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    Megan McArdle‏Verified account @asymmetricinfo 24 Apr 2020

    This is not a scientific assessment, just an idle speculation, and please take it in that light, but, looking at all the infections at choir practice, soccer games, restaurants, etc, what if one big problem is ... noise? This would also help explain why NYC happened so fast.

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      2. Megan McArdle‏Verified account @asymmetricinfo 24 Apr 2020

        As I say, this is COMPLETELY IDLE SPECULATION. i am just noodling what policy recommendations might come out of a discovery that noise spreads covid. Do we redesign restaurants to be like those 1950s places with drapery everywhere, instead of cool industrial vibe?

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      3. Megan McArdle‏Verified account @asymmetricinfo 24 Apr 2020

        Does noise pollution become a much bigger priority?

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      4. Megan McArdle‏Verified account @asymmetricinfo 24 Apr 2020

        Sorry, to be clear: noise is a problem because when it is noisy, people raise their voices to be heard, which facilitates droplet transmission. I'm not suggesting that, like, noise gives you covid.

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      2. B C D‏ @19651029ab 24 Apr 2020
        Replying to @asymmetricinfo

        Places you raise your voice.

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      3. Alan Cole‏Verified account @AlanMCole 24 Apr 2020
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        Meat packing plants also apparently fit this pattern.

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      2. Doodoo MaGoogoo‏ @doodoomagoogoo 24 Apr 2020
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        Maybe the virus rides the soundwaves like a surfboard.

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      3. Doodoo MaGoogoo‏ @doodoomagoogoo 24 Apr 2020
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        I work at a jackhammer factory between two fog horns and we are all infected.

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      1. Anthony‏ @rbaron321 24 Apr 2020
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        ?

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      1. Jerry‏ @jrbmva 24 Apr 2020
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        Like World War Z? Everyone shush.

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      2. Michael‏ @mbyrnes37 24 Apr 2020
        Replying to @asymmetricinfo

        You mean the actual noise, in and of itself, or the act of creating noise by many people in relatovely@close quarters?

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      3. Megan McArdle‏Verified account @asymmetricinfo 24 Apr 2020
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        The fact that people shout when it's noisy, and shouting spreads covid.

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