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There’s almost no historical precedent for any virus to change its basic mode of transmission so radically. Even viruses that are well adapted to attacking the respiratory system often have a hard time getting transmitted through the airways. Consider the experience so far with avian flu, which is easily transmitted through the air in birds but hasn’t yet mutated to become easily spreadable in that fashion among people. So in one word, no.

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