t stay in the air for long.

    covid is in both. distancing helps with avoiding the larger droplets, handwashing helps with potentially picking up virus from those droplets on surfaces you touch, but neither of those help with the aerosols which is why respirators are of critical importance in avoiding the spread of covid.

    so yes you can be technically correct by saying that the aerosols are also droplets but it’s still important to draw the distinction between the two and mitigate the risks from both.