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Writer at @TheAtlantic. Host of podcast CRAZY/GENIUS. Author of book HIT MAKERS. Talker on NPR's @hereandnow and @CBSNews. derek[at]theatlantic[dot]com

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    Derek Thompson‏Verified account @DKThomp 12 May 2020

    Now that's three CDC studies—from a Chinese restaurant, a Korean call center, and an American choir practice—all finding that talking, laughing, singing in close quarters, in unventilated interiors, for many hours, is the perfect storm for a COVID super-spreader event.pic.twitter.com/PdpAmXlBY8

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      2. Derek Thompson‏Verified account @DKThomp 12 May 2020

        The Chinese study https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0764_article … Finding: Three Guangzhou families sitting in direct path of AC airflow get sick from droplet transmission. Practical advice: Increase distance between tables in restaurants, increase ventilation, maybe move diners outside.pic.twitter.com/aAMYWEIPLm

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      3. Derek Thompson‏Verified account @DKThomp 12 May 2020

        The Korean study https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/8/20-1274-f2 … Finding: Outbreak in Korean call center concentrated on one side of 11th floor "despite interaction btw workers on different floors in the elevators" Practical advice: risk = exposure X time; shared air more risky than shared surfacespic.twitter.com/UOx63HTITh

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      4. Derek Thompson‏Verified account @DKThomp 12 May 2020

        The Washington study https://cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/pdfs/mm6919e6-H.pdf?deliveryName=USCDC_921-DM28169 … Finding: A long choir practice w/ 61 ppl leads to 32 confirmed cases and 2 deaths Practical advice: The risk of sustained interaction in close quarters inside is "augmented by the act of singing" (and, one may conclude, shouting)

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      5. Derek Thompson‏Verified account @DKThomp 12 May 2020

        Putting it all together: Everything we know from these studies and other global superspreader events (e.g., the Daegu church outbreak in Korea) tells us that huffing and puffing in close quarters with lots of strangers in unventilated inside spaces is a perfect storm.

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      6. Derek Thompson‏Verified account @DKThomp 12 May 2020

        TLDR: I have no idea how clubs, bars, basketball stadiums, high school gym events, museums get anywhere close to normal without a vaccine—or universal usage of some pretty fantastic mask technology.

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      2. Fran Cann‏ @1CannFran 12 May 2020
        Replying to @WentzWagon1 @DKThomp

        Smart ass but funny.

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      1. Bologna Fish, M.D.‏ @BolognaFishMD 12 May 2020
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        Dr. Osterholm, Ph.D, MPH, Director CIDR "This virus actually is spread by the respiratory route meaning just breathing in someone else's air who is nearby you is enough to transmit. You don't have to touch them. You don't even have to be within 3-6 feet." https://youtu.be/EpQmMkPj-mE?t=890 …
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      2. Bologna Fish, M.D.‏ @BolognaFishMD 12 May 2020
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        Osterholm: - "Hand washing is great but this virus is really about breathing air." - Surgical masks prevent transmission a bit but < N95 - "We don't stockpile anything in this country." - "The way HCWs go the country goes. I'm worried." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbqQdwvjf7U …
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      3. Fran Cann‏ @1CannFran 12 May 2020
        Replying to @BolognaFishMD @DKThomp

        Just think'n out loud! What if we wore astronaut type head gear. A small oxygen tank in back, and a breathing tube at the base of your nose. Wipers for my eye glasses. It would make all predictions on future fashion look dated.

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