Some "science journalism": "Virus can hang in the air for days" (researchers aerosolized it in a machine). "Found on surfaces for days." (ahem PCR finding vs. infection risk). N=4 study with odd findings. "Mask evidence is mixed!" (Ignore overwhelming science). Anxiety=clicks.
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Folks, do note that amazing amount of great journalism is also being done. Reporting from inside China and the US administration and hospital has been pretty amazing. There has been some stellar science journalism, too. But there is a long and fat tail of anxiety-miasma pieces.
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Now that the mask discussion is more in the open, and perhaps even because of that, we should start talking about risk and viral load.
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Hazmat suits for in-store grocery shopping gigs? I’m doing delivery work.
We need to make major changes to the platform’s standard procedures. 

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I have been wondering what the latest is on who gets it and how they get it. This is helpful.
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Funerals also seem to have been major spreaders. Think of the crying and singing and the rubbing of eyes and noses. We do have to try and figure out the key vectors and focus on them. I'm think outside parks not so much.
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Yes, some important (and tragic) examples from funerals too. Crowds, concentrations of sick people, and indoors/less ventilation seem to be the prominent dangers.
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What's the evidence on apartment buildings? Hoping it's weak as I live in one... Most people in Chinese cities live in apartments and lockdown seemed to work there without it spreading through them?
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China yanked sick people from their homes and quarantined them separately, so not comparable. That said depends on shared surfaces/ventilation/how people go in and out. Cruise ships are apparently petri dishes. Modern apartments probably less. See:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/opinion/coronavirus-buildings.html …
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Any scientific papers you'd recommend on transmission thru the air in these places?
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I’m cruising! Period!
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