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95% of COVID deaths in Sweden are from people over 60, and almost 70% are from people over 80 mostly because Sweden did a terrible job protecting nursing homes and the elderly. What's the picture in the NYT Sweden article? Young people outdoors—among the least risky activities.pic.twitter.com/DLKSkTwq7s
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Young people getting infected in CA are often low-wage essential workers or people who go to indoor bars/parties. Naturally, LATimes picks one of the least risky activities locals can do to illustrate “risk.” Gee, I wonder why public health messaging isn’t getting through.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Michael Hart
Text: The common denominator of the cases were that transmission happened indoors in restaurants and bars! Photo editor: "how about some people in bathing suits?" Someone? "Yes, sure go for it, we are here to misinform."https://twitter.com/hichaelmart/status/1282388807573295104 …
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California is closing indoor restaurants and bars because the data show that’s where transmission occurs, along with workplaces. Of course, bring on the beach photos—there is not a single confirmed significant outbreak at a beach, but why let that stop us? https://twitter.com/xxiborza/status/1282814799152218112 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Suzanne Goldenberg
Narrator: It's been months and there is NOT ONE KNOWN SUPERSPREADER EVENT IN A BEACH which makes sense because of sun & wind. Way to misinform, Washington Post photo editor. At this rate, we can't organize our way out of a paper bag, let alone a pandemic.https://twitter.com/suzyji/status/1284604361453297671 …
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Article: "Superspreader events are indoors". Also article: "Top expert says he avoids buses and takes his walks by the sea." Photo editor: "We put photo of a beach, right?". Good job,
@washingtonpost.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Ranu Dhillon
The inordinate focus on beaches is unscientific, counter-productive (scaring people away from safe outdoor activities) and, worse, hides the true dangers and real victims of this pandemic. Such a big failure, and there seem to be no way to stop it.https://twitter.com/RanuDhillon/status/1284883221289689089 …
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Ranu Dhillon @RanuDhillonJust finished a night shift at a Bay Area hospital where Covid patients make up ~15% of all inpatients & nearly half of a full ICU All are either essential workers or live with someone who is & all but one is a person of color None of them got infected at a beach or outdoors8 replies 96 retweets 318 likesShow this thread -
Yes, let’s illustrate the crisis with widely-spaced people outdoors in a vast and sunny beach,
@business. Very, very informative.pic.twitter.com/RrxmtrwkAs
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I can’t but help think that it’s also about the click-bait/tsk-tsk that comes with showing mostly young women in bikinis.
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