This is the reality in many places. I'm hoping the new administration will quickly play catch-up with the messaging. It's finally mostly there in the guidelines, but needs messaging push. WHO needs a lot of catch-up as well. Fine print isn't enough.https://twitter.com/nacnudnosilla/status/1355944915763605504 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Taylor Campbell
This sucks, but at least they mention open windows. My inbox and DMs are full of people—and have been for months—who are not *allowed* to do any mitigation for airborne spread at work even when it's easy and available because "it's not in the guidelines."https://twitter.com/Riastradh_/status/1355989688956366848 …
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Taylor Campbell @Riastradh_Replying to @zeynepMA guidance on indoor dining, Jan 25, 2021: focus on ≥6ft, ≤90min, plexiglass, surface disinfection. Dead last, after walls of text on everything else: open windows. Not a word on ventilation, filtration, or fresh air otherwise. https://www.mass.gov/info-details/safety-standards-and-checklist-restaurants … https://mobile.twitter.com/zeynep/status/1355939471552864260 …6 replies 58 retweets 267 likesShow this thread -
We need to give people the right *intuition* on how this pathogen transmits—including its airborne spread—along with the rules. The cut-offs (6 feet etc.) aren't binary and the mitigations stack up. Once people understand the underlying logic, they can make better decisions.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Cativa
In any workplace, disinfecting high-touch surfaces—especially non-porous ones like stainless steel—is sensible. Doesn't have to be excessive. Handwashing is *always* sensible. Washing hands after taking in groceries is sensible. Fomites are not ruled out.https://twitter.com/cativavante/status/1356258229748199429 …
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Nature editorial, February 2021. "The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted predominantly through the air" and "WHO and the CDC need to update their guidance."https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00277-8 …
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One more article. Please note that the 6 feet/15 minute rule was *never* good advice because the rule didn't make sense for the public. It would have been better to properly *explain* the mechanisms of airborne transmission so people could use judgement. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-covid-19-variant-in-barrie-outbreak-upends-conventional-wisdom-of/?utm_medium=Referrer:+Social+Network+/+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links …pic.twitter.com/bOcmiA8bob
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Once you have rampant outbreaks, yeah, contact-tracing gets overwhelmed, whatever the rule. South Korea which used very aggressive contact-tracing to stamp out terrible outbreaks tracked everyone in same indoor space—even giant clubs. But you can only do that early in the game.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted
Yes, viruses like to take breaks, too, especially if people are eating or drinking! (Let's ocus on explaining mechanisms properly, including airborne transmission, rather than providing rigid/binary rules & incorrect/incomplete explanations, part zillion). https://twitter.com/Amtrak/status/1356981157754208257 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Linsey Marr
While we are at it—and while noting that many experts in countries like Japan (and SK/Taiwan/HK) had airborne-transmission (AND overdispersion AND presymptomatic transmission) nailed by February 2020—here's our own imitable
@linseymarr on March 5th, 2020.https://twitter.com/linseymarr/status/1235640400054046724 …zeynep tufekci added,
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