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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 Oct 2021

      Excellent NYT piece by @linseymarr on how the recognition of the airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (finally, belatedly) should inform how we approach mitigations for influenza, which causes so much suffering every year. Flu shouldn't be "just the flu." https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/19/opinion/covid-flu-air-transmission.html …pic.twitter.com/IxCByJTRFx

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 Oct 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted ConcernedCitizen

      There wasn't a word in the piece about general mask mandates for flu! Ventilation, air-filtering, some technologies that can kill germs in high-risk/crowded places, etc. Voluntary mask wearing can be deployed as appropriate, as Asian countries long have.https://twitter.com/Ubi_est_veritas/status/1450457994190200834 …

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      Replying to @zeynep @ScottGottliebMD @linseymarr
      I’m all for encouragement of mask-wearing if one is sick, but please, oh, please, let’s not mandate mask-wearing for all every winter.
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    3. ConcernedCitizen‏ @Ubi_est_veritas 19 Oct 2021
      Replying to @zeynep

      I know there wasn’t, but some would argue for it and, in fact, already have.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 19 Oct 2021
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      I doubt it will be on the agenda as mandates, though I can see high-risk people using N95s, for example, for crowded indoors settings. But with most such things, there is a lot of infrastructure work that can be done which protects everyone.

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        1. ConcernedCitizen‏ @Ubi_est_veritas 19 Oct 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          I would love to see more infrastructure work, especially in all new buildings. I also highly encourage those who are at high-risk to wear N95s and for those who are sick, but must go out in public, to wear a good mask.

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        2. Erik Neu‏ @ErikNeu 19 Oct 2021
          Replying to @zeynep @Ubi_est_veritas

          Yep. And when the stakes are super high, even low risk people may find wearing N95s, for a few days before a big event, to be cheap insurance. Eg your wedding, a dream vacation, surgery.

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        3. ConcernedCitizen‏ @Ubi_est_veritas 19 Oct 2021
          Replying to @ErikNeu @zeynep

          I’m all for it being a personal decision, just not a mandate.

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