Originally Posted by
Michael Grantham
There was a relatively profound misunderstanding of how this virus transmitted at the beginning of this pandemic, and that was rooted in misunderstandings in the medical community that go back decades.
I'm not aware of a respiratory virus that transmits primarily by contact with surfaces. For most viruses, we do not know the relative contributions of aerosols, respiratory drops, and surfaces. These are actually very difficult and expensive studies to do. Because most folks believe that we've already sorted this stuff out it's also very difficult to get these studies funded.