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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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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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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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 INimitable
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Went back my July article on ventilation & aerosol transmission that I wrote after listening to the infectious disease experts in Japan & Hong Kong, aerosol experts here like
@linseymarr & reading the epi papers/reports that were, basically, yelling at us. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/why-arent-we-talking-more-about-airborne-transmission/614737/ …pic.twitter.com/kzICCnVE9d
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We may *finally* be at a turning point for aerosols and airborne transmission—not just lip service but real recognition. Few of the Twitter people who've been saying this—and working so hard to be heard—for a year:
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Yep - full year, almost to the day. First piece for me was Feb 9. Covers aerosols, ventilation, MERV-13 filters, portable air cleaners w/ high efficiency filters, humidity...https://www.ft.com/content/5083fd42-4812-11ea-aee2-9ddbdc86190d …
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major US newspaper declined to take this in late January, so that's why I went international w/ FT. Wouldn't be til mid-March that I could land a similar piece in US newspaper...
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It's February 2021, and I think we're finally there. The thing that's so frustrating is that the evidence seems to have become pretty solid—from the epi record and more—by February/March. Too many cases and patterns that just couldn't be explained away. And yet...
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extends beyond this topic, too. Wrote a piece with
@juliettekayyem in early April on 'consilience'. Throughout March, every expert was laying out the same plan, just with different words. We had the plan early. Knew what needed to be done. And yet...https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/04/06/how-beat-coronavirus-and-return-new-normal-column/2950633001/ …1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes - Show replies
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