One of the things we do in infection prev/epi is community-based education. From the beginning, convos about the use of “airborne” were about the meaning & how we explain it in the context of a novel ID. This is why the @CDCgov has taken such care to discuss situational arbne. 1/
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So sadly utter and absolute failure of communication that will go down in future textbooks as what not to do. I am still contacted daily by frustrated members of public and administrators because I wrote *one* article on ventilation—they don't have what they need from CDC or WHO.
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Exactly. I live in a province where our gov and our health officials do not recognize or communicate on aerosol transmission. Or inhalation of shared air if you prefer. The extent of their ventilation recs are "ensure good ventilation". The public here has no freaking idea.
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And they're also still not centered - you have to go looking. People have retained early info. A public communications reset is needed centering this specific point of misunderstanding, laying out what we know now about transmission and how to protect yourself and your community.
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I agree .. there has been a failure to clearly connect the dots and say that ventilation and universal masking is important because airborne transmission is likely the most important transmission route. The excuse that ppl will think of things like measles and panic is weak.
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And this is a screenshot from https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html#Spread …. Second bullet point says IT SPREADS via inhalation of aerosols. Third bullet point says it is POSSIBLE .. IT MAY SPREAD via airborne route. This confusing language is absurd.pic.twitter.com/xHuAAy8jKx
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