Before this gets out of hand. "Distance doesn't matter" IS NOT what "it's airborne" or primarily aerosol-transmitted means or implies, and the headline is not reflecting correctly a modeling paper they are using says. Calling in @linseymarr and @jljcolorado among others.https://twitter.com/CNBC/status/1385628971086323719 …
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Both/And ... There is something to be said for the influence of room-mixed air, where you still have risk anywhere in the room. But in those first few feet (even w/ masks), distance is also really *critical*. Exposure is much higher in that breathing zone.https://twitter.com/HuffmanLabDU/status/1385725987413905410 …
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Wait wait wait. Are they saying that even in near field, density is the same (well mixed conditions apply)??
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Maybe you should talk to some people who've been publishing in this very field for years? Even if they told you that, it is a dangerous, misleading headline to put there that you should check with others (not me!). This is not some empty science field.
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It's not okay to put such a big claim in the headline with nobody else consulted even if, as you say, two MIT professors who have not published in this field before (with all due respect to their model) told you that's what their study means: that distance doesn't matter at all.
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Just because “they told you” does not mean you have to run with that as the headline. It would be much better when reporting on public health topics to be more conservative w/headline and contextualize the report with how the new info fits into the existing body of evidence.
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THIS....is why the public mistrusts the media. You are being asked to consider more info on the subject and you roll your eyes.
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Honestly, I don't think they are smart or educated enough to fully appreciate their error. Corporate journalism has not attracted our best and brightest in decades.
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