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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Sep 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Prof. Jose-Luis Jimenez

      Weekend update, CDC has finally explicitly acknowledged airborne transmission, and is now highlighting the importance of inhalation as a route, and thus ventilation as mitigation. See thread for interesting science history of how key measures got mangled.https://twitter.com/jljcolorado/status/1307920120203759616 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Prof. Jose-Luis JimenezVerified account @jljcolorado
      6/ So **Inhalation is thought to be the main way the virus spreads.** What particles can be inhaled? Inhalation is the flow of air into our respiratory system due to breathing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inhalation )
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Sep 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jessica Bassett

      Some experts on here say this isn't a major update. I totally disagree. The experts may have already been in the know. General public? Businesses? Schools? Still a lot of bleaching surfaces while not even opening windows. Finally, the science is reflected.https://twitter.com/jessica_bassett/status/1308022681732886529 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Jessica Bassett @jessica_bassett
      Replying to @jessica_bassett @zeynep and 3 others
      My child's superintendent is great, but follows official guidance to the letter, especially given pressure from both pro- & anti-mask voices. CDC updates should force state/local DOH updates, with a real impact on situations that individuals cannot control, eg. schools, offices. pic.twitter.com/tpy8PL3C4T
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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Sep 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Dave  🌵 🚴‍♀️ 🎸

      Yes. Updated CDC guidelines acknowledging airborne transmission and inhalation as key route have *huge* implications for both masking guidelines & indoor behavior—before we even get to additional ventilation mitigation. Details is in my article upthread.https://twitter.com/HikerDave57/status/1308025529472151554 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Dave  🌵 🚴‍♀️ 🎸 @HikerDave57
      Replying to @jessica_bassett @zeynep and 3 others
      Our office return to work plan allows people to unmask in offices and cubicles and uses half the checkerboard of cubicles to keep that magical six feet distance but still two to an office and still no plan to run air handlers full time or change to MERV-13 or add HEPA.
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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Sep 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Makati Tiger

      Fits very well actually. Known transmissions are surprisingly rare & are usually from the pre-masking era. Need better data but no huge outbreaks. Airplanes change air aggressively AND have HEPA filters. So they aren't like bars *despite* crowded indoors.https://twitter.com/MakatiTiger/status/1308035014249132032 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Makati Tiger @MakatiTiger
      Replying to @zeynep
      How does this tie to the stories I’m seeing now doubting transmission on airplane flights?
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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 21 Sep 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Joseph Allen

      Seems CDC has removed airborne update for now but it looks like they accidentally posted a draft. Okay. The wording could be a bit clearer anyway.😀Let's wait for the (hopefully quick) update, as trust is key to public health. It's already late!https://twitter.com/j_g_allen/status/1308086726179643394 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Joseph Allen @j_g_allen
      I agree that it would be great to believe this is honest mistake. And also, like @juliettekayyem, have my antenna up on this one. CDC now saying the guidelines were removed late this morning because “that does not reflect our current state of knowledge" https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/21/cdc-covid-aerosols-airborne-guidelines/ … https://twitter.com/juliettekayyem/status/1308077183164973063 …
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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Amy S. Rosenberg

      Scientists have been trying—all year—to highlight and explain airborne transmission of aerosols. Both CDC & WHO are still lagging. My article is from July. But here we are. Everyone simply wearing masks would be better than whatever this is supposed to do.https://twitter.com/amysrosenberg/status/1312546192669265922 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Amy S. RosenbergVerified account @amysrosenberg
      Jaime Harrison brought his own plexiglas divider to his Senate debate with Lindsay Graham. #SCSen pic.twitter.com/MX15BaY5S2
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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 3 Oct 2020

      Don't get me wrong; Jamie Harrison is doing the best he can, along with the rest of the public muddling through the confusing and incomplete guidance. Without proper visuals and guidelines or airborne transmission from the authorities, what can people do? It's an overall failure.

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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Oct 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted

      No masks indoors but on playgrounds?😱 Failure all around. CDC still hasn't posted guidelines for airborne transmission. WHO's advice to the public still doesn't *mention* ventilation or how 3 feet isn't enough indoors or say masks on at all times indoors. https://twitter.com/reneritchie/status/1313103214963838978 …

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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Oct 2020

      This is WHO's page for the public. It has many paragraphs on the use of hand-sanitizers but doesn't say *even once* that ventilation is important or outdoors is safer than indoors. WHO guidelines maintain the fiction that mere three feet is enough indoors. https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public …pic.twitter.com/gBkU5Ihva7

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    10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Oct 2020

      We need to be able to trust the CDC and the WHO to lead, to give us the best of research and public health guidelines. It's October 2020. I know there are people in both organizations who spent their lives for public health. But please. If not now, when? This is catastrophic.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Oct 2020

      I WANT TO support the WHO. But this is their *current* mask guidelines. It says that community health workers doing screenings, or the public being screened, do not need to wear masks AT ALL if one meter apart (a mere three feet)—even if indoors. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/advice-on-the-use-of-masks-in-the-community-during-home-care-and-in-healthcare-settings-in-the-context-of-the-novel-coronavirus-(2019-ncov)-outbreak …pic.twitter.com/sbLRklR7qh

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Oct 2020

          YEAY! We finally got the CDC update. Acknowledges airborne transmission, emphasizes ventilation, says six feet not absolute when indoors especially if singing/exercising (add talking). There may be minor quibbles among the scientists but this is important! https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/how-covid-spreads.html …pic.twitter.com/LOmF7PWaBB

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Oct 2020

          Finally, solid guidelines from the CDC. Masks at all times *around others*; indoors/crowds are higher risk; outdoors/good ventilation are better! Aerosol scientists also emphasize that they concentrate *near* the person so distance is important regardless one's underlying theory.pic.twitter.com/PftF07TirO

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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Oct 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Dave  🌵 🚴‍♀️ 🎸

          Yep! This CDC update is not more of the same without impacting guidelines or recommendations. It has *many* important practical implications and changes compared to the one that did not acknowledge airborne transmission. That's why it matters a lot.https://twitter.com/HikerDave57/status/1313190311745654784 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Dave  🌵 🚴‍♀️ 🎸 @HikerDave57
          Replying to @zeynep
          The office guidance on ventilation is very good with actionable suggestions; I’m confident that when I return to the office sometime next year my employer will have implemented many of these suggestions now that they come from the CDC.
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        1. Robin Hood‏ @__Chimaera 5 Oct 2020
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          That’s insane

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        1. Thoughtcrime‏ @wtk19 5 Oct 2020
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          Why? It’s inexplicable from my vantage point.

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        1. Rose 🦄 🏳️‍🌈 STAY•TF•HOME••N95 Marie Holt‏ @Rose_Marie_Holt 5 Oct 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @kprather88

          Support science

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        1. agearlessjoe‏ @samboqshed 5 Oct 2020
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          WHO was more obsessed about controlling social media than doing their job.

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        1. Kimberly Prather, Ph.D.‏Verified account @kprather88 5 Oct 2020
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          Is @CDCgov guidance the same for screening?

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        1. Paul Dodd‏ @PaulDod71219642 5 Oct 2020
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          Great idea if you want to increase the spread. Why not reuse swabs as well?

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        1. Dana Parish‏Verified account @danaparish 5 Oct 2020
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          This is a crime. @WHO - shame on you. We will not let this go. You knew covid was #airborne v early on, as evidenced by this FEB 11 vid of @DrTedros stating it emphatically at 41.50. And you know what that means? Your guidance IS WRONG & you know it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edvsh6x_f4Q …

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