Wait, what? Woodward had Trump on tape that the coronavirus was airborne BACK IN FEBRUARY (seems he learned this from Xi) and sat on it, presumably to release his book closer to the election? As we've been saying, the US crisis is elite failure *across* the political spectrum. https://twitter.com/mshelton/status/1303747254314962944 …
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People seems to find it easier to understand this administration's (many) failures. But I don't think it's sunk in to most of the country how deep and broad the problem is, with different manifestations across the political spectrum. 2016 was both a symptom and an accelerant.
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I wrote an article on ventilation late summer and got inundated with messages from ordinary people saying "oh, wow, I had no idea. We're now opening windows in our <indoor space>. Thank you for informing us!" Seems that Woodward, not just Trump, had the confirmation in February.
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For people thinking this is implausible; China had ventilation on its radar back in January. As did Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, etc. It's *our* public health authorities & the WHO that's been way behind on this issue. Very plausible that Xi communicated such basics to Trump.
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It's at least as possible that Trump didn't actually understand the difference between aerosols and droplets.
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The tape is lucid, though. Through the air rather than fomites. It would be clear to anyone in the field.
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"it goes through the air, that's tougher than just touch"
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Yeah. It's pretty clear what is being said to anyone in the field. I don't know how much Trump understood (can't read minds) but it is a fairly lucid conversation.
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Amazingly lucid actually. Makes one think that Trump's issues, even now, are ego and pathology, not senility.
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