Article: "Superspreader events are indoors". Also article: "Top expert says he avoids buses and takes his walks by the sea." Photo editor: "We put photo of a beach, right?". Good job, @washingtonpost.
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Article: "Superspreader events are indoors". Also article: "Top expert says he avoids buses and takes his walks by the sea." Photo editor: "We put photo of a beach, right?". Good job, @washingtonpost.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Ranu Dhillon
The inordinate focus on beaches is unscientific, counter-productive (scaring people away from safe outdoor activities) and, worse, hides the true dangers and real victims of this pandemic. Such a big failure, and there seem to be no way to stop it.https://twitter.com/RanuDhillon/status/1284883221289689089 …
zeynep tufekci added,
Yes, let’s illustrate the crisis with widely-spaced people outdoors in a vast and sunny beach, @business. Very, very informative.pic.twitter.com/RrxmtrwkAs
Doctors report that many of those infected with COVID are essential workers, many people of color, living in crowded housing. What does media fixate on? Young people doing safe and good things (outdoors, distanced exercise.) Triple whammy: erase victims, moralize, misinform.pic.twitter.com/HAzUaZ7XxP
Good one, @sfchronicle. Story is about *contact-tracing*. The photo is ::drumroll:: a telephoto beach picture from *two-months ago* where the caption even says what everyone can see: people are spread apart. These visuals are misinformation. h/t @sethjbermanpic.twitter.com/N5qxZrbZOk
zeynep tufekci Retweeted
Answering not to dunk, but to show the detrimental effects of misinformation. Months of research shows prolonged close contact (many minutes) in poorly-ventilated, indoor settings is driving the pandemic. Not a single known superspreader event in beaches. https://twitter.com/goobisgoofy/status/1285261006848110592 …
zeynep tufekci added,
This is a Pareto Pandemic. A small category of events in specific settings—indoors, crowded, close-quarters, talking/breathing—are driving most of it, along with later household spread. Being misinformed with the non-stop beach/park photos makes it hard to do the right thing.
I'm just trying to imagine a less appropriate picture to indicate the need for and the struggle over masks and failing! WTH @washingtonpost? Seriously, this obsession with beach pictures has moved beyond misinformation into something pathological. h/t @makingarecordpic.twitter.com/bT9sBkQjDX
The idea that we can merely rely on strengthening traditional media to fight misinformation is naive. No joke. Many top media outlets are engaged in a persistent campaign of visual misinformation (the most powerful kind) about COVID risks (which aren't beaches). h/t @dbchhbrpic.twitter.com/GE4M09DysY
It's probably bc ppl on beaches is a "sexier" photo visually than any crowded indoor bar/restaurant would look for editorial.
And the photographer doesn't want to get sick
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