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    1. David Fisman‏Verified account @DFisman 20 Apr 2021

      Attention IPAC practitioners: an R of 2.5 is not evidence that sars-2 is not airborne. Rather, an R that is usually < 1, but can be 60 or 100 (i.e., overdispersion) is STRONG evidence that when this infects, it infects via aerosol.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 20 Apr 2021
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      That and close-contact: biggest misunderstandings maybe? One interesting part for me has been how the incorrect assumptions lead to "airborne is too scary to think about" rather than "wait, there is a huge bang for our buck from targeting factors that lead to clusters".

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        2. Aris Katzourakis‏ @ArisKatzourakis 20 Apr 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @DFisman

          Never understood why more attention was not devoted to this. If we could target events that lead to clusters, it becomes a really rubbish 🦠

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 20 Apr 2021
          Replying to @ArisKatzourakis @DFisman

          I don't either, really. It's an obvious chokepoint and weakness. I think a lot of Western public health had a sticky prior with flu because we were expecting an influenza pandemic.

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        1. Michael Bishop  🇨🇦 🇺🇸‏ @thatMikeBishop 20 Apr 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @DFisman

          How frequently has one individual given rise to multiple outbreaks spread apart by 1/2/3/etc. days. Just had the crazy thought that if people's most contagious 1 hr could be more contagious than by an order order of magnitude that would give rise to overdispersion.

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        1. John Johnston‏ @JOHNJOHNSTONED 20 Apr 2021
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          It's Like The Measles. GIF
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          If there wasn't a lot of relatively asymptomatic COVID and it gave you an unmissable, pathognomonic rash like measles... plus you didn’t need a swab to diagnose it... would it then have a Ro close to measles... and would that then make it airborne??? #COVIDisAirborne pic.twitter.com/amUmS5NC9I
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