One wonders if the virus is now "airborne"? Is that something viruses can actually do, ontop of being passed on through water droplets after coughing/sneezing.
It always has been. The virus is aerosolized through exhalation, and spreads much like secondhand smoke [0].
[0] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S092575352...
Jogging my memory. Airborne meaning a virus that a person exhales in an elevator (example) will still be present and transmissible x amount of time later. Respiratory active meaning transmissible by coughing/exhaling in the presence of someone else.
These are important distinctions if true and still relevant.