Battle Rages Inside Hospitals Over How COVID Strikes and Kills

September 23, 2020

(Kaiser Health News) – Front-line health care workers are locked in a heated dispute with many infection control specialists and hospital administrators over how the novel coronavirus is spread ? and therefore, what level of protective gear is appropriate. At issue is the degree to which the virus is airborne ? capable of spreading through tiny aerosol particles lingering in the air ? or primarily transmitted through large, faster-falling droplets from, say, a sneeze or cough. This wonky, seemingly semantic debate has a real-world impact on what sort of protective measures health care companies need to take to protect their patients and workers.