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I added this page in because a lot of people still do not realise that the research shows VERY CLEARLY that aerosol spread is a major cause of COVID transmission. Aerosol = tiny droplets of moisture, and it can be just from breathing - it does not need to be a cough or a sneeze. This is why face masks are such an important part of COVID protection. 

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So this page is to give you some references to the evidence.

• https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1356765668750712832   3 Feb 2021

  • "The evidence is now clear. #SARSCoV2 is transmitted predominantly through the air — by people talking and breathing out large droplets and small particles called aerosols. Catching the virus from surfaces — although plausible — seems to be rare."

    • "Coronavirus is in the air — there’s too much focus on surfaces"  2 Feb 2021

      • https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00277-8

        • "Catching the coronavirus from surfaces is rare."

        • "A year into the pandemic, the evidence is now clear. The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted predominantly through the air — by people talking and breathing out large droplets and small particles called aerosols. Catching the virus from surfaces — although plausible — seems to be rare (E. Goldman Lancet Infect. Dis. 20, 892–893; 2020)."

• https://twitter.com/erictopol/status/1375090331864035330?lang=en   26/Mar/21

  • "The oral cavity is an important site for SARS-CoV-2 infection and implicate saliva as a potential route of SARS-CoV-2 transmission."  https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01296-8   "Add saliva to aerosol and droplets as a potential mode of covid transmission"

• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-31/coughing-deep-breathing-aerosol-spread-covid-study/100039258  31/3/21

  • "Australian researchers find COVID-19 aerosol spread that puts some healthcare workers at risk over others"

    • "Scientists from the University of Sydney, University of New South Wales and the British National Health Service looked at what happened when a person breathed, coughed and even talked. They found that these actions were a major source of tiny aerosol spread." 

    • 'Much of the current official guidance about personal protective equipment is designed to protect the wearer from droplets, and infection spread by aerosols is only considered a risk when caused by medical interventions such an intubating a patient. "Surgical facemasks provide inadequate protection against aerosols and staff safety can only be increased by more widespread use of specialised tight-fitting respirators (N95 or FFP3 masks) and increased indoor ventilation," Professor Tovey said.'

• https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210420/10-signs-airborne-coronavirus-spread-is-what-matters  20/Apr/21

  • "10 Signs Airborne Coronavirus Spread is What Matters"

    • "The scientific evidence for airborne transmission of the coronavirus from different researchers all point in the same direction — that infectious aerosols are the principal means of person-to-person transmission."

    • "The science backing aerosol transmission 'is clear-cut'"

    • https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1382825519171833859  16/Apr/21

      • "Airborne it is. The 10 streams of overwhelming evidence"

        • "Ten scientific reasons in support of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2"   15/Apr/21

          • https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00869-2/fulltext

        • "Indoor Air Changes and Potential Implications for SARS-CoV-2 Transmission"   16/Apr/21

          • https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2779062

        • "A guideline to limit indoor airborne transmission of COVID-19"  27/Apr/21

          • https://www.pnas.org/content/118/17/e2018995118

          • ventilation masks nose-breathing whispering and quiet speech "inadequacy of the Six-Foot Rule" - Topol's summary

• https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1384508691706089474  21/Apr/21

  • Discussion about the Swedish strategy - not following protocols that reducing aerosol transmission - and paying the price for it.  https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/sweden/ 

• https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/apr/28/why-australia-is-under-pressure-to-upgrade-advice-on-covids-aerosol-transmission   28/Apr/21

  • "Why Australia is under pressure to upgrade advice on Covid’s aerosol transmission"

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