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New preprint on how temperature and humidity affect the infectiousness of SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses. Key finding: the virus remains infectious longer at low temperatures and extreme relative humidities.https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.16.
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There are several empirically successful models for reducing the medical, social, and economic costs of COVID until the vaccine1) crush it and get back to normal (Vietnam, New Zealand, Taiwan)2)
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This pandemic should upend how biologists think about virus transmission—for the better. My greatest regret is having parroted received wisdom early on. I said our @NEJM aerosol stability findings were
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American Europhilia is American myopia. First of all, the UK is currently averaging 50 deaths a day. Second of all none of these countries listed has performed remotely as well
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Good study, but very skeptical of the "fleece is worse-than-useless" interpretation offered by @CNN. Here's the key figure from the paper. Indeed, fleece doesn't look *better* than control, but equally
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Short thread RE: uncertainty and COVID strategy. Some thought COVID was overblown and that an aggressive response was a wasteful overreaction. Some thought it was uncontrollable and we should just
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This is a false, irresponsible statement by the WHO, which will panic people in the name of not raising false hope. I will reply to this thread with evidence that
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There have been misunderstandings and noise surrounding the UK Government's COVID19 strategy. There are some very smart people advising the Government. I respect them greatly. Still, even after the clarifications
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You've heard a lot about "flattening the curve". @fernpizza, @jplotkin, Simon Levin, and I have a new preprint showing you the (provably!) most efficient way to do it! But as
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Still astonished that this hasn't gone viral yet. Given the critical risks to healthcare workers—particularly from aerosol spread—and the appalling shortage of N95s, anything that improves ventilation will save many
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A friend asked me about why results from our recent paper on aerosol and surface stability disagreed with those from another study that got press suggesting the virus was "viable
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