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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This isn't a jargon fight. The crucial problem is the *mechanism* needs explaining in order to arrive at the right mitigations and for those to make sense. "It occurs mostly at close contact" doesn't get us there, especially without explaining the correct underlying mechanism.
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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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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Eric Topol
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 …
zeynep tufekci added,
Eric TopolVerified account @EricTopolAirborne it is.
The 10 streams of overwhelming evidence
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00869-2/fulltext …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Sandeep Ravindran
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 …
zeynep tufekci added,
Sandeep Ravindran @sandeeprtweetsReplying to @zeynepAirborne transmission is still not widely mentioned in India, resulting in poor mitigation and devastating consequences...even after a year and two deadly waves, there’s still way too much focus on cleaning and no differentiation between indoor and outdoor gatherings...7 replies 36 retweets 175 likesShow this thread -
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good points all around. regulating relatively low risk behaviors (like banning outdoor activities) also wears down people's willingness to abide by more helpful regulations (like wearing masks indoors)
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Yeah. We cannot even explain what's most helpful to people without explaining what's actually happening.
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