So do we still believe that 1) during the OG SARS epidemic, residents in a different but downwind building acquired virus from an infected building upwind, *and* that 2) risk of outdoors sars-cov-2 acquisition is so low we don't need masks?
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci
Even before this paper, I had been suspicious of the Amoy Gardens studies for building-to-building transmission, tbh. The geography of the place has a much more parsimonious explanation: shared, packed buses from there and the shared shopping complex.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1404120870658977800 …
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zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynepReplying to @wanderer_jasnahI had a lot of back-and-forth with aerosol experts on Amoy Gardens, and I'm not convinced the long-range airborne between buildings via wind theory is that strong. I know the geography of the place, no dedicated subway and shared bus lines which are packed in mornings/evening.4 replies 3 retweets 28 likes -
The packed minibuses from near the Amoy apartments to the MTR train station would be the much more likely transmission method in my view.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci
Yeah. The bus/minibus from there seems really like a likely path, though it's also exactly how you get airborne transmission, too. Closed space, crowded... Anyway, too late to rule that out for that outbreak, but I've never been really convinced for that.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1404122097484550149 …
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