Covid-19 Transmission

    Recently we've learned that Covid can be spread not only through respiratory droplets, but also possibly through aerosols and just by touching your eyes. It seems like there's not much we can do to ensure our safety other than living in a bubble at this point. With so many people split on whether we should be able to return to our regular lives or if we should stay in quarantine, I'm personally concerned with how exactly we can catch the virus. I have a member of my extended family who might have gotten Covid back in October 2019. She works as a nurse at a Kaiser hospital in LA, and she recently told me that she had gotten sick in October with most of the symptoms that we already know are linked to Covid. She took an antibody test a few weeks ago, but it came out negative (probably because we already know antibodies don't stay in the body for more than a few months). She's completely recovered now, but she has always been extra cautious at her job for fear that she could spread anything from there to her family back home. She had already been doing things that nurses are doing now, like wearing N95 masks and washing her old clothes as soon as she got home.

    As we learn new things about this virus, I'm wondering if there are any other ways that Covid can be spread. Are we ready to go back to normal life while transmission rates are still climbing? Will we ever be able to live as we did before? Or will this be something that continues to develop new strains like the flu, and stick with us for much longer than we'd hope?