But obviously, there are transmission modes other than airborne and sexual, so I think you are missing my point about too-narrow thinking.
Because your claim is, effectively, a near-certainty that only airborne transmission could be threatening. And my response was, in effect, that this isn’t correct, and that even eliminating airborne disease transmission completely wouldn’t sufficiently address risks of future bioengineered pandemics, even if it would greatly reduce the number of viable such cases.
I think you’re once again focusing far too narrowly—foodborne illness, waterborne disease, intermediate animal hosts and parasites, vector borne diseases, fomites, and sexual transmission are all mechanisms that currently spread disease, and it seems very strange to say that we should only ever look at aerosol transmission. Yes, it’s the most worrying, but it’s not enough on its own to address all threats.
Unless you have a reason to think otherwise, those methods of transmission (except for aerosol transmission) don’t seem capable of spreading a contagion rapidly enough to end civilization. This has been discussed in other comments.
But obviously, there are transmission modes other than airborne and sexual, so I think you are missing my point about too-narrow thinking.
Because your claim is, effectively, a near-certainty that only airborne transmission could be threatening. And my response was, in effect, that this isn’t correct, and that even eliminating airborne disease transmission completely wouldn’t sufficiently address risks of future bioengineered pandemics, even if it would greatly reduce the number of viable such cases.
Why do you think fomite transmission is still worth considering?
I think you’re once again focusing far too narrowly—foodborne illness, waterborne disease, intermediate animal hosts and parasites, vector borne diseases, fomites, and sexual transmission are all mechanisms that currently spread disease, and it seems very strange to say that we should only ever look at aerosol transmission. Yes, it’s the most worrying, but it’s not enough on its own to address all threats.
Unless you have a reason to think otherwise, those methods of transmission (except for aerosol transmission) don’t seem capable of spreading a contagion rapidly enough to end civilization. This has been discussed in other comments.