There seems to be this inability to accept that there are other countries which managed things better simply because they were better in the science or in their public health approach. But can we at least look up a few things before dismissing them like this.
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So “as far as I know” is doing a lot of work here, but there is maaaybe this possibility that they had competent scientists and evidence, especially from SARS? I was reading their papers on this in February of 2020. Yeah papers, not “presumption” as in some intiutive Asian thing. https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1435060205503631364 …
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It’s just not true that there was no real evidence or science on airborne transmission and we then caught up. Matt or Kevin might be unaware (fine!) but let’s please not rewrite history and minimize what actually happened. Asian “sixth sense” isn’t the explanatory variable here.
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Matt says he didn't mean it as I interpreted. Okay! Still strongly object to
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It’s actually incredibly difficult to do parts of it, like capturing live virus from the air. Nobody *ever* managed it for measles. Other evidentiary parts have different levels of difficulty, but “model and test” eek no. My jaw just drops when people have opinions so casually.https://twitter.com/kdrum/status/1435090198338039812 …
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There have been dozens of empirical and analytical studies over the past 20 yrs in the U.S. characterizing airborne virus particles. I have read a number of them (wish more medical experts did). So, no, there is not a lack of scientific work.
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It was a pretty easy hypothesis to form; I barely know anything and put on a mask the second I heard it was a coronavirus. The astonishing part was when WHO issued guidance to not wear a face covering w/out symptoms.
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If you have a disease that attacks the lungs one would think that the presumption would be that it was airborne.
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I'm always amazed at any anti-airborne beliefs. After all, what is the absolutely simplest path from an infected pair of lungs to another pair of lungs? Through the common air. No spitballs, doorknobs or elevator buttons need to be involved.
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@zeynep and Wired pieces touch on that. Too close to discredited miasma theory for medicine to want to acknowledge it. A big irony of covid will be if the old miasma people were actually right about a lot of diseases (though very wrong about the mechanism of action).
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