So it's not enough to discuss the evidence etc. for fomites vs airborne, because there's also a lot of sociology and psychology driving why we cling to that bottle of disinfectant a little too tightly—and that same dynamic applies to our reaction to vaccines/masks & beaches, too.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Kevin
I hear this a lot—and I admit to being a card-carrying member of the earnest and optimist club—but it's not true. One, we have a new administration—not a minor thing. Two, WE DO THIS occasionally. It's not about scapegoating but sharpening understanding.https://twitter.com/kevin_bowen/status/1365369413608742912 …
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Dr. Fauci, today: “It’s backed by common sense. If you have two vaccinated people and they want to get together.. You can get start getting [together].. even though the risk is not zero, the risk becomes extremely low when you've both parties vaccinated.”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA3ZfIEB22M …
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Do note there's no contradiction between keeping up public precautions—just the sociology of it: not good to have two classes of people for public behavior—while simultaneously expanding private behavior. If anything, I expect these to support each other. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/how-public-health-messaging-backfired/618147/ …pic.twitter.com/fkCBW68AeX
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Bill
Presymptomatic transmission & atypical clinical presentation. This was, indeed, much like SARS (overdispersed, aerosols important) *except* with SARS, fever & infectiousness overlapped. That info is what convinced me in January of 2020 we'd get a pandemic.https://twitter.com/BillFoto3/status/1365411548068511749 …
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Bill @BillFoto3Replying to @BillFoto3 @zeynep @MC_of_APrior knowledge or educated assumptions, especially by April 2020, seemed to be almost entirely accurate. I don't think I've read a single article where one of the assumptions scientists and health officials made based on prior knowledge was just flat wrong, but I may be mistaken4 replies 16 retweets 169 likesShow this thread -
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Lauren Pelley
Yes, please. Should have done this since last spring.https://twitter.com/LaurenPelley/status/1365655101914968068 …
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Lauren PelleyVerified account @LaurenPelley“If you gave people that opportunity to do things appropriately outside, how many cases would you then save from indoor activity?" asks@zchagla.@adamsmiller explores why it may be time to allow lower-risk outdoor gatherings to ward off pandemic fatigue: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/coronavirus-risk-canada-weather-1.5930135 …Show this thread5 replies 45 retweets 336 likesShow this thread -
A fascinating historical point on how the US public health authorities dragged their feet on providing sterile needles/exchanges during the HIV pandemic because "we don't know" if it works. Need to reread that history with a new perspective. Recs welcome. https://zeynep.substack.com/p/pandemic-lessons-for-the-future-open/comments …pic.twitter.com/eWGI1q4ntJ
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We certainly had plenty of definitive data by 1998, when this disgraceful moment happened under Clinton.
@gregggonsalveshttps://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/21/us/clinton-decides-not-to-finance-needle-program.html …1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes -
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Yeah. I kind of knew about this history, but not with the kind of perspective I have now. I did join/follow protests on HIV treatment access but that was towards the end of the period so I don't have a personal understanding of the earlier phases which sound.. too eerily similar.
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To you both: West Virginia bill will effectively shut down all needle exchange programs in the state and where we’ve already seen outbreaks of HIV among people use drugs. It’s really alarming.
@LaurenMPeace has done superb reporting on this for@mtnstspotlight.1 reply 3 retweets 7 likes
lemme read
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Thanks, Gregg. Here's
@LaurenMPeace's recent reporting on the topic:https://mountainstatespotlight.org/tag/harm-reduction/ …0 replies 0 retweets 2 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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