Why the big debate over airborne transmission? Exchanges with @OlabisiLab Matthew Meselson @kprather88 over the weekend helped me crystallize some thoughts about the disconnect. /1
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@meganmolteni describes Yuguo Li's take (https://www.wired.com/story/the-teeny-tiny-scientific-screwup-that-helped-covid-kill/ …): airborne transmission is both more complicated and less scary than once believed. /10Show this thread -
Hospitals can maintain their definitions. Meanwhile, we should transition to talking about transmission by actual mechanisms: inhalation of aerosols, spray/impaction of large droplets, and touching contaminated surfaces, as suggested by Yuguo Li
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These definitions better explain how the virus is actually transferred between people and correspond to different interventions, like high-performance masks and ventilation, distancing and face shields, hygiene and cleaning, respectively. /12
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Let's get to it,
@WHO@DrTedros@doctorsoumya@mvankerkhove. We can end this pandemic more quickly and be better prepared next time around. /13Show this thread
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Thank you for this.
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Really appreciate this. It accomplishes clear communication, better understanding for the public and also allows for better interdisciplinary cooperation going forward. Well done.
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So very much appreciative of your work. Now I'm waiting on
@WHO and@CDCgov to recognize and acknowledge Dr. Li, Dr. Marr, Jose-Luis Jimenez, Tom Ewing, Katie Randall, and anyone else I missed on their team for their remarkable discoveries and work.https://www.wired.com/story/the-teeny-tiny-scientific-screwup-that-helped-covid-kill/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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