Yes. Some of what we can do is easy/free. Some of it is not, and requires resources and trade-offs (sealed building are energy efficient). Filtering can be an option when dilution is not. Challenge is very real, but still should start from the right place.https://twitter.com/SeeTedTalk/status/1391739250291486727 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Pieter Peach
Yep. Overdispersed things can't be studied with methods not suitable for them. Example: information provided by non-events is asymmetric compared to info from events. Cluster-randomized trials—say for source control—can't easily get statistical power. Etc.https://twitter.com/DrPieterPeach/status/1391741852852756486 …
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Pieter Peach @DrPieterPeach“It fries our assumptions” Great way to put it@zeynep. Explains a fundamental misstep, i.e. using a mean R0 of 2.5 to argue against aerosol transmission by ignoring the head of the long tail distribution curve. Hiding the important data away in the mean. https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1391736001475796996 … pic.twitter.com/kXoPTvE1HN4 replies 28 retweets 116 likesShow this thread -
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Prof. Akiko Iwasaki
Let me highlight that excellent work has been happening all year, as well. Resistance to relevant expertise was a problem, but many key papers from this year are co-authored by people across disciplines. One interesting interdisciplinary panel today.https://twitter.com/VirusesImmunity/status/1391751814840717316 …
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Prof. Akiko IwasakiVerified account @VirusesImmunityI am excited to participate in a panel to discuss indoor air & COVID transmission. I will focus on the impact of indoor environment on host immunity. Eager to learn from other speakers -@linseymarr@WBahnfleth@staylorvt@AdrianoAguzzi@LAPI_epfl https://smw.ch/online-event pic.twitter.com/EvxPGocvAuShow this thread5 replies 28 retweets 109 likesShow this thread -
zeynep tufekci Retweeted Linsey Marr
Excellent, rapid progress from the CDC, clarifying the tables that came with the aerosol update.https://twitter.com/linseymarr/status/1391863551132897285 …
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I recently went through the same chasing down of known outdoor case percentage. Same conclusion. As
@mugecevik explains, "less than 10%" is misleading. Reported numbers of confirmed cases are around 0.1% so way lower than 10% even assuming undercounting. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/briefing/outdoor-covid-transmission-cdc-number.html …pic.twitter.com/1Zr5Iuqj54
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Seeing so many wondering if confirmed outdoor transmission can really be that low, compared with indoors. Yes. This confusion is another loss of being so late to acknowledge the key role of aerosols: the epidemiological record shows exactly what acknowledging aerosols predicts.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted The Hill
Yep, the problem with gyms — enclosed spaces where people engage in activities that we know greatly increase aerosol production — is that we aren't sufficiently good at spraying the weights with disinfectants. (ht
@slowphotograph2)https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1392909521819996165 …zeynep tufekci added,
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Replying to @zeynep @slowphotograph2
one careless snarky tweet that has nothing to do with the article, 1 minute later, you have 1000+ people think the article says something about disinfectants what would Zeynep write about Zeynep?
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Replying to @jpohhhh @slowphotograph2
The visuals are misinformation and need to stop. That's what most people see.
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Replying to @zeynep @slowphotograph2
you're nitpicking, it's literally just a photo, and even if you weren't, seems fairly clear that implying a $30B subsidy for disinfecting gyms was just passed is probably worse misinformation
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If this was an exception, and if COVID mitigation wasn't visually represented with disinfection, and breach of it with being outdoors/beaches, yeah you'd have a point. This is not an exception.
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