Completely disagree. There is so much misinformation from top authorities. Mark my word, this is Iraq War redux. Authorities we normally trust are spreading a lot of misinformation. (Masks are the biggest but not only example).
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I have a running list. Masks are the worst. It's so wrong that it will go down in history. So, WHO misinformed us on human-to-human and asymptomatic transmission. That's how we got a pandemic. WHO misinformed us on travel bans. That was insanely wrong, too.
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CDC misinformation has helped turn this into a terrible epidemic in NYC, with masks leading the top. It's not a marginal issue. It's perhaps the number one tool in the arsenal. CDC just issued a bullshit advisory targeting only NYC/NJ after Trump quarrel with Coumo.
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(Mask misinformation, by the way, is one key reason why nursing homes have outbreaks).
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In general, I think the academic field of misinformation is fighting the last war. Social media disinformation is real, but nothing compared to the WHO/CDC crisis which will go down in history as one of the biggest failures in their history, if not the biggest.
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(You'll note I'm not mentioning Trump admin misinformation! That's a whole other ball of wax.) The stuff on masks is honestly Saddam had WMD level misinformation. Health authorities in Hong Kong or Taiwan aren't idiots and the evidence is not even complicated.
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Anyway... We're in deep trouble. If Twitter decided to ban things that contradicted the CDC or the WHO, we would be worse off, and it pains me deeply to say that. Not at all discounting the snake-oil on social media, but the big fire is top-down.
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You're misreading the study. They aerosolized it on purpose using specific machinery. This is the tragedy of not being able to believe medical authorities. People end up trying to read papers directly and not being able to interpret them correctly. So, yeah, nope.
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"I think the WHO is being irresponsible in giving out that information. This misinformation is dangerous," says Dr. Donald Milton, an infectious disease aerobiologist at the University of Maryland's School of Public Health. https://www.npr.org/2020/03/28/823292062/who-reviews-available-evidence-on-coronavirus-transmission-through-air …
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