Once again, debate has been the *predominant*/major mode, not incidental airborne, only AGP-airborne, only rarely-airborne. It matters because it corresponds to different mitigations. Anyway, honestly the points about infectivity, decay, half-life… Tons of papers. All covered.
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Replying to @zeynep @macroliter and
No point to keep going at it on a thread. *Many* papers, lots of progress & acknowledgement—more to be done. Anyway, people who worked on this from the earliest days made all these points. They deserve, at a minimum, civility. The apology, too, will come, but that’s for history.
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Replying to @zeynep @macroliter and
I look forward to the forced recantations.
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Replying to @Merz @macroliter and
We’ll take correct mitigations and a straightforward explanation of why, so people can protect themselves best, and resources into ventilation and better masks, and not to plexiglass, that’s all. It’s a pandemic. Some of us recognize there’s more than one’s ego at stake.
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Prof. Jose-Luis Jimenez Retweeted Soumya Swaminathan
Well today the
@WHO Chief Scientist is saying that COVID is an **airborne virus**. So maybe there isn't so much debate any more?https://twitter.com/doctorsoumya/status/1473522579096752128 …Prof. Jose-Luis Jimenez added,
Soumya SwaminathanVerified account @doctorsoumyaWearing good quality, well fitting masks, ensuring good ventilation if indoors, maintaining distance & being vaccinated are the best ways to protect against this airborne virus.#OmicronVariant is very transmissible & we all need to be extra careful now@DrTedros@PeterASinger https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1473387274159149063 …4 replies 33 retweets 106 likes -
Replying to @jljcolorado @Merz and
It is great progress, too bad took almost two years. My wish is for them to say this loudly, not just on tweets, and explain it plainly because we have two years misimpressions—billions spent on plexiglass, little understanding of mask quality issues, no systematic use of HEPA…
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Replying to @zeynep @jljcolorado and
If this is where we started, or quickly pivoted, a loud correction or explanation would not be necessary. But as we’ve repeatedly observed, countries around the world are *still* spending money on the wrong things, and people remain badly confused about the risk dynamics.
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Prof. Jose-Luis Jimenez Retweeted Prof. Jose-Luis Jimenez
Indeed, the list of extremely bad examples worldwide that do not work for an airborne virus is never ending. I am up to 83!https://twitter.com/jljcolorado/status/1473726238174990343?t=1h6tCHb5F2OZUmCMnUEhfQ&s=19 …
Prof. Jose-Luis Jimenez added,
Prof. Jose-Luis JimenezVerified account @jljcolorado81/ FINLAND: Director of Dept. of Health Security at Finnish CDC (@mika_salminen of@THLresearch) in a singing event without masks as AIRBORNE (https://twitter.com/jljcolorado/status/1473684059188572167 …) omicron spread like wildfire Setting a HORRIBLE example https://areena.yle.fi/1-50910194 https://twitter.com/ailment73/status/1470428704706867209 … pic.twitter.com/Ayc36SB1FVShow this thread8 replies 23 retweets 96 likes -
Replying to @jljcolorado @zeynep and
Serious question about this one: Hypothetically, if all of the singers had rapid-tested immediately before the concert (and been negative), would this be that bad?
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Prof. Jose-Luis Jimenez Retweeted Jorge A. Caballero, MD
See the Norway superspreader where everyone had been tested. Rapid tests help but they have gaps:https://twitter.com/DataDrivenMD/status/1473332402344763399?t=xAh5gmCnSigJQ7WxX0aZIg&s=19 …
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Jorge A. Caballero, MDVerified account @DataDrivenMD
/ NEW: Belgian researchers find that a “negative rapid antigen test just before a meeting offers no guarantee to protect others, in particular when the person tested has recently been exposed to the virus”
A thread to discuss the findings and what we need to do now https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1473292369734864896 …Show this thread3 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
People had tested today before there, though. For the Norway party. I agree that they are not 100%, but they are meant to be used right before an event. Their whole utility is that they are sensitive to high viral load, therefore catching infectiousness. No use day before.
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Agreed, my first reply wasn't clear. Rapid tests reduce risk, especially if done right before an event. But they can miss infective cases (thread I linked). So especially for a Public Health official setting a public example on TV, it is a very bad idea IMHO.
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