Independent of the source, the article is not very well put together. It is fair to ask, how did she pull this out of her ass? Here is her CV if you want to take the time to review her credentials and past research.
https://caice.ucsd.edu/wp-content/up...er-CV_2019.pdf
It turns out shes been studying this phenomenon as far back as 2018. The article below describes a particular experiment where they concluded that fatty/waxy membranes of bacteria and viruses is what helped them come to the surface of the water and aerosolize.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/...rature/564092/
The publication below describes the technique she used to detect microbes in aerosolized sea water.
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021...alchem.7b00933
And if you're still in doubt, here's a "reliable" source
https://www.foxnews.com/us/virus-exp...id-coronavirus
Do your own fact finding then decide for yourself what you want to believe. Go beyond one source and really look at the data.