Airborne Transmission of COVID-19

While ASHRAE provides guidelines for increased ventilation and filtration in response to COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) has limited recognition of airborne transmission. In response 239 scientists, signed in support commentary in the Oxford Academic journal, Clinical Infectious Diseases. The commentary, It is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of COVID-19, pushes the medical community and World Health Organization (WHO) to recognize airborne transmission of COVID-19. The evidence of airborne transmission is not complete, like many COVID-19 factors, the evidence is strong enough to recommend mitigating factors.

Ventilation
Filtration (High Efficiency)
Disinfection (Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation)
Reduce overcrowding in transportation and public buildings.

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Lidia Morawska, Donald K Milton, It is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of COVID-19, Clinical Infectious Diseases, , ciaa939, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa939