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Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Airborne Transmission: Science Rejected, Lives Lost. Can Society Do Better?
Morawska, Lidia; Bahnfleth, William; Bluyssen, Philomena M; Boerstra, Atze; Buonanno, Giorgio; Dancer, Stephanie J; Floto, Andres; Franchimon, Francesco; Haworth, Charles; Hogeling, Jaap; Isaxon, Christina; Jimenez, Jose L; Kurnitski, Jarek; Li, Yuguo; Loomans, Marcel; Marks, Guy; Marr, Linsey C; Mazzarella, Livio; Melikov, Arsen Krikor; Miller, Shelly; Milton, Donald K; Nazaroff, William; Nielsen, Peter V; Noakes, Catherine; Peccia, Jordan; Querol, Xavier; Sekhar, Chandra; Seppänen, Olli; Tanabe, Shin-Ichi; Tellier, Raymond; Wai, Tham Kwok; Wargocki, Pawel; Wierzbicka, Aneta.
  • Morawska L; International Laboratory for Air Quality and Heath, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Bahnfleth W; Department of Architectural Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Bluyssen PM; Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
  • Boerstra A; REHVA (Federation of European Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Associations), BBA Binnenmilieu, The Hague, The Netherlands.
  • Buonanno G; Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino, Italy.
  • Dancer SJ; Edinburgh Napier University and NHS Lanarkshire Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • Floto A; Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
  • Franchimon F; Franchimon ICM Berkel, South Holland, The Netherlands.
  • Haworth C; Cambridge Centre for Lung Infection, Royal Papworth Hospital and Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
  • Hogeling J; International Standards at ISSO, ISSO International Project, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands.
  • Isaxon C; Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
  • Jimenez JL; Department of Chemistry, and Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
  • Kurnitski J; REHVA Technology and Research Committee, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia.
  • Li Y; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hong Kong University, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, China.
  • Loomans M; Department of the Built Environment, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
  • Marks G; Centre for Air Quality Research and Evaluation (CAR), University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia.
  • Marr LC; Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
  • Mazzarella L; AiCARR, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy.
  • Melikov AK; DTU Sustain, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark.
  • Miller S; Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA.
  • Milton DK; Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.
  • Nazaroff W; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
  • Nielsen PV; Faculty of Engineering and Science, Department of Civil Engineering, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
  • Noakes C; School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
  • Peccia J; Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
  • Querol X; Department of Geosciences, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, Spanish National Research Council, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Sekhar C; Department of the Built Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
  • Seppänen O; Aalto University, Espoo, Finland.
  • Tanabe SI; Department of Architecture, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Tellier R; Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
  • Wai TK; Department of the Built Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
  • Wargocki P; DTU Sustain, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark.
  • Wierzbicka A; Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Clin Infect Dis ; 76(10): 1854-1859, 2023 05 24.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-20240001
ABSTRACT
This is an account that should be heard of an important struggle the struggle of a large group of experts who came together at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to warn the world about the risk of airborne transmission and the consequences of ignoring it. We alerted the World Health Organization about the potential significance of the airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and the urgent need to control it, but our concerns were dismissed. Here we describe how this happened and the consequences. We hope that by reporting this story we can raise awareness of the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration and the need to be open to new evidence, and to prevent it from happening again. Acknowledgement of an issue, and the emergence of new evidence related to it, is the first necessary step towards finding effective mitigation solutions.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Clin Infect Dis Journal subject: Communicable Diseases Year: 2023 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Cid

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