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Virus may be spread through normal breathing

A letter from the chair of a committee with the National Academy of Sciences said that results of current research are consistent with aerosolisation of the virus through normal breathing, in addition to coughing or sneezing. Harvey Fineberg, MD, wrote the letter in response to a query from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.