I’m a virologist. Public should know covid exposure dose matters. We have to conserve masks for healthcare workers, but masks can help anyone, reducing amount of virus released (even by breathing) or taken in. Immune system is more effective if infection starts w/ low dose. (1/3)
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Replying to @Plinz @PeterKolchinsky
Save the masks for health care professionals, for whom such equipment is vital. For all others, social distancing is key. As long as resources are scarce - and they won't always be - it is important to allocate those resources fairly.
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Point is, Joscha, I'm not disputing any of your basic scientific facts. I am however advocating for fairness and empathy. Things that science does not know how to measure, and which we avoid at our own peril.
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Replying to @Grady_Booch @PeterKolchinsky
I have compassion for my elderly neighbors. I have compassion for peoples' parents. I have compassion for thousands of people that will needlessly die, and their loved ones, because people in charge spread misinformation. (And you *did* dispute my basic scientific facts.)
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Replying to @Plinz @PeterKolchinsky
No, I disputed your - still unfounded - assertion that the Surgeon General gave the information they did to avert hoarding.
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Replying to @Grady_Booch @PeterKolchinsky
I thought that you were upset about my assertion that he spread misinformation (by which I still stand), not that I assumed good intentions on his part? Why do you think he did it?
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Replying to @Plinz @PeterKolchinsky
He did not spread misinformation - which I still stand by - but I think you were prepared to assume the worst intentions on the SG’s part. BTW I am done with you on the topic. Your mind is obviously closed.
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I respect your wish to end the discussion, but it is you who's closing it, not me.
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