or how important good airflow in indoor venues was.
Oh we knew but acknowledging aerosol transmission would mean public expectation of mitigation which would be expensive architecturally and we were not ready with enough masks.
Fomite transmission (surfaces) was exaggerated because it made for reassuring theatre (eg public servants walking through trains with disinfecting cloths).
There is a great podcast on the miasma myth and then how when evidence emerged of aerosol transmission it took decades to accept (right through 2019). Covid finally, eventually, helped defeat the resistance within the science community.
Every industry has resistance to change. Science is self correcting at least even though it took a while regarding this.
Oh we knew but acknowledging aerosol transmission would mean public expectation of mitigation which would be expensive architecturally and we were not ready with enough masks.
Fomite transmission (surfaces) was exaggerated because it made for reassuring theatre (eg public servants walking through trains with disinfecting cloths).
There is a great podcast on the miasma myth and then how when evidence emerged of aerosol transmission it took decades to accept (right through 2019). Covid finally, eventually, helped defeat the resistance within the science community.
Every industry has resistance to change. Science is self correcting at least even though it took a while regarding this.