(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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The information I recall hearing from the beginning on masks is that it would be better if everyone wore a mask, but that due to a global supply shortage, it was important for high exposure risks — healthcare, grocery clerks, etc — have them, rather than the general population. ?
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That’s been my understanding. But some of messages (in the U.S. at least) have been conflicting. In particular, we repeatedly heard recommendations for regular people not to use N95s (w/ the rationale that we wouldn’t be able to wear them correctly, so they would be worthless).
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Incorrectly worn N95s aren't worthless, just not N95-level protection. The problem with N95s is that they get more uncomfortable compared to regular surgical masks *and* if you really need them to work as N95s (high-risk situation/medical setting) yeah training is good.
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Also medical people really need N95s because they are doing procedures that aerosolize (like intubation) and there, yeah, N95 or you get infected. But even in Hong Kong, which has tons of experience, they wear surgical masks outside of high-risk stuff. So surgical mask is fine.
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@zeynep Do you know of a recent article questioning early recommendations in the U.S. against mask wearing? I’m looking for a citation for a piece I’m writing. Thanks!2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
My oped in the NYT was first that I know in a traditional outlet. There have been a few more since.
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