Some public health truths, in the guise of a joke.
A short thread in seven parts.
A short thread in seven parts.
ONE
Virus is not airborne. We know. trust us on this.
Virus is not airborne. We know. trust us on this.
TWO
So, wash hands. There's no real proof of respiratory viruses travelling by fomite, but it's our story.
So, wash hands. There's no real proof of respiratory viruses travelling by fomite, but it's our story.
THREE
Stay 6 feet apart. Yeah, there's no proof of this either, we just see infections close-up, so it seems practical.
6 feet is arbitrary, but it's a nice round number as 2 meters.
Stay 6 feet apart. Yeah, there's no proof of this either, we just see infections close-up, so it seems practical.
6 feet is arbitrary, but it's a nice round number as 2 meters.
FOUR
Don't stay near an infected person for more than 15 minutes.
We honestly have no idea where this came from, but we're running with it.
Don't stay near an infected person for more than 15 minutes.
We honestly have no idea where this came from, but we're running with it.
FIVE
There is no spread in hospitals.
Listen, we have studies on this - nothing that sequences virus genes, of course - but you can trust us.
Because otherwise, it's masks for everyone, and that's expensive.
There is no spread in hospitals.
Listen, we have studies on this - nothing that sequences virus genes, of course - but you can trust us.
Because otherwise, it's masks for everyone, and that's expensive.
SIX
Kids don't spread it. We know this because we tend not to look for it, and haven't found it, and so have confirmed our thesis.
Really, who wants to test kids? All we'd possibly find is that they spread virus just as they do all the cold coronas.
So, let's not do that.
Kids don't spread it. We know this because we tend not to look for it, and haven't found it, and so have confirmed our thesis.
Really, who wants to test kids? All we'd possibly find is that they spread virus just as they do all the cold coronas.
So, let's not do that.
SEVEN
There is absolutely no spread in schools.
We're drawing a hard line on the truth of this one, because people need to work.
(Just between us, it's more of a political thing than a scientific truth, but shush, that's our little secret.)
There is absolutely no spread in schools.
We're drawing a hard line on the truth of this one, because people need to work.
(Just between us, it's more of a political thing than a scientific truth, but shush, that's our little secret.)
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