Originally Posted by
Polaris OBark
He creates an aerosol cloud that lingers on the path, that could be inhaled by someone further behind. It doesn't have to be a wheel-sucker.
I'm sure you have experienced riding into someone's cloud exhaled tobacco smoke, or perfume or cologne. If you can smell that, you are probably also inhaling virus particles if they are being shed.
Sorry, but that possibility of the "cloud of death" was thoroughly debunked in 2020, outdoor transmission rarely if ever happens. The particles are heavier than air, so if they are not made windborne and dissipated, they quickly end up on the ground. Also, the virus does not do well in sunlight. The one thing the aerosol won't do is linger on the path at a height where anyone would breath it in. You shouldn't cough in someone's face, and definitely don't launch the rocket at anyone, but what you're describing is an absurdly unlikely scenario. It's just a completely different calculation than doing stuff like that indoors.
BTW, if the viruses do become airborne, they will dissipate very quickly to too low of a concentration to be considered a threat and also likely die from the exposure.