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Zeynep Tufekci published an excellent article about this. Her thesis is that medical dogma insisted COVID (and other infections) spread through droplets and not
by Veen 5y ago
Zeynep Tufekci published an excellent article about this. Her thesis is that medical dogma insisted COVID (and other infections) spread through droplets and not aerosols. Social distancing is enough to prevent infection from droplets because they don't travel far. That, it turns out, is wrong, and COVID can spread through smaller respiratory particles that can float, making social distancing alone ineffective.
https://www.theinsight.org/p/the-few-sentences-that-explain-much https://www.theinsight.org/p/the-few-sentences-that-explain-...
- o-__-o 5y agoThere was information that it was aerosolized from the early days (March) We were lied to because america did not stockpile enough masks for first responders
- nobodyandproud 5y agoI don’t think it was that simple. If the Wired article, which was downvoted to oblivion, is accurate then the WHO and the CDC (who parroted the WHO) bear a great deal of responsibility. They shutdown scientists who were telling them that Covid was spreading as an aerosol, way back in early 2020. The WHO now want MORE power, yet they’re not accepting accountability nor cleaning house.
- neaanopri 5y agoI've read the article, I do just want to clarify the statement "making social distancing alone ineffective." It's still true that if you are covid suceptible, and if a covid-shedding person is walking around, you should try to be as far as possible from the covid. But, a brief close pass e.g. on the sidewalk, isn't as risky as sharing a 20'x10' office for hours, even if you stay >6ft the entire time.