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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Apr 2020

      Also, none of the staff were infected—only people who were in direct line of the A/C for 53 or 73 minutes. (Hong Kong health authorities, who are excellent at evaluating this risk, consider more than 15 minutes at less than 6 feet as "close contact").pic.twitter.com/ZLItyBRqPw

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Apr 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      Also this is another example for the importance of masks for source control (asymptomatic spread plus droplets). Many still don't understand this crucial distinction: masks to *prevent* transmission. (Working on article right now!)https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1251171855286906880 …

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      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      Example of how the purpose of masks for ordinary people is still not understood. The ones with exhalation valves, including N95s, should not be worn around people, period. Not just in sterile hospital operating rooms as NYT claims. Cotton mask>valved N95. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/health/coronavirus-best-face-masks.html …
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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Apr 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Gayfetus

      Shortly after I get off the local mountain biking trails (good for sanity, that was yesterday) and off Twitter (sanity comment superfluous.😬)https://twitter.com/gayfetus/status/1251565732581834754 …

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      Where will your article be published? I'm looking forward to it!
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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Apr 2020

      We' will have to wait for more scientific studies on the droplet size question but nebulizers can generate aerosols. (That's why there's a shortage of albuterol inhalors right now—ERs using them instead of nebulizers). That NEJM study folks *created* the aerosols in a nebulizer.pic.twitter.com/EvixFweggp

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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Apr 2020

      One study doesn't end all discussions but I'll take one shoe-leather epidemiology work like it over all the slick computer-generated simulations. This isn't vaporware, it's real. One restaurant, one asymptomatic person, only 11 in line of A/C out of 93 infected. Real data for us.

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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 18 Apr 2020

      *91

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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 Apr 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted GinFuelledCassandra 💙

      Sadly, I don't think we can safely open indoor restaurants. The good news is one asymptomatic person did *not* infect 81 people in that restaurant. The bad news is *one* asymptomatic person infected ten people in line of air flow. No fever, can't screen.https://twitter.com/LadyBrienne1/status/1251853128498057218?s=20 …

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      GinFuelledCassandra 💙 @LadyBrienne1
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      Yes masks can prevent transmission but how can that help in a restaurant where you can’t eat or drink with one on?
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    10. Brian Sniffen‏ @BrianSniffen 19 Apr 2020
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      How do cities work without public transit?

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 Apr 2020
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      Masks.

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        1. Barış Tiryaki‏ @tiryakimlawyer 19 Apr 2020
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          Anlamayacak ne var maske takip yolunuza devam edeceksiniz hala sorguluyorlar şaka gibi :)

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