by Manuel Gameiro da Silva, EfS Initiative coordinator

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Introduction

The doubts raised by the author regarding the importance that health authorities, both nationally and internationally, give to the role that different modes of transmission play in the spread of viral infections and the consequences that may arise from this were the main motivation for writing this text. It has been repeatedly affirmed that the transmission takes place mainly by contact and through the drops that, emitted by the infected person, reach the sensitive receiver in its path, so that a safety distance of the order of 1 to 2 m is maintained, the risk of contamination and spread of the disease will be greatly minimized.

The author considers that, without there being scientific evidence to justify it, the role that can be played by transmission through the airborne particles mode has been diminished and that, consequently, some of the protective measures that, probably, have been discouraged in some European countries, will be at the basis of the more modest epidemic spread rates in some Asian countries.

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