I've found Twitter to be very helpful but share some of your reservations about using it to dispense guidance. It's not even my actual job to dispense guidance or communicate at all via social media, but I see it as my duty to public health, as well as amplifying other...
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As for risk-communication, I think there is a lot of good work from disaster sociology that should—eventually—be incorporated into public health. Even the public health motto—"be first, be right, be credible"—was not followed. So we can disagree, sure, but my sense is that.
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@zeynep I agree there is a wealth of information from many disciplines applicable to this comms landscape, yet to be applied. However, novel pathogens always involve a steep learning curve, and riding that curve closely is a more effective tactic than passing the buck or blame. - Show replies
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@zeynep What is most clear from an evidenced perspective is that there are likely multiple routes of transmission (common in resp. viruses). Again, impact of those routes on epi dynamics and pathogenesis is *unclear* and all caution is therefore warranted around those findings. -
My kid's school has a guy in a backpack spraying all surfaces with some sort of disinfectant every night despite a lack of evidence for fomites. The downside risk of increase aerosol precautions - fresh/filtered air and masks - seems small relative to omni-sanitization. :)
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