which deal with inhalation of infectious particles suspended in the air according to the researchers if an infectious virus is primarily airborne someone can potentially be infected when they inhale aerosols produced when an infected person exhales speaks shouts sings or sneezes they noted that some airborne control measures include ventilation air filtration reducing crowding and the amount of time people spend indoors wearing masks whenever indoors attention to mask quality and fit and highergrade ppe for healthcare and other staff when working in contact with potentially infectious people are some of the other control measures according to the researchers it is quite surprising that anyone is still questioning whether airborne transmission is the predominant transmission pathway for this virus or not said study coauthor prof kimberly prather from the university of california san diego us only by including inhalation of aerosols at both close and long range can we explain the many indoor outbreaks that have occurred around the globe once we acknowledge this virus is airborne we know how to fix it prather said the researchers added that there are many examples of places that have fared much better by acknowledging this virus is airborne from the start adding the world needs to follow their lead as soon as possible