FWIW: about airborne transmission, the discussion is a bit more complex than how it is summarized in the general media and understood by the public: it's a question of definition and ultimately protective protocols, which ends up having consequences on funding, costs, responsibilities and insurances. Note: I am in the "airborne" camp if there is such a thing but the overall discussion is more nuanced than, for example, the previous "miracle" drugs discussions.
Also, since there have been discussions here about "the virus somehow changing", here are a few useful links
http://cov.genometracker.org/
https://genome.ucsc.edu/covid19.html
https://www.gisaid.org/ (not as visually nice but best data imho)
and one fairly recent paper on geographical variations
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01800/full
it is an evolving story, here is an example of a reinfection by two different strains
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32840608/ which, by itself, remains anecdotal but shows that full genome sequencing is frequently and quickly done. The chances of the virus "changing" and us not noticing are low but there will definitely be a small delay before the info hits the general news sites if it happens.
I posted this link prior ... from CBC Canada ...
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https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/is-covid-19-airborne-the-cdc-said-yes-then-no-1.5734929
This one is from ABC, USA ...
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https://abcnews.go.com/Health/cdc-w...ne-transmission-coronavirus/story?id=73150605
This one, from WHO International (older date) ...
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https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/modes-of-transmission-of-virus-causing-covid-19-implications-for-ipc-precaution-recommendations#:~:text=According to current evidence,,transmission was not reported.
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Me I am not a pandemic expert, I'm just a general public person.
I search for the truth in health, in wealth, in arts, in audio.
I'm a nobody, no secret, no classified files, just a solid education and down-to-earth background. My studies were based on real sciences, not Mickey mouse from Disneyland. I love entertainment like anyone else but this COVID-19 pandemic is no entertainment.
I agree with you that this virus is an evolving study each and everyday.
Updates are very tough to keep up because scientists, doctors, nurses, vaccine researchers, expert epidemiologists, ...the full shebang of world experts and not know as much as you and I depending of our level of knowledge, studies, readings, and what's underground, and what shall not released to the general public, and only what the people in real charge shouldn't say or would.
Each country is also different, and we see a lack of unity in all countries cooperation and it affects us all. Me I think it's not fair @ all, nobody asked for that, we should have known much earlier right from the beginning. I also believe the seriousness of the implications, the grave mistakes made and repeated.
Who knows exactly how many people are infected worldwide when you can't even get tested in your own neighborhood. The numbers we have is over 31 million and every 3 to 4 days we have a million more. Some experts estimated that it could be more than ten times 31 million. How long till one billion infected?
The number of departed worldwide; Sunday coming up they'll give us a number...one million. Is that number accurate enough? How long till we know for sure; 6 months, 12 months, 2 years, never? ...Like in 1918-19.
Today we have supercomputers in the palm of our hands, super intelligent devices in our pockets, and yet we are in a pandemic. Where are going, what drives us, what values we value the most?
Numbers are people, here with COVID-19, lives or real people.
When you die there's nothing left, no money, no Ferrari, no mansion, no nothing but people fighting over whatever little no importance you have materially accumulated.
They'll fight to death to acquire those goods. And children are dying every single day of starvation by huge numbers, children lives...those numbers.
So, what is it; airborne or not airborne, and why this big change from the CDC here in the USA, and why WHO and China love affair, and why Taiwan, and why Russian vaccine, and why all the poison in the world, the rats, the bats and all that jazz...why?
Don't answer it, it has zero to do with herd immunity, zero to do with world collapsing, zero to do with control of power, zero to do with people dying, zero to do with the economy, zero to do with losing your job, losing your identity, losing your belief, losing your faith, losing your dreams, losing your freedom, losing your rights, ...and everything to do with man's own downfall taking with him everyone else.
We are in a big mess, there is no turning back.
A vaccine? Maybe in April 2021. Is that going to solve all our problems? Of course not.
A mask? It sure helps in slowing down the spreading.
Desanitizing surfaces? Same as above.
Cleaner air (getting rid of airborne particles)? Same as above.
Self distancing (no public gathetings)? Same as above.
Wash with soap our hands? Same as above.
Eating properly, exercising properly, sleeping properly, living properly, ...? Same as above.
I am a nobody, we're all in it together...we are all somebody important, the human race.