I remember reading—essentially, jaw-on-the-floor—assertions for months on how it could be snack sharing or chair stacking despite how, even the initial reports made it pretty clear how careful choir members were, and how unlikely contact alone could explain numbers of that kind.
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I say the below without excluding myself whatsoever because this has been the biggest struggle for me, too, throughout this pandemic, but I believe this has haunted our response on the science side—and social media has made it both easier and harder.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1379841672490651648 …
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To recap, 61 careful, pandemic-aware people showed up at a huge space—distanced, no hugs, hand-sanitizers everywhere—and 53 of them got infected in *one evening*. They even propped the door open to avoid knob touching. And we got told that it was maybe fomites or snack sharing.pic.twitter.com/s4f3vaIDcy
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There is nothing wrong with hand-washing. It's general good practice. What is wrong has been the very lengthy official and expert lack of acknowledgment and proper prioritization of the obvious and, crucially, big role of aerosols & airborne transmission.https://twitter.com/GirlDetectiveX/status/1380543170451279873 …
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Tragic—maybe fomites did contribute to this pandemic, but by diverting our scarce resources and attention away from primary drivers of transmission. (Dr. Jimenez is among the top scientists working on aerosols and COVID, and great for practical advice).https://twitter.com/jljcolorado/status/1380344141519929345 …
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Mainstream media is bought and paid for by big hand sanitizer.
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The constant wipe downs were still on display at the Javits center when I got my 1st dose yesterday.
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After my market runs, I used Clorox Wipes to wipe down my steering wheel and the surfaces *I* had touched after grocery shopping. For about a month. Then I realized it was pointless and stopped. But the skin on my fingers is still peeling, a year later.
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Can I ask you, candidly, how important you consider handwashing to be at this point? I'm really hyperfixated on the airborne components of the virus and continue to be wary of indoor spaces, despite being fully vaccinated.
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Handwashing is good, even if it does nothing to prevent Covid, because it *does* help against other things.
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