Increased close proximity airborne transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant

Overview of attention for article published in Science of the Total Environment, November 2021

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RT @Kaddand67376085: Increased close proximity airborne transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 Delt... https://t.co/uBsIPJcUMG

@hayapalooza @georgimarinov @dronico @__ice9 And again: https://t.co/OezDTaL7R7

@KatePaulDillon @politicalmath That doesn't necessarily follow. Viral load went up from variant to variant. People started breathing out MORE of the virus, making true airborne (vs droplet) spread easier. https://t.co/FafivNT5zc

A modeling study led by Lidia Morawska at Queensland University of Technology found that the Delta variant has a lower overdispersion parameter k of 0.49. The wild type (Wuhan) SARS-CoV-2 was k ~ 0.1 Influenza k ~ 1 (poisson distribution). https://t.…

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