To my fellow journalists: If we can walk and chew gum, then we can write headlines without creating false dichotomies.
Even if touching a contaminated surface is a *less frequent* route of coronavirus spread, it *IS STILL* a route of coronavirus spread.
Even if touching a contaminated surface is a *less frequent* route of coronavirus spread, it *IS STILL* a route of coronavirus spread.
https://twitter.com/SaskiaPopescu/status/1343926842927972354
I fault the last 20+ years of intense political partisanship. It has bred a habit of boiling down everything into this versus that.
A citizen is either a liberal or a conservative. An attacker is either a lone wolf or a terrorist. Apple or PC. Team Jacob or Team Edward.
A citizen is either a liberal or a conservative. An attacker is either a lone wolf or a terrorist. Apple or PC. Team Jacob or Team Edward.
Science, especially health, operates with few true dichotomies. Coronavirus risk is relative, and good hygiene has been a pillar of public health since the bubonic plague.
So, do you need to deep clean your house everyday as if it is a biocontainment unit? No.
But you can still wear a mask to block aerosols AND regularly clean your hands/surfaces because germs are gross and get on stuff.
But you can still wear a mask to block aerosols AND regularly clean your hands/surfaces because germs are gross and get on stuff.
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