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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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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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 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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Replying to @zeynep @kprather88 and
Your Atlantic piece about ventilation and this from
@jljcolorado felt like important moments in US public consciousness about airborne transmission. I remember people who were not closely tracking the issue sharing both with me.https://time.com/5883081/covid-19-transmitted-aerosols/ …1 reply 2 retweets 14 likes -
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That was the one I was able to use and say this is legitimate and I'm not some kind of crackpot (about this anyway:) who thinks they know more than CDC and WHO. Which admittedly does sound a little shaky at first!
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I'm so glad it was useful. I'm still hearing about it from people who are trying to get their workplace to take ventilation seriously or get people to keep masks on if six feet apart.
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Replying to @zeynep @BernieDogs4 and
I cited it in this NY Daily News op-ed calling on the governor to improve the school mask guidance. The state ultimately left it up to counties, but my child’s school now requires masks at all times, no mask breaks. I shared your piece with school, too.
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