There was an indoor component to the event. But we definitely need more information. More in the cluster.https://twitter.com/HowardKurtz/status/1312200574067068930 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Ed O'Keefe
One more senator. This is how a cluster works, and these people are tested heavily. Imagine this cluster without access to testing, igniting more clusters. That’s the catastrophic process my article has been trying to explain, and the one we should gear up to avoid.https://twitter.com/edokeefe/status/1312378700818722822 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Max Roser
If UK was late to notice because they ran out of columns in EXCEL, this is an indescribable failure. Excel screw-ups are known & numerous. No researcher should rely on Excel. Plus, with overdispersion, late is catastrophic because clusters ignite clusters.https://twitter.com/MaxCRoser/status/1313046638915706880 …
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Max RoserVerified account @MaxCRoserIn the UK the number of cases rose rapidly. But the public – and authorities – are only learning this now because these cases were only published now as a backlog. The reason was apparently that the database is managed in Excel and the number of columns had reached the maximum. pic.twitter.com/X4a8keSEHKShow this thread10 replies 75 retweets 252 likesShow this thread -
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Josh Michaud
So the White House is not doing backward contact tracing—as they should—to figure out how the cluster started? They’ll miss cases.https://twitter.com/joshmich/status/1313297693054316546 …
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Josh MichaudVerified account @joshmichHere we can see the difference between retrospective and prospective contact tracing. The WH is saying it is doing prospective tracing, but doesn't need to to retrospective tracing. https://twitter.com/BMorgenstern45/status/1313268015388127232 …Show this thread12 replies 51 retweets 218 likesShow this thread -
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Katherine Faulders
So is this part of the White House cluster? Probably so, right?https://twitter.com/KFaulders/status/1313522445731745792 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jennifer Jacobs
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Anyone proposing Sweden as a contrarian example has *no idea* what they're talking about. Sweden had a more strict & early indoor gathering limit than most of Europe, never lifted it when others did & everyone 16+ is in virtual school. Japan! Try Japan! https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/09/k-overlooked-variable-driving-pandemic/616548/ …pic.twitter.com/rguHxKsJXo
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March: Bartender infected as Austrian ski resort. Medical authorities: "A transmission of the virus onto the guests of the bar is, from a medical point of view, rather unlikely." Reality:~6000 infections in 45 countries. (March in Japan: hunting clusters.)https://www.france24.com/en/20201009-documents-suggest-virus-was-downplayed-at-austria-resort …
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Canada allows indoor spin class with lower capacity, six-foot radius around bikes and sanitation. So panting crowd indoors but, hey, on clean bikes! Go ahead, require throwing salt over one's shoulder and hang a
. Index patient had no symptoms: 51 cases. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/10/13/patient-zero-displayed-no-symptoms-hamiltons-spinco-superspreader-outbreak-reaches-51-cases.html …pic.twitter.com/FN0PItiKzk
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6 feet has become the equivalent of a salt circle. They have no clue what the intent is, just 6 feet.
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Same with reduced capacity. Reduced capacity regs don't distinguish so restaurants "reduce capacity" in the same way indoors and outdoors, which means there are fewer people outdoors (tables unnecessarily blocked off) which means more people are then eating indoors. Insanity.
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