Thread by @jljcolorado

The Dutch government spreading misinformation and showing they have a **completely outdated** understanding about COVID transmission.

There are ZERO proven cases of surface transmission, and @CDCgov has been telling us for a year that it is rare (cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…)

https://twitter.com/MinVWS/status/1468508943227961346

Transmission is dominantly #Airborne (thelancet.com/article/S0140-…), so the DOMINANT message needs to focus on ways to protect ourselves from airborne transmission.

This government misinformation (a problem in lots of countries) won't end until @WHO says VERY LOUD AND CLEAR that #COVIDisAirborne, as they have actually admitted:

https://twitter.com/Amal4Solutions/status/1467727724122980355

Here is an example of the correct measures that should be FRONT AND CENTER in the message of governments, so that people can avoid transmission:

https://twitter.com/jljcolorado/status/1463200650494316550

See also Bit.ly/FAQ-A

No wonder the Netherlands is not doing so well in controlling the virus, given that extremely poor messaging:

ourworldindata.org/coronavirus/co…

Why do governments continue with outdated messaging?

“Droplets & surfaces are very convenient for people in power - all of the responsibility is on the individual. If you admit it is airborne, institutions, governments and companies have to do something”

telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

Sorry to have to be so direct, but as Angela Merkel said recently, we have to be loud when scientific facts are being distorted:

https://twitter.com/mikeweijer/status/1379826093683789826?t=18nJ9Lkh0-ABd7Lbl8YHhw&s=19

And this fact from the Netherlands summarizes the situation well. (It is from April, but it would seem that the situation has not changed much...)

https://mobile.twitter.com/mikeweijer/status/1379826093683789826

And another view of how the Netherlands focus on surface transmission is working out: about the worst COVID incidence anywhere...

HT @danwalker9999