Useful thread from @linseymarr on the ongoing confusion around the term "airborne." I tried alternatives and arrived at the same place: we should use the term because it's the clearest one we have, and also use the opportunity to update its hospital/infection control definitions.https://twitter.com/linseymarr/status/1399761760983334912 …
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I tend to be a pragmatist. I even had this conversation with Linsey a few times. Whatever word got us to have the correct mental model/mitigations and overcome the resistance and infection control protocol confusion would be fine. (I tried to make "short-range aerosols" stick!)
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But dancing around the term isn't solving the problem or clearing the confusion either, so lose-lose. We have left healthcare workers alternatively under-protected or sometimes overly-afraid—what they think of "droplet" precautions can really help with aerosols/airborne, too.
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Replying to @zeynep
But
@linseymarr just said that droplet precautions "work" in hospitals.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Exactly, that is why we should change the terms and update them.
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