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    1. Micah Pollak‏ @MicahPollak 11 May 2021
      Replying to @LongDesertTrain @chrisanymouse @MackayIM

      That's really interesting. I wonder how it holds up now that we know hand washing and sanitizing surfaces (the examples mentioned there) likely don't do much (if anything) to stop spread. Does the lipid envelope break down to other things (sunlight?) maybe?

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    2. Ryan Hisner‏ @LongDesertTrain 11 May 2021
      Replying to @MicahPollak @chrisanymouse @MackayIM

      Ryan Hisner Retweeted ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️

      Yeah, that was in the early days, before we realized fomites play almost no role in transmission, so maybe that argument doesn't hold water anymore. So we're back to the "there are 150+ of them" argument, though the logic of it is a bit fuzzy.https://twitter.com/MackayIM/status/1351512042323132418 …

      Ryan Hisner added,

      ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️Verified account @MackayIM
      Replying to @LongDesertTrain @ciannutt and 12 others
      I think its especially relevant that there are160 RVs.
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    3. ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️‏Verified account @MackayIM 12 May 2021
      Replying to @LongDesertTrain @MicahPollak @chrisanymouse

      Hand hygiene is likely more important for some viruses than others. It's not a binary outcome. Sorry you didn't see the importance of there being multiple viruses

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    4. Ryan Hisner‏ @LongDesertTrain 12 May 2021
      Replying to @MackayIM @MicahPollak @chrisanymouse

      No, I didn't mean to say it wasn't important. I'm sorry if it came off that way. Intuitively it makes sense. I'm just just unclear on the details of how rhinoviruses were able to slip around the preventative measures as almost no other viruses did. Maybe related to this though?pic.twitter.com/3sdZjOcH1J

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    5. Ryan Hisner‏ @LongDesertTrain 12 May 2021
      Replying to @LongDesertTrain @MackayIM and

      And I understand that hand hygiene is important for some viruses. What I meant to say was that people have been going nuts on hand hygiene for most of the pandemic, & it hasn't seemed to phase rhinoviruses. But perhaps this is why they've been seen almost exclusively in kids?

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    7. Ryan Hisner‏ @LongDesertTrain 12 May 2021

      I know almost nothing about rhinoviruses, but like @zeynep, I suspect the ID discipline is undergoing a real Kuhnian paradigm shift. There's a study that I've yet to read entirely by a lot of my favorite experts that says there's strong evidence for RV aerosol transmission thoughpic.twitter.com/EFTWEM5REG

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    8. ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️‏Verified account @MackayIM 12 May 2021
      Replying to @LongDesertTrain @MicahPollak and

      Of bloody course there is.

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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 May 2021
      Replying to @MackayIM @LongDesertTrain and

      All this is potentially going to have a lot of upsides, going forward, I suspect for most respiratory pathogens.

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    10. ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️‏Verified account @MackayIM 12 May 2021
      Replying to @zeynep @LongDesertTrain and

      I hope so. But we'll see.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 May 2021
      Replying to @MackayIM @LongDesertTrain and

      Just look at SARS literature (I have). Essentially, even its short-term epi etc. data is screaming at folks, but they just ignore or step over it because of the "close contact=respiratory droplet" conflation. We have a lot more data (or will?) for other ones, too.

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        2. ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ  🦠 🤧 🧬 🥼 🦟 🧻 🧙‍♂️‏Verified account @MackayIM 12 May 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @LongDesertTrain and

          I'm not disagreeing with you. I'm just doubtful we'll see the changes needed. Because humans

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 May 2021
          Replying to @MackayIM @LongDesertTrain and

          Yeah, I hear you. (Still waiting to see how long it will take WHO to update its July 2020 scientific briefing). But that said, I think a lot of researchers feel empowered (they were ridiculed for so long, even into the pandemic) to make their empirical case. We'll see.

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 12 May 2021

          It works the other way, too. Not everything that's airborne requires measles-level protections so a lot of misunderstandings in both directions can hopefully be cleared up.

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