Letters
Covid aerosol risk
Covid-19 and aerosol transmission: up in the air
BMJ 2021; 372 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n636 (Published 05 March 2021) Cite this as: BMJ 2021;372:n636
- Richard Turner, consultant respiratory physician
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Charing Cross Hospital, London W6 8RF, UK
- richard.turner17{at}nhs.net
The BMJ’s article about aerosol transmission in covid-19 rightly draws attention to an important subject, but the title—“Risk of aerosol transmission to staff outside of intensive care is likely to be higher than predicted”—is misleading.1 The risk of aerosol transmission is probably substantial in covid-19, and infection control policies should reflect this. But the quoted study does not help us quantify this risk outside of intensive care units.
The study of Hamilton and colleagues, to which the article refers, reports two …
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