I have no words for this one. It’s not scolding but it just shows how so much of our actions aren’t really evidence-based.https://twitter.com/vprasadmdmph/status/1294648527956500480 …
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But that beach that @Bloomberg chose to represent as COVID risk? It's misinformation. That beach is vast, not even mildly crowded and it's probably as safe an outing as one can imagine. What will it take to for media to communicate INDOORS is the high risk place? h/t @leonhjavipic.twitter.com/uMhcZiEHU0
“Look at these people having a safe outlet during such difficult times. Let’s just make sure we scold them for that, and not use the power of visuals to inform people of the actual big risks of crowded, unventilated indoors.” ht @mauprietopic.twitter.com/BF4K0baF63
Visuals overwhelm words. Also if they know the facts, why aren’t they communicating them?
https://twitter.com/derivativeburke/status/1302972465648295936 …
Risk is so grave that media must make sure not to use the power of visuals to correctly identify risk—indoors. https://twitter.com/USATODAY/status/1302962825778933763 …pic.twitter.com/3na5Fo3oFb
Is there data from Brazil on the actual victims and where they are contracting COVID? If it is like all the other places on the planet, it's not the beach—it's "essential", especially low-wage workers, nursing/elderly homes, and indoor spaces. ht @KetanJ0https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1303302070724952064 …
This @sfgate headline is about COVID's death toll but it is represented visually with a safe and fun day at Dolores Park! Why let facts get in the way of visual misinformation? Deaths and cases in SF are disproportionately from the Hispanic population—low-paid essential jobs.pic.twitter.com/V1DrgnwNU6
Finally on article with a beach picture I can share with approval!https://twitter.com/MackayIM/status/1313264105436803072 …
Did Covid make this policy? Discourage beaches in a heatwave and thus encourage... air-conditioned indoors. Anti-science, anti-safety. ht @JenniferSey and @JuliaLMarcus.https://twitter.com/danielkotzin/status/1317527184303562752 …
I had stopped updating this thread (despite the occasional example) but come on. This is Australia's "paper of record". And the tone. "One group of five maskless sunbathers lay on towels with a six-pack of beer." Yeah, stop the presses and publish their photos!pic.twitter.com/rkUIT4uVhT
Another retrospective paper that will get eventually written: "The deadly cost of closing parks and scolding beach-goers long after it became clear that it was not only among the safest activities people could do, it displaced riskier indoor socializing."https://twitter.com/BBCHughPym/status/1361981207706292225 …
The year is 2157. As spring blooms, parks are cordoned off with tape—an annual ritual origins of which are lost to time. Some believe tape markings ward of the evil eye that brings on disease. Others think its bright yellow stimulates the immune system.
https://twitter.com/robertbenzie/status/1382694894754533376 …
What exactly *is* the reason outdoor events remain banned and shamed? (Transmission outdoors isn't just rare with distancing and precautions. It's.. just rare. Very few confirmed cases anywhere and not a single confirmed outdoor-only big cluster—after a whole year). @simonplittlepic.twitter.com/37iDJ2oMIT
Indeed. The picture is inappropriate and misleading (even though the article itself, thankfully, has no reference to outdoors being high risk). Visuals really, really matter and photo editors need to put a stop this. https://twitter.com/ericearling/status/1383813024960507908 …pic.twitter.com/LgPf0cHBxW
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