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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 5 May 2020

      1/13 There are still tons of news pieces every day about whether #COVID19 is 'airborne' This is understandable, because airborne=infectious=scary But we know that the disease isn't airborne, at least not in the traditional sense What's going on?pic.twitter.com/jPxpKIjRPF

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    2. Starving Engineer‏ @edw_tweet 6 May 2020
      Replying to @GidMK

      2 nitpicks: - infectious need of measles is also due to low viral load being enough to infect; - US choir and Korean call centre are clear, documented examples that infections occur mostly by air, not fomites

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 6 May 2020
      Replying to @edw_tweet

      1) that's part of the point 2) they are, in fact, precisely the opposite

      4:22 AM - 6 May 2020
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        2. Starving Engineer‏ @edw_tweet 6 May 2020
          Replying to @GidMK

          We could split hair for a long time, like we could with "asymptomatic" (where we should say "presymptomatic"). But in practice, not a big difference if the virus can spread as dry dust (true "airborne") or needs to be carried by a droplet, if that droplet can travel more than 2 m

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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 6 May 2020
          Replying to @edw_tweet

          I think you've missed the entire point of my thread

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        2. Starving Engineer‏ @edw_tweet 6 May 2020
          Replying to @GidMK

          Starving Engineer Retweeted Jeff Jarvis

          In theory, 2 m are enough and one case contaminates on average 2 to 4 others. In practice, in the Korean call center, people far further than 2 m were contaminated, and one case contaminated 43 others.https://twitter.com/jeffjarvis/status/1254408987560349698 …

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          Jeff JarvisVerified account @jeffjarvis
          This study of an outbreak in a Korean call center makes thinking through designing social distancing in offices, schools, etc...challenging. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/8/20-1274_article … pic.twitter.com/Sg08md8aGh
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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 6 May 2020
          Replying to @edw_tweet

          The paper specifically outlines how these people had close contact in many areas of the building (lobby, lifts, kitchen etc) which is...not surprising at all. Do you think they all sat still at their desks all day and then carefully filed out 1 by 1 two metres apart?

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