The graphics in this article are excellent— this is a huge part of communications that has been missing. If you want to understand how layered interventions reduce #covid19 spread— why masks are indispensable but not always “enough” — read this.https://english.elpais.com/society/2020-10-28/a-room-a-bar-and-a-class-how-the-coronavirus-is-spread-through-the-air.html …
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Honestly I don't know how it looks from the outside but the science communication was *not great* and have contradictory advice ALL THE TIME. Mostly in an effort to blame the pandemic on red light districts and keep people commuting/working in crowded unventilated spaces.
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Eg, for the longest time the government insisted that going inside restaurants at night was dangerous while going in during the day was fine. Going to host clubs = danger, going to closed office = fine.
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I agree. Japan’s crisis and science communication strategies have been really impressive. The United States science and crisis communication campaign is nonexistent.
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