To talk of a theme many seem to be focused on this week, about a year ago we were getting confident "fact-check" declarations from authorities on how airborne transmission wasn't a thing except in rare medical procedures. Progress can be messy but it happens and is a good thing.
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Anyway, more reporting and research that looks at the world as we observe it, and less motivated reasoning which we are all prone to, is essential to this kind of progress. Honestly, pretty amazing we manage this at all—an uphill battle, given what we're all susceptible to.
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Or it might have completely backfired? "Trump said it so it must be completely wrong" seems to be a widespread heuristic. It's even true much of the time! Except when it's not, as it would have been in this case, and not sure that would be discerned.https://twitter.com/Heart10Looks3/status/1397736015159169031 …
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I just realized if the Feb 2020 Woodward interview where Trump says "the virus goes through the air" had become public back then, people would've been called racist, misogynist trolls for saying aerosols were crucial. (Guess he heard it from President Xi trying to warn him/us?)
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Isn't virus concentration going to drop off at 1/r^2?
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What about impact of air currents due to air conditioning?
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@linseymarr@trishgreenhalgh@globalhlthtwit@LaylaMoran UK guidance has been fallacies, lies and obfuscation from day 1, with disastrous consequences. How dos@CMO_England sleep? Though i suspect he dreams of his inevitable "gong".@apoorva_nycThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Maybe we can out the "deep cleaning" myth to rest, finally.
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How did the US not notice what everyone in East Asia did?
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BRB changing my name to 'Mugglestone'
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