We have very strong evidence by now that a major driver of covid spread is superspreading events indoors, at some distance from the spreader, but proximity at the arbitrary 2 meter distance is still being treated like a talisman against infection six months into this disaster.https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1279450138881265665 …
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Given the leadership and information vacuum, Americans have been acting rationally by their lights. When case counts and deaths go up, they become more risk-averse. When no one around them is dying, they relax their vigilance. There is endless moralizing about this to no good end
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If you want people to act differently, like wear masks universally even when most people are healthy, you have to EXPLAIN this in a repetitive, clear, persuasive way, model the behavior, and do it outside the confines of the political carnival. Too few in the US have done that
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You also need to give people some sense of what to expect. "Stay indoors with your kids until further notice" is not an acceptable public policy. The reason reopening took hold too early is in part the fact that it sounded like a plan. What is the plan right now? Do we have one?
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every day we get further into the pandemic doing the wrong thing it becomes harder for current leadership to admit to doing the wrong thing
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people blaming random individuals have never been inside an abusive system (or they didn’t pay attention) to see how well freezing out works.
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Take responsibility. Educate yourself. Take care of your community. Teach others.
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We flattened the curve here in New York City by getting about half of the population infected.
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Citation needed
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