One thing we learned from this pandemic: the basics of infectious diseases are not understood well and widely enough.
Basic things such as "diseases spread." The world acted as if it weren't true in January & February 2020.
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Basic things such as "diseases spread." The world acted as if it weren't true in January & February 2020.
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https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1391891291986808837?s=20
Some other basic concepts that aren't clear yet, even though they costed us dearly:
- problems must be addressed not for how big they are but how big they can become
- connectivity (planes, etc.) helps diseases spread
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- problems must be addressed not for how big they are but how big they can become
- connectivity (planes, etc.) helps diseases spread
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– respiratory diseases are likely to transmit by having inhaled the air someone infected exhaled (duh, and yet…)
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Another basic concept we're ignoring:
- virus labs and bat research are sources of outbreaks
Regardless of what happened in Wuhan with COVID, there are tens of documented cases a year, as per my pinned tweet.
Will we also ignore this, until it's too late and beyond?
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- virus labs and bat research are sources of outbreaks
Regardless of what happened in Wuhan with COVID, there are tens of documented cases a year, as per my pinned tweet.
Will we also ignore this, until it's too late and beyond?
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