I finally read this @zeynep piece and it is SO good
There's a lot that drives me crazy about communication in this pandemic
Thing that I find most annoying?
The idea that people can't handle nuance
Its paternalistic. And untrue
Read thishttps://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/how-public-health-messaging-backfired/618147/ …
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So my wish is for the CDC to tell us: guidelines/risk comparisons for: private behavior among vaccinated people and private behavior for vaccinated people around unvaccinated people *and* distinguish outdoor/indoor rules. Public NPIs for indoor? I'd make them *more* strict now.

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Mostly agree. I think you underestimate the strong motivation nearly all vaccinated people feel to start doing those things anyway. To me the bigger risk is publicity around small # of vaccinated transmissions that do occur. “But the CDC said it was ok - vaccine didn’t work!”
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E.g., James Hamblin in a
@TheAtlantic piece that dropped *the very day* yours did: "our social lives can resume, but only when the whole community is ready. The turning point . . . comes for all of us at once, when a population becomes immune." Aargh.https://tinyurl.com/48s87hys -
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