Can't imagine a worse way to handle the mask situation to simultaneously tell people they don't need masks *and* that health-care workers very much need masks so people shouldn't buy them. People aren't idiots. It's the age of mistrust already. Truth and transparency work better.
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This would have been contained in Dec/Jan had Chinese authorities prioritized the health of their own citizens and the world rather than covering up the facts and punishing the medical workers who tried to warn us—some of them died from the virus. Leaders now want praise. Nope.
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That’s right. Cat is out of the bag. We probably will not contain this in the US but we can mitigate. We have to do what we can to slow spread in order to preserve hospital capacity for the elderly and other vulnerable populations. But it’s here.https://twitter.com/drmattmccarthy/status/1234833720424697862 …
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I’m seeing this myself in many articles—even in articles about not hoarding masks. Is there no way for
@Google to get a handle on this? Everything is covered in price-gouging N95 mask ads. Google is making money but this isn’t good. https://twitter.com/karenhanson/status/1234864257839370242 …This Tweet is unavailable.Show this thread -
Health professionals really need to stop telling people not to buy masks because they won't know how to wear them correctly. Can't think of a message more precisely designed to encourage hoarding. Folks, don't hoard them because there is a severe mask shortage for health workers.
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Reminder that there is a lot of historical and current evidence that social distancing works. Stay home as much as you can; if you are an employer allow people to work from home as much as possible. It's how we can protect people in high-risk categories.https://twitter.com/joshmich/status/1235906489921007616 …
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Confirmed cases two weeks ago: Italy 62, Hong Kong 69, Taiwan 26, Iran 28. Hong Kong and Taiwan acted early with social distancing, hygiene, closures and near universal mask wearing. Their numbers hardly budged. Italy and Iran each have ~6000 cases and are locking down millions.pic.twitter.com/F63zPIHQnI
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What's happening now in Italy is that they have run out of hospital capacity. That will mean death rates will go up, not just from the coronavirus but from all other illnesses as well. We look about two weeks behind this point in big population centers.https://twitter.com/carlquintanilla/status/1237507100064047104 …
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All the comparisons with the flu have been terribly damaging and they did not just come from Trump supporters. One Washington Post headline mocked the alarm with "Get a grippe, America." Journalists compared contagion rates as if that mattered much. https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1232352734990520331 …?
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To people asking for an update to my February article: besides your own social-distancing and hygiene, one great thing to do is to help elderly or vulnerable folks stay home. If you can shop for them, do their chores, drop food... Next, help everyone else stay home or stay away.
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