Global health groups propose new terminology for pathogens that spread through the air
University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu / 612-625-5000 During the COVID-19 pandemic, health groups used and continue to use various terms such as “airborne,” “airborne transmission,” and “aerosol transmission” to describe the spread of the virus through the air, which can lead to misleading information and confusion about how the disease was circulating. An international group has been grappling with the issue for more than 3 years, and today the experts laid out their deliberations in a