#Indoor

Jonathan Mesiano-Crookston @/#COVIDisAirborne

jmcrookston

Just a reminder that R0 for SARS-CoV-2 may in fact be higher than 2.5-3.5.In fact, perhaps even double that (R0 = 5-7)https://twitter.com/jmcrookston/status/1297571423041585153 (or higher) New variant increases R by 0.4

Prof. Devi Sridhar

devisridhar

Keep being asked questions about meeting/travel over the holidays that people want to hear an emotionally reassuring & comforting answer. I can't do that as a public health scientist right

Ryan Bourne

MrRBourne

In my view, lockdowns again are, more than anything else, a societal and policy failure. A failure to do the marginal things on mask wearing, ventilation, avoiding large indoor gatherings,

Blake Shaffer 📊

bcshaffer

I've heard this come up frequently ("restaurants only 1% of identified cases"). It was said by Dr. Hinshaw and repeated by Premier Kenney as argument against further restaurant restrictions.A thread

Will Stancil

whstancil

One thing I find very strange is, given all the evidence about covid spread, there's not a broader public effort to establish an INDOOR/OUTDOORS safety demarcation in the public mind,

zeynep tufekci

zeynep

A study from Korea showing why indoor dining is unsafe and why airborne transmission matters. Case B infected case A from 6.5m (~21 feet!) away in *just five minutes*, and

José Morgado

josemorgado

Craig Tiley announces that all the lead up tournaments are back tomorrow and will finish max on Sunday! #AusOpen won’t be pushed back. Monday start. More important news:-- OOP

Justin Stewart

thecrobe

New Publication from my Masters!Outdoor Atmospheric Microbial Diversity is Associated with Urban Landscape Structure and Differs from Indoor-Transit Systems as Revealed by Mobile Monitoring and Three-Dimensional Spatial Analysis In this

The New York Times

nytimes

Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York said on Friday that New York City could reopen indoor dining on Feb. 14. But by nearly every measure, the coronavirus outbreak in the

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

700 EPIDEMIOLOGISTS WALK INTO A BAR—jk, we would never do that now!Pro epidemiologists surveyed by NYT on #COVID19 risks (I was 1 of 700):Most risky:Indoor diningWedding/funeral/churchConcert/SportingIndoor playdatesShared office workhttp

London YIMBY

londonyimby

Unknown to most people, many councils have outsourced part of their rules on what can be built to a little-known, secret set of rules not available on the internet. We

Jason Furman

jasonfurman

What reduces economic activity: (i) the virus leading people to choose to distance or (ii) government required distancing.Research on services in March/April has found it is much more (i) than

BC Today

BCTodayOfficial

The restrictions placed on the Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health on November 9 are being extended to December 7 and expanded across the province as #COVID19 cases continue to

BaseballSoftballUK

bsuk

1/4 Return to Play update: EnglandFollowing the Prime Minister’s announcement yesterday, 23 November, about England returning to a new three-tier system of regional restrictions from 02 Dec, below is an

Dear Pandemic

DearPandemic

1/ Q: What can I do to “improve ventilation” in my house or my office? What does that even mean? A: We recently talked to environmental strategist and air quality

Theo Keith

TheoKeith

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz starts his news conference to impose a mask mandate. Streaming live on FOX 9.Here’s what he’s going to announce:https://www.fox9.com/news/gov-walz-to-impose-mask-mandate-in-minnesota-stores-indoor-public-spaces H

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