That's because people are desperate for effective mitigation measures, and you cannot get there without explaining and centering airborne transmission. Countries with surges are *still* not distinguishing indoor/outdoor, explaining mask fit/filter etc. This isn't quibbling.https://twitter.com/DFisman/status/1385241631306260490 …
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Frankly, I wouldn't have cared which word stuck as long as the underlying transmission mechanism, and its implications, was made clear. This has not happened. We can see it around the world. FWIW, the WHO and the CDC call Tuberculosis airborne. It's their standard term for this.
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Here's the Lancet paper on this (disclosure: I'm a co-author). It's true, there are a lot of misunderstandings about what "airborne" implies. We should correct all that, but have to start from the right place. It shouldn't be this hard to move forward.https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1382825519171833859 …
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I hear this from around the world. This is true for Turkey as well, amidst a deadly surge but still has complete curfew (NO OUTDOORS!) for weekends, and barely a mention of what airborne transmission means. This is why it's not some jargon quibble.https://twitter.com/sandeeprtweets/status/1385248772255535107 …
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That's tragic. Also, there are misconceptions about aerosols that generate undue fear—it doesn't mean it's necessarily like measles, that we should always wear N95s etc. The way to reduce undue fear *and* make progress is for health authorities to step up.https://twitter.com/avtansh/status/1385260846570426369 …
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Example: surgical mask barely okay for large droplet/close contact protection of others; not okay for aerosol spread up close and far, only high-filtration mask will do. Close contact does not need air filtration or vent. Aerosol does. Controlling aerosol a much bigger lift
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Exactly, it’s about being pragmatic. Maybe not everyone will understand or react exactly how you’d hope, but you have to give the leaders & problems solvers the information for effective interventions.
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Exactly this!
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Folks who were aerosol skeptics have more recently said things like "we're not denying aerosol transmission happens, we just don't know if it's the dominant mode". Haziness about mechanism, lost in the great fog of uncertainty, makes "outside better than inside" seem arbitrary
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Exactly. Saying "sure it happens some" (even that used to be denied but we moved on given overwhelming evidence) isn't enough because it doesn't lead to correct mitigations or understanding! Anyone who doesn't think it's dominant needs to present their theory of the epi record.
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