Tell me again how airborne spread and droplet spread are not the same thing.
What lawyer is telling us that it depends on the meaning of the word “IS”.
“Airborn” sounds scarier than “droplet spread”.
Clinton redux. They are all liars.
“Airborne” in this context means to be carried by the air.
droplets are not “carried by the air”. They are light enough to travel several feet through the air before falling.
So for a analogy that isn’t quite accurate but would explain the difference — Pollen is “airborne”, it travels long distances. A bullet is not airborne, even though it might travel a good distance.
If Ebola was Airborne, there would be hundreds of thousands of dead people.
The difference between airborne and droplet spread, practically speaking: If there is a person about to die of Ebola, you can stand in the opposite corner of a 10x10 foot room with no protection, and not get sick.
If there is a person suffering from TB, and you stand in that opposite corner, you are almost certain to catch TB.
Because TB gets into the air and circulates throughout the room and you breathe it in. Ebola is in the fluids, and if you stand far enough away, the fluids are not going to reach you.
Hmm, I would have included you in the post I just made, but I did not see the question in time.
Droplets fall to the ground almost immediately. The only way to get exposed to Ebola from droplets is to be within their fall trajectory path. That is, within 3 feet of their source, where you would intercept them before they hit the ground.
Airborne particles are very tiny, dry out quickly, and can remain in the air for 2 hours. Plus, they can be moved by air currents some distance from their source—you don’t need to be in the same room as a sick person to catch an airborne disease, you can catch it from walking by an open window. Ebola viruses are too large to fit into those small particles, and do not survive being dried out.